Podcasts about electronic communication

In this episode of One in Ten, host Teresa Huizar talks with researcher Kotomi Yokokura about the critical issue of educator sexual misconduct and the role of electronic communication in these offenses. Yokokura shares her personal motivation and findings from her study, which reveals the alarming prevalence of misconduct, including frequent use of social media and messaging apps for grooming. They discuss the need for clearer policies, better informed consent from parents, and the implications of increased technology use in education post-pandemic. They also highlight the challenges and potential solutions in protecting students both online and offline.  Time Stamps:00:00  Introduction and Episode Overview 01:33  Meet Kotomi Yokokura: Personal Journey and Research 02:58  Understanding Educator Sexual Misconduct 05:07  The Role of Electronic Communication in Misconduct 05:42  Data and Findings from Disciplinary Records 08:54  Characteristics of Offending Educators 14:05  Impact on Students and Parental Awareness 21:31  Policy Recommendations and Future Research 34:50  Conclusion and Final ThoughtsResources:Educator Sexual Misconduct: A Description of Electronic Communication Use; Journal of Child Sexual Abuse; January 2025Support the showDid you like this episode? Please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.

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Watch out for that send button! That is my word of caution as I conclude my thoughts on effective electronic communication. That send button on your computer makes it easy to get a message off right away, but it also can become your Achilles heel if it is used carelessly. Remember everything you send through email is out there somewhere in cyberspace forever and ever! You may intend it to be for one person's eyes only, but it can very easily be distributed or read by people who were never supposed to read it. Whatever you say in cyberspace cannot be taken back. You lose control of your message once you hit send. Those emails can come back to harm you, to destroy friendships, even to ruin careers. Not long ago I wrote an email about a sensitive situation and was just about to send it when I realized there was no way I wanted that email in cyberspace. And then, also not long ago, I sent an email to the wrong person. I chose the correct first name, but failed to see that there was more than one person in my address book with that first name. I sent it to the wrong person. Thankfully it wasn't of a sensitive nature so there was no harm done, but I just realized again how easy it is to send an email to the wrong person. A good rule of thumb is to read over every word in your email before you send it. Check the name or names and make sure they are correct. And then ask yourself, is there anything in this email that should not be in writing? If in doubt, don't! Pick up the phone or wait until you see that person to send that message. It's not as fast, but it could save you lots of trouble in the future. Proverbs 21:23 says, those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity. Guarding your words—even those electronic words—can truly help you avoid calamity.

What is the most annoying thing about electronic communication to you? Don't you wish that in order to use emails, everyone had to agree to certain rules of etiquette? No doubt you get lots of junk emails and long emails and annoying emails regularly. The question is, are you careful to avoid those email mistakes yourself? For example, don't be the person who sends out a constant stream of informational emails to people who have not requested them or don't need them. For example, forwarding articles or other emails that have a political bent to them is truly not smart professionally. And getting a constant stream of jokes or funny stories can become annoying. Even inspirational emails can be overdone. I confess these streams of emails are the ones I generally don't read. I look at the subject, see who it's from, and determine if it's worth my time to read a long email. However, people I know and trust occasionally send me very worthwhile things to read, and because it is infrequent, I know they have thoughtfully sent something I will want to read, so I do. It's good to remember anything can be overdone. Again, less is more. If you have a particularly complex communication or if there is significant emotional content to a message you need to send, determine if sending it by email is the best way to go. For example, if you need to apologize, it may be best to do that by phone or in person. Or when you're delivering a message you know they don't want to hear, such as denying a request of some sort, that is usually done best in a personal communication. Don't use email communication to avoid uncomfortable messages or to cover up a mistake. In the long run, it will create more problems for you.

I'm examining email etiquette! Have you found emailing to be a blessing or a curse? It has certainly improved our ability to communicate quickly and easily, but it can become our master. We can truly become addicted and in bondage to this way of communicating. It's a tool we need to use, for sure, but we need to use it wisely and correctly. A few more rules of etiquette for emails, in addition to the ones I shared with you yesterday: Be informal but not sloppy. Your email communication represents you and your organization, so it's just as important to use correct spelling, grammar and punctuation as it would be for a printed communication. When you have an email for a group of people, consider how much more effective it might be if the email were individually sent to each person. Now, it's certainly not necessary to do this with every group email, but for important communications you definitely want to be read, an email addressed to me personally, for example, will carry more weight than one addressed to me and several others. Using all capital letters looks as if you're shouting, so only use it when you want to shout! Maybe there are times to shout for joy and that can be effective, but most of the time it has a negative effect. Instead, use a font color to highlight things. Generally, the fewer words you use, the more effectively you will communicate. Most of us use far more words than are necessary to get our messages across, and people just start to tune us out. A good suggestion is to edit every email before you send it and eliminate unnecessary words. Less is definitely more when it comes to emails. The Apostle Paul wrote so whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31). Well, as a Christ-follower that means your communication skills—which are things you do—should be done for God's glory. I send emails every day; most of you do as well. I want even the emails I send to bring honor, not dishonor, to my Lord.

How is your email etiquette? Recently a good friend was telling me the woes she is having with email communication. She is a computer programmer, and in order to help her coworkers, she sends emails with instructions on how to avoid problems, use the system better, etc. Her motivation is totally right; she wants to help. But some of her coworkers interpret her emails as being critical. What is she doing wrong? Proverbs 16:21 says: The wise in heart are called discerning, and gracious words promote instruction. Another translation says sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness. This principle holds true for emails as much as it does for the spoken word. Your choice of words always makes a difference. And remember asking is usually better than telling. A good way to judge how your words will be perceived is to read your email out loud to yourself before you send it and see how the words sound when they are spoken. That will often give you a clue as to the tone of your message and how it could be perceived by the person receiving it. Some email dos and don'ts: Be careful with your use of emotional symbols—emojis. You may find it clever or funny, but the recipient may not. Save those for casual messages between friends. Remember not everyone is as computer savvy as you are, and they may not understand those online abbreviations that have become popular. So, be careful using those. Start your business emails with a salutation. If you're writing to three people or less, use their names: Hello, Tom, Jane and Linda. If you're writing to more than three, you can use a common greeting, something as simple as “Hello.” But starting an email with no salutation can be perceived as harsh. If you're involved in a long email going back and forth, you can eliminate the salutation after the first reply, but when in doubt, it never hurts to use a greeting. This is one area where I have to watch myself, because I just want to get to the meat of the message and skip the “niceties,” thinking they're not necessary. But it truly can make a difference in the minds of others, so take the time to add that salutation.

