Bill Beam to Lead MSI Domestic Sales

By Doug Lung
published


MSI has retained former WABC-TV director of engineering Bill Beam's new firm, WH Beam Associates, to lead its domestic sales efforts and assist in new product development. In addition to working with MSI President Hallie Sweden on strategic marketing and sales, he will consult on digital transmission and mobile hand-held test gear development at MSI.

Beam is well known in the TV broadcast industry for his work designing and installing numerous transmitter and broadcast facilities, including a key role in restoring off-air broadcasting in New York City after the loss of the World Trade Center. MSI founder Eric Small has known and worked with Bill for over 25 years.

"Bill is a gifted engineer and manager," Small said. "I look forward to his contributing to MSI sales and new product efforts."

Doug Lung
Doug Lung

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.