The Alabama Broadcasters Association has announced that Steve Kohn, engineering manager, at WSFA-TV in Montgomery, has been named the group’s 2025 Engineer of the year.
Steve Kohn, who has been with WSFA-TV for more than 40 years, recently played a major role in a studio move to a high-rise office complex in downtown Montgomery.
WSFA is an NBC affiliate owned by Gray Communications that is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. Kohn oversees the studio operations and their modern transmitter facility, which includes a 2,000-foot tower south of Montgomery.
Kohn will be honored at the ABA 2025 conference, August 7-8 at Ross Bridge Resort in Birmingham.
“It's rare to find a broadcast engineer working his entire career at one station but that's our Steve,” said the station’s chief engineer Morris Pollock. “As engineering manager, he continues to work with staff and vendors to design, integrate, document and maintain one of the finest news producing TV stations in the country. Anyone watching WSFA has seen Steve's work, What they don't see is the passion Steve pours into WSFA each and every day".
WSFA general manager Mark Bunting added that “Steve Kohn has been and continues to be an integral part of our WSFA engineering team. His love for this industry and our television properties further confirm why he is an excellent choice in being selected as the ABA’s Engineer of the Year.”
This award recognizes excellence and innovation in broadcast engineering for an Alabama radio and/or television station. Criteria include development of new technology, leadership in education and contributions to broadcast engineering technical standards.