Did you know email messaging now exceeds telephone traffic and is the dominant form of business communication? Businesses report many of their employees spend three to four hours a day on email. And most of us would say, “What did we ever do without email?” However, along with this change in the way we communicate has come a new set of challenges. Communicating electronically is a very different medium, and if you are going to be effective in your job, you will need to learn how to use this tool and not abuse it. And that includes not only email, but Facebook, Twitter or X, and all the others which seem to pop up daily. I thought it might be helpful to examine ways to improve our electronic communication skills. The way we communicate creates impressions and perceptions of us as people. And as Christ-followers, we not only represent ourselves, but more importantly, we are ambassadors for Jesus Christ. Paul wrote to the Corinthians, for we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men (2 Corinthians 8:21). I think it behooves us to take pains to improve our communication skills. Let me begin by saying that as convenient as electronic communication is, it cannot replace the power of personal interaction. There are many times when face-to-face and voice-to-voice communication is absolutely the better way to go. No doubt we've lost a lot of personal touch because we use electronic means too often and too much. It's much more difficult to communicate care and compassion by email than it is in person. It's true we may communicate more often because we have these convenient ways to do it, but it's also true that the impersonal nature of electronic communication can cause us to be careless in how we say things. It can make us sound cold and harsh. We must learn to put ourselves in the shoes of the person reading our emails and find ways to communicate courtesy and thoughtfulness electronically.

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Summary In this conversation, dental practice management expert Dayna Johnson discusses the importance of documentation in dental malpractice cases with Dr. Mitchell Gardiner and attorney Ryan Donahue. They emphasize the significance of dental records in supporting the standard of care and defending against malpractice claims. They also discuss the impact of electronic communication on documentation and the role of dental hygienists in thorough note-taking. The conversation highlights the importance of comprehensive and accurate medical histories and the need for regular updates. The speakers also stress the significance of informed consent discussions and the documentation of these discussions in protecting dentists from negligence claims. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 01:03 Introduction of Special Guests 03:02 Importance of Dental Records in Malpractice Cases 04:00 The Role of Documentation in Malpractice Defense 05:22 The Impact of Electronic Communication on Documentation 06:21 The Difficulty of Answering Questions without Documentation 07:45 The Importance of Thorough and Accurate Medical Histories 09:13 The Role of Dental Hygienists in Documentation 10:35 The Significance of Medical Histories in Dental Malpractice Cases 12:28 The Importance of Reviewing Medical Histories at Every Visit 14:49 The Frequency of Updating Medical Histories 17:22 The Role of Technology in Medical History Documentation 19:27 The Importance of Reviewing Online Health History Forms 21:22 The Significance of Informed Consent Discussions 22:49 Determining the Need for Informed Consent for Different Procedures 24:40 The Documentation of Informed Consent Discussions 26:29 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Contact Dr. Gardiner directly on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchell-gardiner-90778341/ More free resources:https://novonee.com/media/

This episode of Podcast for a Day is hosted by Giselle Esparza, joined by today's guest, owner of Studio 7 Fitness. The following episode is part of a series produced by the Electronic Communication course at Tulsa Community College. To find more episodes, visit tccconnection.com/podcast/ or most streaming platforms.    Recorded during the Fall 2023 semester at TCC.

Today will more than likely be heavy on cell phone and computer communication. Take what resonates and leave what doesn't. Thank you for watching and listening! Please like, share, comment, and subscribe! Be blessed! Website / KIRWKC Anchor Podcast Site: www.kirwkc.com Join Mailing List: https://www.subscribepage.com/y1y8a8 Online Studio: https://riverside.fm/studio/kirwkc Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wcq08N8PNaX1Njkun9kSR Substack: https://kirwkc.substack.com iHeartRADIO: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-keepin-it-real-with-kc-73615909/ Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/keepin-it-real-with-kc/PC:46195 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/77ce7727-d376-4b19-bf43-9975e25c57cd/Keepin-It-Real-with-KC Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Podcast/B08K55QP3M?qid=1619307597&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=9BT3RY8XKT50ZJFKHMX7 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keepin-it-real-with-k-c/id1494499465 Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/KIRWKC YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KeepinItRealWithKC Twitter: https://twitter.com/kirwkc @kirwkc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kirwkc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kirwkc CashApp: $kirwkc --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirwkc/support

Podcast for a Day presents Hollywood Sunrise. Shane Turner and Briiz Brown, best friends since high school who are obsessed with celebrities and the history of Hollywood! In this podcast we will dive into some interesting topics on the ins and outs of the media industry! The following episode is part of a series produced by the Electronic Communication course at Tulsa Community College during the 2022 spring semester. To find more episodes, visit tccconnection.com/podcast/ or most streaming platforms.    Recorded during the Spring 2022 semester at TCC.  

Podcast for a Day presents Now That's Unique. Now That's Unique is a  podcast focused on speaking with unique individuals about the interesting lives in which only they can provide the proper insight. Their insight into a world many people may not know about or may have an interest to learn. The episode is hosted by Ethan Gray, featuring guest Johnny Kove, an independent wrestler trying to make a name for himself. The following episode is part of a series produced by the Electronic Communication course at Tulsa Community College during the 2022 spring semester. To find more episodes, visit tccconnection.com/podcast/ or most streaming platforms.    Recorded during the Spring 2022 semester at TCC.

Podcast for a Day presents Points of You. Points of You is a one-on-one podcast hosted by Kathy Silva, joined by guest. Today's guest is Isabel, a college student recovering from an eating disorder. The following episode is part of a series produced by the Electronic Communication course at Tulsa Community College during the 2022 spring semester. To find more episodes, visit tccconnection.com/podcast/ or most streaming platforms.    Recorded during the Spring 2022 semester at TCC.

As remote work continues to expand, new challenges arise as a leader of an organization. Digital communication presents so many great benefits, but it also creates huge liabilities. Our guest today is Shiran Weitzman who is a digital and cyber security expert, especially when it comes to dealing with communication on digital channels. He is the CEO and co-founder of Shield, which helps organizations in reducing the risks associated with electronic communications and uncover hidden insights such as inside dealing, unlawful behavior, and privacy matters.LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:You can visit our guest's website at: https://www.shieldfc.com/LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiran-weitzman/https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiran-weitzman/If you are ready to franchise your business or take it to the next level: CLICK HERE.ABOUT OUR GUEST:Shiran Weitzman is the CEO and Co-Founder at Shield, a regulatory technology software company specializing in eComms record-keeping and compliance data analytics. Shield helps organizations in reducing the risks associated with electronic communications and uncover hidden insights such as inside dealing, unlawful behavior, and privacy matters, resulting in greater operational efficiency and reduced costs. It's currently being used in top-tier banks, leading tech companies, and large organizations, with promising and successful results.He has over 15 years of technology and management expertise, mainly in the Financial Services vertical. Shiran was previously the Head of Sales at TM-Group, where he was in charge of the company's primary tier one bank accounts. Shiran brings to Shield many years of experience as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert in the financial compliance market; another testament tohis expertise in his field is when he joined the Forbes Finance Council as a member last 2020.Shiran holds an MBA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a BA in Computer Science from IDC Herzliya. With his deep expertise in financial services and electronic communications in the workplace,  ABOUT BIG SKY FRANCHISE TEAM:This episode is powered by Big Sky Franchise Team. If you are ready to talk about franchising your business you can schedule your free, no-obligation, franchise consultation online at: https://bigskyfranchiseteam.com/ or by calling Big Sky Franchise Team at: 855-824-4759.

