Dates and events you need to know

FCC Broadband Policy Meeting
Date: Nov. 6
Location: Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA
The Federal Communications Commission’s Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services will conduct a meeting on broadband policy during the Wireless Communications Association International’s 14th Annual Symposium and Business Expo.
For more information, visit www.fcc.gov.

FCC DTV transition town hall meeting
Date: Nov. 6, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Lowcountry Senior Center, Charleston, SC
FCC commissioner Michael Copps will attend this town hall meeting on the February 2009 DTV transition.
For more information, visit www.fcc.gov.

FCC DTV transition town hall meeting
Date: Nov. 7, 2008, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Location: First Baptist-Greenville, Greenville, SC
FCC commissioner Michael Copps will attend this town hall meeting on the February 2009 DTV transition.
For more information, visit www.fcc.gov.

Deadline for filing amendments to FCC cross-ownership waiver
Date: Nov. 7
The FCC Media Bureau has extended the deadline until Nov. 7 for filing amendments to existing waiver requests of the FCC’s newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule.
For more information, visit www.fcc.gov.

SBE Chapter 48 DTV Transition Bootcamp
Date: Nov. 18, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Engelwood, CO
The program will focus on tasks broadcast engineers must address between now and Feb. 17, 2009. Linear Acoustic Midwest sales engineer Hal Buttermore will speak.
For more information, visit www.smpte-sbe48.org.

Radio Club of America Banquet
Date: Nov. 21
Location: New York Athletic Club, New York City
Dr. Paul Jacobs of Qualcomm will deliver the keynote speech at The Radio Club of America banquet in New York City. NBC news anchorman Brian Williams will receive the group’s Sarnoff Citation.
For more information, visit www.radioclubofamerica.org.

OhioBroadcast Engineering Conference
Date: Nov. 29
Location: Double Tree Hotel, Columbus, OH
For more information, visit www.oab.org/engineering.