RF Shorts – Sept. 2, 2010

By Doug Lung
published

  • •Did you celebrate "Free TV Week"?

    KFSM partnered with Antennas Direct Fort Smith and Fayetteville Ark. to give away free outdoor TV antennas this week. This appears to have been a local celebration, as I couldn't find any reports of other stations promoting "Free TV week."
  • •Supporters of Rice University's KTRU radio station were upset when they found out that the University of Houston's KUHF public radio station was buying KTRU. There was an actual protest last Sunday on the Rice Campus. Richard Connelly, writing last Thursday in his Houston Press blog, wrote KUHF-KTRU Deal: God Comments, And Lord He's Pissed after a "massive lightning strike" made a direct hit on the KUHF tower two days after the protest. KUHF is broadcasting with a backup transmitter and antenna that's providing limited coverage until the main facility is repaired. Connelly comments, "That's about as clear a statement of 'Play me some more Pan-African/fusion jazz!!' as we can imagine."
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.