In this week's show we discuss more on the AB5 situation, the under-21 driver program that just started, the outcome of the hours-of-service challenge, driver-facing cameras, Connecticut's new emissions law, more women truckers, tips for brake care, trucker pets, more studies on truck parking, electric truck ramifications, and what the heck is the PHMSA? This episode of Trucker Dump is sponsored by: Porter Freight Funding - So many services to offer, including Factoring, Dispatching, Freight Brokering, Fuel Cards, Insurance, and Compliance. Call 205-397-0934 to learn more. News Links: Trucker AB 5 Blockade Ends at Port of Oakland from ttnews.com (Transport Topics) TransForce offers ‘two-check' solution to help independents comply with AB5 from FreightWaves.com ATBS releases ‘Quick Guide to AB 5' ebook from OverdriveOnline.com ATRI wants to hear from truckers on driver-facing cameras from OverdriveOnline.com Take the ATRI truck camera survey Meet Driface, the driver-facing camera from LandLine.media Will battery-electric trucks end up a ‘black eye' on environmental benefits? from OverdriveOnline.com WIT: Female driver workforce grows to over 13% from OverdriveOnline.com FMCSA's under-21 driver pilot program opens: Here's how it works from OverdriveOnline.com DC appeals court denies driver hours-of-service challenge from FreightWaves.com PHMSA Seeks Input on Possible Shift From Paper to Electronic Communication from ttnews.com (Transport Topics) Researchers to Study Truck Parking in Iowa, Wisconsin from ttnews.com (Transport Topics) New Love's in Pennsylvania has 130 truck parking spaces from CDLLife.com Love's opens the company's first-ever truck stop in Connecticut from CDLLife.com Connecticut enacts new emissions law targeting trucks from OverdriveOnline.com 10 tips to help truckers prep for CVSA Brake Safety Week from CDLLife.com Driver named Highway Angel for alerting fellow trucker to trailer fire from OverdriveOnline.com $30k up for grabs in Pilot Road Warrior contest from OverdriveOnline.com Riding shotgun: Program aims to pair truckers and pets from LandLine.media Email Memphis Animal Services at mas@memphistn.gov Listener Feedback Links: Shannon points me to the McDonald's in Minnesota that has a big truck drive-thru Emery writes in to continue to torture me on how to pronounce the name of his trucking company. Maverick and some driver who calls himself Some Driver on the Trucker Dump Slack group, share some thoughts on chameleon carriers. Driver Dave recommends a book called “Why We Sleep?” by Matthew Matthew Walker. Show info: You can email your comments, suggestions, questions, or insults to TruckerDump@gmail.com Join the Trucker Dump Podcast Facebook Group Join the Trucker Dump Slack Group by emailing me at TruckerDump@gmail.com Got a second to Rate and/or Review the podcast? Download the intro/outro songs for free! courtesy of Walking On Einstein

Podcast for a Day presents Community Ties. Community Ties is a one-on-one podcast on the topic of community. The episode is hosted by Cannon Cox, joined by guest, Tyler Burger. The following episode is part of a series produced by the Electronic Communication course at Tulsa Community College during the 2022 spring semester. To find more episodes, visit tccconnection.com/podcast/ or most streaming platforms.    Recorded during the Spring 2022 semester at TCC.

Podcast for a Day presents Artisans Online. Hosted by Haley Newby, Etsy Seller, Artisans Online is for those who partake in a creative hobby and may consider starting a small online business to sell their products. Joined by guest, Matthew Roberts, Etsy seller who recently opened his own shop, discussions are held on art, Etsy as a selling platform, and the process of starting an online shop.   The following episode is part of a series produced by the Electronic Communication course at Tulsa Community College during the 2022 spring semester. To find more episodes, visit tccconnection.com/podcast/ or most streaming platforms.    Recorded on April 27, 2022.

An evolution of centuries-long efforts to contact and communicate with the dead, the practice of recording voices from the great beyond was attempted almost as soon as radio and tape recording technology became widely available in consumer devices. From garbled electrical chirps emanating out of swathes of white noise, to perfectly clear, eloquent speech, the results across the years have been as varied as they have been numerous. Up there with the capturing of “orbs” on camera in regards to its plausibility, EVP Research has somehow survived sceptical analysis and become a surprisingly persistent area of parapsychology. Though there were several pioneers in the space, there was one man who was supposedly so invested in the subject by the time of his death that he decided to come back and continue the job from the afterlife, through the medium of the telephone. SOURCES Jürgenson, Friedrich (1967) Voice Transmissions with the Deceased. Firework, Sweden. Raudive, Konstantin. (1971) Breakthrough: An Amazing Experiment in Electronic Communication with the Dead. Smythe, UK. Roach, Mary. (2005). Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. W.W. Norton & Co. UK. Banks, Joe (2001) Rorschach Audio: Ghost Voices and Perceptual Creativity. Leonardo Music Journal, Vol. 11, pp 77-83. MIT Press, USA. Estep, Sarah (1988) Voices of Eternity. Fawcett Gold Medal, NY, USA. Estep, Sarah (2005) Roads to Eternity. Glade Press, MN, USA. Moreman, Christopher M. (2013) The Spiritualist Movement: Speaking with the Dead in America and Around the World. ABC-CLIO, CA, USA. ---------- For extended show notes, including maps, links and scripts, head over to darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories The Dark Histories books are available to buy here: http://author.to/darkhistories Dark Histories merch is available here: https://bit.ly/3GChjk9 Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com or via voicemail on: (415) 286-5072 or join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf The Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.

S.4 E.10 Given an aging population, it is likely that the volume of communication between patients and health care providers will grow. In this episode, I discuss how electronic communication in health care can help increase efficiency.

The Information Technologies and Communication Authority amended the Regulation on Consumer Rights in the Electronic Communication Sector. The main areas that are subject to the amendments are the execution, content and implementation of subscription agreements; restriction, suspension and termination of services; and informing consumers.

Jan. 17, 2021 - Starting in May, as the result of a new state law, employers in New York will need to notify their employees if their electronic communications are being monitored. Albert Fox Cahn, founder of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, discusses how the state's private employees are being monitored and proposed reforms for the future.

