PBS TV Translator Relocation and Grant Program: Strategies for Success
Mark Bishop
T-Mobile
As the senior manager for T-Mobile’s spectrum management program, Mark Bishop uses his expertise in wireless industry zoning, engineering, construction and regulatory issues to help television broadcasters vacate spectrum licenses that have been purchased by T-Mobile. With almost 20-years in the wireless industry Mark has worked on network development for companies such as Nextel, Verizon Wireless and Metromedia Fiber Networks. Mark’s T-Mobile career started over 13 years ago when he joined T-Mobile Towers– the business owner and operator of more than 8,000 cell towers that were sold in 2012 for $2.4 billion. At T-Mobile Towers, he was part of the management team responsible for construction, operation and maintenance of the tower portfolio. When T-Mobile closed the merger with MetroPCS during 2013, Mark’s responsibilities turned to the integration and decommissioning of thousands of cell sites that were owned and/or operated by MetroPCS. This highly successful network integration program was concluded in late-2016. Since then, Mark has been part of the spectrum management program. He and his team currently support the 600 MHz spectrum repack of several full power television stations. He is also responsible for working with the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) on a T-Mobile-funded relocation program for translator antennas, and supervising a nationwide tracking and notification initiative of non-PBS low power stations and auxiliary spectrum users. Mark is a graduate of William Paterson University and works for the National Development team out of the company’s Northeast Region offices in Parsippany, New Jersey.
Dana Golub
PBS
As Vice President, Programs Management, Dana Golub oversees programs that leverage the national footprint and reliability of PBS to advance public safety and help ensure universal access to PBS. Dana serves as the Executive Director of PBS WARN, an innovative program that leverages the television broadcast environment and PBS’s national footprint to enhance the reliability of the national Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system. In this capacity, she administered a $55-million grant, which included $28 million in sub-grants to provide power back-up equipment to public television stations. Dana also leads the PBS/T-Mobile Translator Relocation program, which protects access to PBS for an estimated 38 million Americans in remote and underserved communities by providing funding for the relocation of translators, small broadcasting facilities needed to extend the reach of TV broadcast signals to rural and remote areas, following the FCC’s recent spectrum incentive auction Dana was named as one of four finalists for the Digital Entertainment Group’s “Hedy Lamarr Award for Innovation in Entertainment Technology,” and also serves on FEMA’s National Advisory Council IPAWS Subcommittee, a body focused on promoting best practices in emergency alerting. Golub is a cum laude graduate of Georgetown University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English.
Duane Smith
OPB
Duane Smith started his electronics journey at age 11 with a heath-kit shortwave radio kit. He honorably served our country in the US Navy for 10 years as an Electronics Technician. Duane started in broadcasting in 1997 at WJCT, the PBS/NPR station in Jacksonville Florida. WJCT was in the beginning phases of their digital conversion planning. Duane was lucky enough to have never learned analog TV, and has never fixed a tape deck, of any kind, ever. Duane was instrumental in the development of the Digital Convergence Alliances combined master control facility in Florida, a project that received funding from CPB and eventually served 11 stations and over 15 million households in 5 states and has continued to grow since his departure. Three years ago he moved to Oregon Public Broadcasting, where they continue to evolve beyond traditional broadcasting to meet audiences where they consume content, regardless of platform, regardless of format and regardless of location. He serves as CTO/VP of Technology where his responsibilities include setting the strategic vision for the Technology department, which includes the Engineering, IT, Digital Platform Development and Archival services teams as well as 86 transmission facilities scattered around the state.
Dennis Wallace
Meintel, Sgrignoli, & Wallace, LLC
Dennis Wallace is the managing partner of the consulting firm of Meintel, Sgrignoli, & Wallace. Dennis has an extensive background in Digital Television Systems having conducted the Laboratory RF Testing of the Grand Alliance ATSC HDTV System, while serving as the RF Systems Engineer at the Advanced Television Test Center in Washington, DC. And, most recently Dennis has been deeply involved in the development of ATSC 3.0 working in the ATSC S32 Specialist Group on Physical Layer. And, he is also deeply involved the TV Spectrum Repacking. Prior to joining ATTC, Dennis held positions in Field Operations Engineering, Applications Engineering, and was Product Manager for two Television transmitter manufacturers. He also was chief engineer for several radio and television stations. Dennis has authored numerous papers on the topic of radio frequency transmission and results of both field and lab testing which have been published in the IEEE Transactions as well as for other publications. In 1999, Dennis was awarded the prestigious Matti S. Suikola award by the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society. And, in 2008 he was awarded a Technical Emmy plaque for his work while at the ATTC. And most recently, in 2017 he was awarded the first TV Technology Industry Innovator award for his work in the TV industry. Mr. Wallace is a Certified Broadcast Television Engineer by the Society of Broadcast Engineers. He is also a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society, SMPTE, an Associate member of the Federal Communications Bar Association, and is active on several industry standards committees including the NRSC and ATSC.
Abstract
OVERVIEW:As a result of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Incentive Auction and subsequent spectrum repacking, TV Translator and Low Power Television are being displaced from channels 38-51. Translator... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Mark Bishop (Organisation: T-Mobile, Job Title: -, Speaker Consent and Release: Yes)
- Dana Golub (Organisation: PBS, Job Title: Vice President, Programs Management, Speaker Consent and Release: -)
- Duane Smith (Organisation: OPB, Job Title: Chief Technology Officer, Speaker Consent and Release: -)
- Dennis Wallace (Organisation: Meintel, Sgrignoli, & Wallace, LLC, Job Title: Managing Partner, Speaker Consent and Release: -)
Topic Areas
Possible Topics: Education , Possible Topics: Other , Possible Topics: Strategy
Session
T1700-GBE » PBS TV Translator Relocation and Grant Program: Strategies for Success (17:00 - Thursday, 5th April, Grand Ballroom E)
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