SBE Elects New National President

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The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) elected Barry Thomas, CPBE/CBNT, as the 25th president of the society. Barry Thomas is vice president of radio engineering for Lincoln Financial Media. His one-year term will start Oct. 11 during the SBE National Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa.

“I’m excited about serving the Society and helping continue the excellent efforts the SBE has made in certifying, educating and networking broadcast engineers,” Thomas said. “It’s our goal to concentrate our efforts on the core purposes of SBE, strengthen SBE chapters and facilitate our members’ involvement in creating the next innovations in broadcasting.”

He will be assisted by Vice President Vincent Lopez, CEV/CBNT. Vincent Lopez is director of engineering for WSYT and WNYS-TV in Syracuse. The stations are owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. He is currently serving as chairman of the SBE education committee and also served as a member of the Board of Directors for four years and as a member of the Executive Committee.

For additional information on these SBE officers and details on who was elected to other SBE posts see SBE Short Circuits.

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Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack. A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.