“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.” - William Blake What happened after our first interview is the reason and the incentive to reconnect with an update. I have forgotten the details of our conversation after we concluded the interview that first time - but Paula remembers the impact. I think we all benefit in making these connections and thank her for sharing this information. Here is the link to our first interview [2019] and the related blog post for Driving into Infinity: Living with My Brother's Spirit, Amazon. - Three days after Don's funeral, Paula had an out-of-body experience with her brother's spirit while she was driving. The result was a visit to "infinity" and a change in her consciousness. - Amazon review: Worth the read. Validates that our loved ones love us on the other side. "Very touching and inspirational. I got the book because of my experiences with deceased loved ones. I also was fortunate enough to listen to this guest author speak at one of my group meetings." And now - regarding the focus of the present interview: What Paula reports happening during our conversation - 2019 - I do not remember fully knowing at the time - except that we continued to talk - signing off with a plan to stay in touch and reconnect at some point.  During this interview there is some reverb type echoing in Paula's voice at a a portion of the interview - It happens so fast I almost cut it out - then I listened again. It doesn't happen anywhere else in the program nor is there an equipment issue that would create that effect. I do experience electrical anomalies of all sorts - daily. And I have since 1997 when my reality shifted. (STE) When editing I often cut this stuff out but I decided to leave the odd sound in - this time - because it is an example of what I experience when there is an elevation of spirit energy present. This is a very minor blip that affects one word when Paula is speaking. Sometimes an audio overlay can be quite distorted and distracting and more pronounced. (Ex: Interviews with Mediums and Intuitives.) I edit it out when I am the only one who gets what is happening and don't have the opportunity to address it in a way that offers context. The example during this interview offers context and a demonstration of what can happen when there is an additional energetic presence. Maybe you will hear it too. Thank you for listening. Paula continues to experience extraordinary PSI events. Connect with her at Paula Lenz Author = Website. Conveniently, Jeffrey Mishlove has posted an interview: Electronic Communication with the Deceased with Anabela Cordoso. YouTube link. The example I heard in our interview I refer to as an overlay. The word is distorted - sometimes extra voices (human and anomalous) can be heard in the audio and not on the recording - when I heard my producer cuss - and told him to be sure to edit the tape. He was mortified because his microphone was off. He said it out loud but it was not on the recording nor was it feeding to my headphones. He could find no explanation for how that could happen. PSI. Wendy's Blog related to this interview. Link.

Watch out for that send button! That send button on your computer makes it easy to get a message off right away, but it also can become your Achilles' heel if it is used carelessly. Remember that everything you send...

What is the most annoying thing about electronic communication to you? Don't you wish that in order to use emails, everyone had to agree to certain rules of etiquette? No doubt you get lots of junk emails and long emails...

Have you found emailing to be a blessing or a curse? It has certainly improved our ability to communicate quickly and easily, but it can become our master. We can truly become addicted to and in bondage to our emails....

How is your email etiquette? Recently a good friend was telling me the woes she is having with email communication. She is a computer programmer, and in order to help her coworkers, she sends emails with instructions on how to...

Did you know that email messaging now exceeds telephone traffic and is the dominant form of business communication? Businesses report that many of their employees spend three to four hours a day on email. And most of us would say,...

Recent Development   Decision no. 2021/DK-YED/80 ("Decision") of the Information Technologies and Communication Authority (ITCA) regarding the Amending Regulation on Authorization in the Electronic Communication Sector ("Regulation") and the Rules on Conditions and Terms of Authorization Application have been published. The Regulation entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette on 1 May 2021.   The Decision introduced amendments and innovations on various matters, including the scope of the conditions of authorization application and obligations of operators, authorization terms and competency control periods, changes of indirect control of operators, and authorization cancellation of operators that do not provide services.   In addition to the amendments in the Regulation, the ITCA published the following documents on authorization in the electronic communication sector within the scope of its Decision: Draft Notification Form Draft Application Form for Right of Usage Definition, Scope and Duration of Services, Networks and Infrastructures of Electronic Communication 

All you need to know about ECNs: What are Electronic Communication Networks or ECNs, What securities are traded on an ECN, What are the advantages of Electronic Communication Networks, Are there any disadvantages of ECNs, Are Electronic Communication Networks meant for investors with a lot of money or common investors, Examples of ECNs, and more. Show notes and transcript at: https://www.easypeasyfinance.com/what-is-an-electronic-communication-network-or-ecn/

Today on Speaking to Influence Lauren Swartz shares the challenges of working with the community to make global connections while being unable to travel. Listen in as Laura and Lauren discuss code switching and the importance of being able to communicate with people on all different levels and how making someone comfortable allows you to get your message across. Lauren also shares the challenges of building a brand and reputation while working virtually and how you can establish a strong, authentic connection with another individual by sending a handwritten note. Lauren Swartz is the President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, a private nonprofit organization that provides world-class speakers, thought leaders, activists, and politicians opportunities to connect with the people of Philadelphia.   You can Learn more about Lauren and the World Affairs Council in the following ways: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-swartz-a0143610/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorldAffairsCouncilofPhiladelphia/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/wacphila YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/wacphiladelphia https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-affairs-council-of-philadelphia   To learn more about Dr. Laura Sicola and how mastering influence can impact your success go to https://www.speakingtoinfluence.com/quickstart and download the quick start guide for mastering the three C's of influence.   You can connect with Laura in the following ways: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlaurasicola LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vocal-impact-productions/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWri2F_hhGQpMcD97DctJwA Facebook: Vocal Impact Productions Twitter: @Laura Sicola  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vocalimpactproductions Instagram: @VocalImpactProductions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's episode Chris Caine discusses the speed of electronic communication and how that time frame impacts audience influence. Laura and Chris explore how to convey complete thoughts with brevity, the difference between being explicit vs. implicit when communicating, and the need to answer a question first before explaining further. Christopher G. Caine is President of the Center for Global Enterprise, a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of the contemporary corporation in the era of global economic integration. He is also President & CEO of Mercator XXI, LLC, a professional services firm helping clients engage the global economy. Prior to April 2009, Mr. Caine was employed by IBM Corporation for 25 years. For thirteen years he had corporate responsibility for global public policy issues that impacted IBM in his role as Vice President, Governmental Programs. Prior to IBM, Mr. Caine worked for the Coca-Cola Company, the Eaton Corporation, and the Electronic Industries Association.   You can learn more about Chris here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-center-for-global-enterprise/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_C_G_E   To learn more about Dr. Laura Sicola and how mastering influence can impact your success go to https://www.speakingtoinfluence.com/quickstart and download the quick start guide for mastering the three C's of influence.   You can connect with Laura in the following ways: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlaurasicola LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vocal-impact-productions/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWri2F_hhGQpMcD97DctJwA Facebook: Vocal Impact Productions Twitter: @Laura Sicola  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vocalimpactproductions Instagram: @VocalImpactProductions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever feel stressed from having too much to do, or wish you had more time in the day to get things done? Time management consultant Helene Segura brings you simple yet mind-bending productivity tips to help you become more efficient at work so you can have a life outside of it. The author of two Amazon best-selling books, Helene Segura has been the featured productivity expert in over 100 media interviews including publications such as US News and World Report and Money Magazine, as well as on Fox, CBS, ABC and NBC affiliates. By day, Helene presents keynotes and trainings as The Inefficiency Assassin and teaches audiences and clients how to slay wasted time. By night (and on weekends), she’s a devout cheese eater, a recipe experimenter, and a travel junkie. If you blink, you might miss her sneaking adult beverages onto the lawn bowling court. For more tips or to connect with Helene, visit http://www.HeleneSegura.com.

