
BROADCAST DIALOGUE WEEKLY BRIEFING — Essential Reading • April 4, 2013
years in the private sector as an executive and entrepreneur in
the technology industry.
Academy Award and two-time Golden Globe winning pro-
ducer Jon Landau will keynote the Technology Summit On Cin-
ema on Sunday, April 7. The Summit is co-produced by the
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).
Landau understands complex visual effects technologies
and has been instrumental in licensing and marketing his lms
across various global platforms.
Award winning producer, director and writer Paul Feig (Freaks
and Geeks, The Ofce, Nurse Jackie, Bridesmaids) will be at
the A-end of a Q & A session with award winning producer and
director Alan Poul. This session is part of the Creative Master
Series Conference which brings together key players in the en-
tertainment industry and lmmaking community for an explora-
tion of the craftsmanship of content.
Jon Landau
Paul Feig
Dave Ramsey, the personal money-management expert and
popular U.S. radio personality, will be inducted into the NAB
Broadcasting Hall of Fame. His syndicated show is aired on more
than 500 radio stations and is streamed on Daveramsey.com.
Fox Television’s American Idol will be the TV inductee into
the Broadcasting Hall of Fame. For nine consecutive seasons,
the show, created by Simon Fuller, has been the number one
entertainment program among total viewers. Previous induct-
ees include Betty White, Garry Marshall, Meet the Press, Bob
Newhart, The Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live, Ted Koppel,
“M*A*S*H, 60 Minutes, The Today Show and Star Trek.
Radio engineer Frank Foti of the Telos Alliance and television
technology innovator Jay Adrick of Harris Corporation are the
2013 recipients of the NAB Engineering Achievement Awards.
In addition, an NAB Service to Broadcast Engineering award
will be presented to Leonard J. Charles, director of engineer-
ing, midwest, at Morgan Murphy Media. The recipients will be
honoured at the Technology Luncheon.
Foti, a largely self-taught radio engineer, developed a list of
advances to broadcast audio processing. Some have been pat-
ented and/or become well established elements within the in-
dustry. Most recently, he pioneered the development of Single
Sideband Suppressed Carrier (SSBSC) modulation for FM stereo
subcarriers.
Adrick made important contributions toward the conversion
Dave Ramsey
Jay Adrick
Frank Foti
Leonard J. Charles
Award Winners
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