BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

I recently stumbled across the TV program Living with Ed. The show stars Ed Begley Jr. and his wife, Rachelle Carson. Begley is probably best known for

What will you be doing on the morning of Feb. 17, 2009? I'm guessing a lot of Broadcast Engineering readers will be answering viewer telephone calls.

A recent Best Buy Omnitel survey shows a growing demand by women for input and

This year's Broadcast Engineering Excellence awards totaled 50 entries, which exceeded last year's total of 42. In addition, the contest pages posted

What electronic device recently celebrated its 60th anniversary? Not sure? Here are some hints. It was called the greatest invention of the 20th century.

You could hear the collective gasp from the entire television broadcast industry when Rep. John Dingell, D-MI, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce

What could have been a relatively smooth transition to digital television is turning into an all-out political war. The recent movie title, There Will

Net neutrality. You've heard the term, but what exactly does it mean to broadcasters? The debate is focused on whether laws and regulation should dictate

What's your favorite comfort food? For a Midwesterner, it might be chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes. For a Bostonian, comfort food might be clam

I recently spent an entire day cleaning my basement. One result was a small mountain of old computers and electronics to be trashed. My first thought

I love the Apple commercial with four gray-suited guys who represent the Vista operating system. One says, Well, I'm pleased to say, I've been error-free

I recently had the pleasure of spending about a week with my young adult niece as she visited me between college semesters. The visit turned out to be

For those who experienced the early days of television with its black-and-white images, limited channels and snowy pictures, today's television resembles

The problem with television is it's too _____ . Maybe you think that television is too liberal, too conservative or too violent. But,

Looks like America's OTA viewers may soon be repeating Oliver Twist's line from the Charles Dickens classic, begging for more than TV table scraps. The

In early January, Senator John Sununu (R-NH) announced he was writing legislation that would prohibit the FCC from imposing technology mandates on the

New research from Harris Interactive says we baby boomers feel that Madison Avenue has forgotten we exist. The study, commissioned by the TV Land cable network, shows that two-thirds of adult

With all the media noise recently generated over Google's predicted Gphone, you'd think all other technology was blas. The press gave the impression that

Developments in high-speed Internet and low-cost local storage, in addition to an increasing supply of companies willing to deliver video over IP, are

Question: What is an exaflood? My first computer, a Radio Shack TRS-80, had 16K of memory and used a cassette tape for data I/O. Today, one of my several

Did people ever make fun of you as a kid? Maybe your ears were large. Or, maybe your voice was too high or low, depending on your sex. There could be

This year's Broadcast Engineering Excellence awards totaled 45?entries. The contest pages posted on our Web site generated more than 23,000 page views!

And the winners are With five Excellence Awards under our belt, we've got this process nailed down. This year's 42 entries topped last year's by 25 percent.