In this episode #52, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla have interacted with another guest Prabhakar Reddy. Prabhakar Reddy is a Product Manager at one of the top Innovative MNC Company on Automotive, Industrial & Connected Technologies.  He has overall 18 years of industry experience in the Automotive domain including 7 years of International experiences on a variety of leadership roles ranging from Project Management, Quality, Technology, and Automation topics.  Every time there is a crisis in the world, Prabhakar successfully navigated & excelled, be it during the crisis - Be it 2000 tech bubble, the 2008 financial crisis and 2020 coronavirus crash compare in 2000, 2008 or now in 2020.Coming to his education, He received his Bachelor degree in Electronic & Communication from Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Bangalore University  He has passion to learn new languages, he speaks 6 different languages including one foreign Language (German)  He has started his career in core technical topics on Software development for the premium German Car´s in the area of Driving Assistance. Shaped his career with different roles like Project Leader, Group Manager, Program Manager, & Product Manager. Prabhakar's Thoughts: Prabhakar's career journey Prabhakar's career journey Technological changes and their impact on businesses How to keep oneself up to date and staying relevant Significance of soft skills in Global work environment Work life Balance Tips for students & Young professionals to grow in careers Enjoy the episode! Do not forget to share your suggestions or feedback at theguidingvoice4u@gmail.com or by messaging at +91 9494 587 187  Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheGuidingVoice Also, follow The Guiding Voice on Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theguidingvoice Facebook: http://facebook.com/theguidingvoice4u Twitter: http://twitter.com/guidingvoice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theguidingvoice4u/ Pinterest: https://in.pinterest.com/theguidingvoice4u/pins/  #product, #productmanager, #productmgmt, #technologies, #techevolution,  #careerguidance, #mentorship, #careerpath, #progression, #management, #leadership, #crisis, #job, #midcareer, #youngprofessionals, #careergraph, #TGV, #theguidingvoice

Dr. Iorg continues his two-part series and discusses how the pandemic has underscored the importance of pastoral care, stewardship, and electronic communication.

REVEALED: NEW Document That Launched #ObamaGate...NEW CA "Vote-By-Mail" LawsuitIn a major development, Judicial Watch forced the declassification and release of an FBI memo or “electronic communication” (EC) that officially launched the counterintelligence investigation, termed “Crossfire Hurricane,” of President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.We obtained the document that disgraced FBI official Peter Strzok wrote in our FOIA suit against the FBI and DOJ for: “The Electronic Communication that initiated the counterintelligence investigation of President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.” (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:19-cv-02743)).

Here's your informal email writing guide! When you compose a casual and friendly email to friends and family, follow these three easy steps so you can ace this asynchronous electronic communication! We cover the three key parts to informal emails: warm greetings, clear purpose and intention, and a personal sign off!

What would you do if you got a message or email from someone you didn't know inviting you to participate in a special celebration? Listen to two stories about people who just went for it when messages from strangers landed in their laps! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbBAXp8vkro https://mashable.com/article/thanksgiving-accidental-text-strangers-fourth-year/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thefillingstationpod/message

This episode is more detailed in solving problems using Electronic Commumication by a grade 10 high school students

Live From the 2019 NYSBA Tech Summit. Ignatius Grande, Director at Berkeley Research Group, joins David to discuss the importance of electronic communication, social media and mobile devices in the life of a lawyer and law firms. Ignatius recounts how much communication technology like WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook Messenger have changed the ways lawyers interact with clients and colleagues. They also talk about the 2014 Social Media Guidelines that Ignatius helped create for the NYSBA Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, which have garnered tremendous attention from other state bar associations and national bar associations. Miranda Warnings is hosted by NYSBA's 118th President David Miranda.

SHOW NOTES:For more than two decades now, electronic communication has infiltrated every corner of our lives. An entire generation has grown up with instant contact as an expectation. This episode is a conversation about the pros and cons of communicating electronically.Because Leslyn and Leslie are both business owners, they talk about the negative side of being constantly available as a professional and the implications of having being reachable 24/7. Leslie shares thoughts about a perception that our cultural norm has developed into the notion that we are all immediately at the mercy of others needs. Leslyn shares ideas of how to set appropriate boundaries with customers, friends and family who might be overstepping accessibility.As always, they share personal stories that highlight the topic from a variety of perspectives. The notion of ‘instant access’ is dissected in these personal examples and strategies to balance the frustrations are offered.

This week on Soft Skills 101, join us for a discussion about modes of electronic communication, what we like to call “Netiquette.”  Learn a few tips on how to teach your kids some life skills in this area! Bible Verse: Honor Your Father and Mother Exodus20:12 Honor Everyone. Lover the brotherhood. Fear God. 1 Peter […] The post Communication Week 3: Modes of Electronic Communication: Netiquette appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

This week on Melodics - we dive deep into the dark, melodic, beautiful, and powerful tracks across house & techno with your host Raskal. This week our 2nd Hour Guest Mix comes from David Olam (ATL, US). Follow David Olam Here:https://hearthis.at/david-olam/house-of-david-013/?fbclid=IwAR0U5GTckd4omFin0_0KQ1AlhBX3ocvEU6O5FgYVgy-8p0xGDQwpNezw2gc Featuring First Hour Tracks By: Futuristant, Rigopolar, Pig&Dan, Pascal Feos, 18 East, Badin Brothers, Delonge, Adrian Hour, deadmau5, C.O.Z, Electronic Communication, Oleg Mass, De Sluwe Vos, SjamsoedinThe Chemical Brothers As Always you can follow me everywherewww.facebook.com/raskalsound twitter.com/raskalsound www.instagram.com/raskalsound

We all have those times when we are stressed and need to chill out. So I begin this episode with some proven simple and easy ways to reduce anxiety and stress instantly – and one way is so easy all you have to do is listen a hit song from 1972. https://us.ditchthelabel.org/101-ultimate-ways-chill-reduce-stress/Most of your communication is probably virtual – email, text, telephone, etc. And as you and probably everyone else has learned, virtual communication can lead to misinterpretation and misunderstandings which in turn can lead to real trouble. Communication expert Nick Morgan, author of the book, Can You Hear Me? How to Connect with People in a Virtual World (https://amzn.to/2D2RPyL) joins me to discuss the pitfalls of virtual communication and how to avoid them so you stay out of trouble.With Halloween approaching I thought it would be fun to uncover the stories behind some of the classic Halloween candy. I am partial to Snickers and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and I am sure you have your favorites as well. Candy expert Darlene Lacey, author of the book, Classic Candy (https://amzn.to/2EImfs3) explains the fascinating stories of how many of these iconic candies came to be, where their names came from and why we tend to like the same candy as our parents and grandparents did.Speaking of sweets, why is it that some people prefer sweet snacks while others like salty? And still others like both? We wrap up this episode with the science of sweet and salty and why they are so satisfying. http://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/why-some-people-have-a-sweet-toothThis Week’s SponsorsRobinhood. Go to something.robinhood.com to get your free account and receive a share of stock!Home Chef. Go to www.HomeChef.com/something to get $30 off your first order. Madison Reed. For 10% off plus free shipping on your first order go to www.Madison-Reed.com/somethingHotel Tonight. Download the app Hotel Tonight to your phone and get $25 off your first eligible booking.The Lodge at Woodloch. $50 resort credit off any 2-night stay at The Lodge at Woodloch when mentioning promo code SOMETHING by calling 800-966-3562, Option 2, then Option 1 for reservations.Jet.com. For a great online shopping experience go to www.Jet.com Stroke of Genius podcast. Listen at Apple podcast or at IPOEF.ORG

Anabela Cardoso is a Portuguese career diplomat who has long been one of the leading researchers worldwide in the field of electronic communication with those that we used to think were dead. She talks frankly about her amazing history and what she has learned, and speculates about where this field might be going.

Listen to Dr. Graham interview Dr. Brian Drolet about his article "Electronic Communication of Protected Health Information: Privacy, Security and HIPAA Compliance", which appears in the June 2017 edition of the Journal.

Research exploring the relationship between the frequency and pattern of traditional vs modern forms of communication among adolescents and the evolution of social competencies in their relationships

Welcome to episode #017 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Thanh Nguyen My favorite people are those self-educators who soak in knowledge and learn from anything and anyone they can, and that’s one of the things I really like about Thanh Nguyen, Fire Captain with the Garden Grove Fire Department in California. [...] The post TCIP #017 – Exploring Garden Grove Fire Department’s Social Media and Electronic Communication in Crisis with Thanh Nguyen appeared first on The Crisis Intelligence Podcast.

In this world of electronic communication, it is sometimes difficult to determine the mood of the message you are receiving. A language is developing with hash tags, emoticons and the letters “lol” following a message that will provide you with an inclination of the spirit of a message. But what if you are wrong? Is it worth the risk to assume a customer is joking and light hearted when we know there is always an underlying truth to a comment? I told a customer that I would complete a proposal and have it to him when he returned from lunch. I was missing one piece of vital information and I did not send the proposal until late in the afternoon. When I sent it, he responded with, “How long of a lunch do you think I take?” I know this guy and wanted to believe he was poking fun at me but how was I to know for certain? He did not include a smiley face or any other sign that he was kidding. I chose to apologize and explain the reason for the delay. I played it safe. It goes without saying that I should have contacted him after lunch to let him know the proposal would be delayed. We live in a global society and depend on electronic communication to make our lives more efficient. There are times when face-to-face communication is the best way. I have found that in business communication, people tend to be audacious and less reasonable when they communicate over the phone and by email or text. I recently corresponded by email with a customer and he was very direct in his message and I detected an unhappy tone. I was able to drop by and see him face-to-face. We had a friendly conversation and worked out the issues in a mature manner. It is much more difficult for a person to be angry and aggressive face-to-face if you handle it properly. Developing good communication skills is vital regardless of the method. Make sure you make your intentions and mood clear. Have a great week! Pierce

Past Engineers of KALX talk about the development of the station and its challenges. Features Sam Wood, Ron Quan, David Josephson, and Susan Calico. Also, past Music Director and Station Manager Doc Pelzel provides his insights.TranscriptSpeaker 1: Spectrum's next Speaker 2: [inaudible] [inaudible]. Speaker 1: Welcome to spectrum the science and technology show on k a l x Berkeley. We have a special show this week to highlight the [00:00:30] 50th anniversary of calyx and the kick off of the fundraiser. We look back over the 50 years by talking with past engineers of Calyx, those key people who made it possible for radio to happen. Our guests, our previous engineers, Sam Wood, Ron Kwon, David Josephson, Susan Calico, and to pass station manager Dr Pell Cell. We wanted to give you an idea of how Calex struggled and evolved into its current form through the eyes of the engineers that made it happen on with the show. Rick and I [00:01:00] are here with doc pell, Zelle and doc. What was it like early on in the 60s here at Calex? Yeah, I started it. Yeah. Speaker 3: [inaudible] about six months after it became an FM station and about um, oh six and a half years after it was an am station as usually a case with a college radio station. A bunch of engineers get together and decide, hey, let's do a radio station. And they put Patti page records in the library and they want you to play [00:01:30] music to study by. Okay. And then they go and fiddle with the wires, everything and get the stuff going. And then the, uh, then the firies come in and uh, and radicalize everything musically and, and make the engineers all nervous and depressed and then start building an audience. So Speaker 1: we have a phone interview with one of those early engineers from Calex Sam wood, let's go do that. Speaker 4: Okay. Speaker 5: Sam Wood, thanks very much for coming on spectrum and talking to us about the early days of Calex. Speaker 4: Well thank you for having me. Speaker 5: And [00:02:00] what years were you at cal? Speaker 4: I was actually there from the fall of 1963 through the spring of 1968. Speaker 5: And how did you get interested in radio at cal? Speaker 4: Well, actually I lived in the unit one residence hall, which was actually called Putnam Hall. Down the hall from me were two double e's who basically a hung out with for a while. And they took me over and introduced me to the founders of radio cow. Speaker 5: [00:02:30] And what did you find there? You know, what was on the ground engineering wise?Speaker 4: Well, at that point the station actually had a small studio and a little control room and a shop area. This was all in the basement of unit two residence hall. The actual original work that was done by Marshall and Jim started in 1961 everyone talks about 62 well that's about the time that they finally got some of the equipment working, [00:03:00] but they actually put this together in 1961 Speaker 5: and what were the engineering challenges for you back then? Speaker 4: Well, the challenges were that we had no time and very little money, so we ended up having to build much of what we had. We got some surplus gear from some of the commercial stations and we'd modify some of that, but we ended up building most of the stuff on our own. In fact, the transmitters that we [00:03:30] had for the carrier current station were actually built out of food service trays for the chassis. And then surplus scrap wood for the frame. The transformers came out of the physics department and the tubes came out of, I think it was the chem department, so really this is literally built up from scraps. We spent a lot of time and very little money Speaker 5: and that carrier system that you talked about, describe that a bit. Speaker 4: That was basically an a m transmitter. [00:04:00] It operated in the am radio band and it coupled into the power lines of the residence halls and it started out in unit two and then they expanded it to unit one and eventually into unit three and students who wanted to listen to the station could tune it in on an am radio. Speaker 5: And who were some of the key people that were in the engineering group back then? You've mentioned a few names. Do you want to sorta run down? Who was who? Speaker 4: Sure. John grilly worked with me. [00:04:30] He became chief engineer a later on, another guy, Bob Tasjan, who was an engineer and he helped out also Lee fells and Stein who later became one of the homebrew computer network people. John Connors, Scott Loftus, us, mark Tendus, Charlie Bedard. These were all engineering people who helped out in various ways. Speaker 5: How much time and impact did this have on your studies? Speaker 4: Oh, it was, it was interesting shoehorning [00:05:00] everything together because it, I spent far more time than I probably should have down there. I did all right, but mainly because once I got into upper division, the double e part of it, I had a natural ability to be able to work through the problems. And I think some of my experience at radio cow actually helped me in some of my w classes. Speaker 5: Do you want to tell some stories about uh, pulling cables? Speaker 4: Oh, the cables? Yes. We were in a very interesting situation with the university. [00:05:30] We got friendly with some of the top people at the university and were able to therefore have a general attitude toward us of, we don't care how the cable gets into the conduit, but once it's there, you can use it. So we ended up having little wire pulling campaigns, typically about two or three in the morning where we'd pull cable and we called it midnight wire and cable. And we wired up. Much of the, one of our biggest accomplishments was [00:06:00] the studios in the basement of Dwinelle Hall that we built up. Didn't have any real connection with the telephone network or any of the other university cable networks that we needed to be connected to. So we, uh, ended up pulling approximately 200 feet of 75 pair cable all the way from the grounds and buildings part of Darnell all the way to the studios. Speaker 4: And we figured out a really neat little trick using a vacuum cleaner [00:06:30] and a sponge and some fishing line so we could get a pole wire into a conduit that normally you couldn't. So we pulled this cable in that gave us our connectivity into the network at one l hall. One of the things also, I hadn't mentioned, we needed a lot of wire and cable to build the station. So the way we got that was, Marshall talked his way into getting access to the Republican convention at the Cow Palace. This is a 1964 [00:07:00] Republican convention, so we went over as the convention was winding up and we sqround miles and miles of cable off the ground that people didn't want. So we were able to get enough cable to wire much of our requirements for the station. So some of these outside activities were really quite exciting. Speaker 5: What sort of impacted all your work at cal radio and then Cadillacs have on your personal and professional life? Speaker 4: Well, [00:07:30] it gave me a different dimension because I had pretty much just focused on engineering and I like building things and that's why I went into engineering. The radio cow experience gave me a taste of what else you have to be able to do. You know, not that I have a good aptitude for it, but at least I have an appreciation for issues regarding organization and how to be able to put something together and get it through the system. [00:08:00] We really had to have an organization that we've built from the ground up to make this viable to do something like this in an environment where there's basically nothing available to you unless you know how to go and get it. It taught me how to go and get it, which was really useful. I consider that the experience that I got at radio cow far more important than the courses that I took. I mean I took a lot of interest in courses but the station gave me experience. You can't [00:08:30] get any other way. And that helped me and startups and it helped me in understanding how to make things work, not just from the technical end but from the other end too. Speaker 5: Any reflections on uh, what the station meant to the university community? Speaker 4: When we actually built the station, people really liked it and got involved and things were going unfortunately later, uh, into the 70s, there turned out to [00:09:00] be a number of problems. The station basically it shifted from being run by the engineering people to being run by others in the university who had different agendas. The stations really had its ups and downs and it's come back really well and with a lot more community efforts now than it had originally. So it is really important that you have a continuing set of goals and a continuing purpose and someone to build the structure into [00:09:30] running the station. Initially when it was starting from scratch, it was ad hoc, so clearly by definition there was no embedded structure that was suitable. Now that the station especially has got structuring, it's important to maintain the functionality and maintain that the way it operates and everything from one class to the next. Because by definition students come and students go and that doesn't lend itself for the kind of structure you need for an ongoing activity. The station [00:10:00] has had a long growth cycle here and I'm glad to see it's still around. Speaker 1: Sam would, thanks very much for coming on spectrum and talking with us about the early days of Calex. Speaker 4: Well, thank you for having me. Speaker 1: You're listening to the spectrum on k a l x Berkeley. Our topic this week is the 50th anniversary of Kelex. We're talking to engineers about how Calex got started. It's also fundraiser week. Call us in the five and dime. That's six, four, two five, two five, nine. We're back now with [00:10:30] duck pell sal and doc. Next up is Ron Kwan. What are your insights into him? Speaker 3: Uh, Ron Kwan came in later on and he, he really did a, an amazing job with nothing. I mean we were still in a s ASU c funded club, which was a budget of few blue chip stamps was how much they gave us each year. And uh, so the fact that we were even able to, to function at all was truly amazing. But yeah, to Ron, Ron knew his stuff. In fact, he's, um, he's even still doing that macgyver kind of thing [00:11:00] of building like a lie detector with a, with an old cigarette butt and a rubber band. Speaker 1: Ron Quan, thanks very much for coming on spectrum. Thank you. How did you get interested in radio? Speaker 6: Well, in radio I build crystal radios when I was like nine or 10 years old through my brother. Getting into broadcast was actually kind of a fluke. What had happened was one of my friends got his FCC license, he had his third class license [00:11:30] and he was trying to get a second class license. Back in those days you would have your third, your second and your first class. And nowadays I think it's only like third class in general. So what happens is he's kind of like almost daring me to do it as well. And he had taken the test, the second class [inaudible] about two or three and had failed. And how he would do is he would take these questions and answer booklets and just try to memorize [00:12:00] the answers. So I did it the hard way. I, I got this book called Electronic Communication by, by Robert Schrader, who, who taught at Laney College back here in the East Bay. Speaker 6: And it's a thick book. It's almost like half of a telephone book. So I spent 150 hours and six weeks studying it. Between the time I enter cow and after I just graduated from high school and I passed the tests, but just barely I thing. But I got [00:12:30] it. And then when I entered cau back in 72 I heard that there was a radio station here. And so I said, where is this place in this as well? It's a, I think 500 Eshleman hall. So I went there I think during my second quarter. So that would be like the winter of, yeah, 73 and ran into a few people and one of them was Henry Chu who was the station manager and they said, yeah, we [00:13:00] have somebody outside getting the transmitter, a room ready to work, but we, we always can need help in the studio and elsewhere. Speaker 6: So for about three or four months I worked with this outside engineer and then I think by the time I had finished my first year, then I became the chief engineer, which then I found out was a very strange job in itself because you get called a lot [00:13:30] sometimes I'd 11 o'clock in the evening like, Hey, a, the photo preempt went out. And I say, well, what did you do? Uh, well everything was working just fine. Instead, I picked you, kicked the switch underneath it based back in those days we were so poor, we didn't even mount the damn thing. We stuck this funnel pre-amp deer off to the corner, but it was on the floor. Instead of this jockey would be moving his or her feet around it and kicked the switch off. And so I would have to come back [00:14:00] and deal with that. Speaker 6: So it was a very good job though. I lasted for about roughly a year. Uh, some of the crazy things that, that we did were that we did remote broadcasts and one of them was the famous UCLA cow game. Uh, when Bill Walton and John Wooden came to town, Dick was broadcast at the Oakland Coliseum or someplace like that. And so I had to whip up some kind of like a conso and a backup [00:14:30] in case of, you know, everything else failed in. Fortunately all that worked. And the backup amplifier was this heath kit Hi-fi amplifier that I found at a, I think in Norton Hall where the, all the equipment was, was being stashed at the time. And so, so it worked out fine. And I was, you know, actually sitting on top of instrument hall that night, uh, listening to the game, making sure everything was okay. So the radio part was sort of like, I just kind of fell into this thing. I didn't really [00:15:00] intend to work in radio, but it turned out to be a very good experience. So, so I took a nosedive in my grades and then I came back during my junior and senior year. Speaker 3: Did you learn anything from [inaudible] that helped you with your career? Speaker 6: The coolest thing about working at cow ax and also in broadcast, I got to see how people actually work the equipment and people don't always read the manual. People will use whatever [00:15:30] they have to get the job done and nobody really cares, you know? Well we have to use specific headphone or a specific something to this. You know, you have to design a thing to be idiot proof. And so that was the biggest lesson. I learned a work in broadcasting. And it was actually a great advantage because, uh, most people who work for an Ampex or a Sony when they get out of college, they have absolutely no practical knowledge of how [00:16:00] the users use their equipment and, and how they might configure it. So, so that, that, that part was good. Great. Ryan Quan, thanks very much for coming on. Spectrum. Thank you. Speaker 3: It's fundraiser week call (510) 642-5259 to pledge. We are back with doc pell cell and doc the 70s were a turbulent time. What was it like here at Cadillacs during that upheaval there was a lot of different factions at the stations that were sort of vying [00:16:30] for either control of it. And as a result, whoever won didn't really do anything except their own particular little fiefdom of area they wanted to work in and everything else sort of fell apart. So the station fell off the air a few times in the 73 74 period. Uh, there was a time in the early seventies when, um, the station studio equipment was stolen. There was no chief engineer. Our license was up for renewal. [00:17:00] The student government had had a war with the politics of the station, so we had no budget, so we had literally like nothing left. We were off the air for a period of time. Speaker 3: It looked pretty bleak. Then it's about in the 73 and four period tell a person named Andy Reimer who was, had been a student at UC Irvine, transferred up here for his last few years and he showed the university that their lack of oversight might cause them to lose their license and he outlined a program for [00:17:30] how he would build a station in a management team and have some accountability, but how the university would have to pump some money and some oversight into it. He pretty much pull the station out of the ashes and sort of Phoenix like it was resurrected and came back and began what is probably on its current path to where it is. David Josephson Speaker 7: was the chief engineer at that time and we just happened to have David Josephson in here. Excellent. Thanks for inviting me. It's always a pleasure to come back and visit Berkeley. [00:18:00] How did you get started in radio? Well, I had the good fortune of landing in Berkeley at age, about nine or 10 when, uh, all sorts of experiments were happening. My mother was involved with KPFA and I was an electronic tinkerer experiment or I had a pirate radio station and the under the stairs in our house and she was doing some promotion work for KPFA. And I said, well, Gee, maybe I can get involved with a real radio here. They were very, uh, open [00:18:30] to that idea. So I started immediately then learning about production recording program, uh, editing and so on. So I got my, uh, third class license when I was 10 and read board shifts at Kpmj, but we moved away from Berkeley, uh, right after some of the worst of the people's park riots up to more rural northern California. Speaker 7: And, uh, finished high school there and decided that I really wanted [00:19:00] to stay involved in radio and electronics and audio broadcasting, uh, design and stuff like that. So came back to Berkeley and uh, was intent on being an engineering student when there was a, a note on the chalkboard of the Amateur Radio Club that the radio station was looking for an engineer as far as I knew the station was off the air and gone, which it was at that point, but I was part of the crew then that, uh, resurrected it. What was the time period? You were a chief engineer? [00:19:30] I was chief engineer from 75 through 79 I was here the four years. What were the main technical issues at the time? Just the resurrecting of cal. Yeah, building the station from scratch. The challenge was to build something that we could put on the air, making it work, making it illegal. Speaker 7: I started in the spring quarter of 75 and I think we started working on it toward the end of spring. I think we [00:20:00] were working on it for most of the summer. I was here all summer and I think we went on the air before school started again in the fall. What's important is that there was a crew of people who came together at that time who most of whom had a background in radio. The general manager, Andy Reimer, uh, had been manager of the UC Irvine Station when he was there for a couple of years. The other cluster of people were mostly involved in a record business. [00:20:30] You know Tim divine who went on to be out of an art at a and m I guess doc Pelz l of course. It was kind of keeping the continuity of things from the older time and running the music department. So we had a couple of months to figure out what could be patched together. A of my friends from KPFA helped staff and technicians from the w department provided test equipment, parts access to bits and pieces. So we just kind of pulled it together from that. [00:21:00] The next step was to be some thing a little bit more accessible and reliable than this closet up on the the roof of Dwinelle and that's when Andy got to doing the political thing and got us space in Lawrence Hall of Science. We moved the studios up there first Speaker 1: and you moved the transmitter up on the hill? That was next? That was stage two. So the first two, yeah. I think first phase was to get the studio to Lawrence Hall because we were being booted out of to know [00:21:30] and then the transmitter followed. How long after that? That was a year, more than a year after that because there was a lot of construction that was secondary to the studio operations. Back in the early days of Calex, a lot of the engineers were students at the time. Speaker 7: All of the engineers were students or former students or part time students. That was actually fairly common in college radio around [00:22:00] the country. There were more radio engineers out there because of the small radio stations around everywhere needed more engineers. The equipment was less reliable, transmitters needed work all the time. There were a lot more people who, as teenagers were working in radio and so they were a lot more engineers and there were a lot more people who were familiar with the technical requirements of, of an audio chain and a transmitter and studio transmitter, [00:22:30] links and antennas and things like that. So, uh, yeah, I was a student part time during that time. I, I think I got it about two years during my four years here, I said I graduated from colleagues. Most of the other engineers were also students or community people. There weren't any staff engineers while I was there except me. I mean, if they finally got a kind of a stipend salary for the chief engineer. Speaker 1: How did your time at Calyx influence your career? Speaker 7: [00:23:00] Most of the people I know who had solid college radio experiences when they were in school refer to them throughout their lives as a defining experience in enabling experience. That was, I mean, I don't know how many of them consider that they learned more from the radio station than they did from classes like I do, but I'm sure it's a significant fraction. The real challenge that drove what I was able to [00:23:30] feel confident in doing in later years was dealing with something that had to work all the time with limited resources and patching together things to make a system work and that that whole discipline of able to see a system come together and allocating limited resources to fitting that all together. That's the engineering challenge of doing the engineering of a radio station. At least it was then when things were not reliable, not stable, [00:24:00] not dependable, and things were being fixed all the time. And that applies to any technology that's in kind of development, I think. [inaudible] Speaker 1: David Josephson, thanks very much for coming on spectrum talking with us. Very welcome. Thanks for inviting me. K, a l ex Berkeley doc pell sal. Thanks very much for your help getting the context of the sixties and seventies squared away and it's fundraiser week here at Calyx fundraiser. So give us a call. [00:24:30] We need your donations. (510) 642-5259 back to spectrum. We're going to talk with Susan Calico, who took over in the 80s as chief engineer. Susan Kaliko. Thanks very much for coming on spectrum and talking to us about Calex. Speaker 8: Thank you. I'm glad to be here. It's nice to be back at the station and see how nice it looks. Speaker 1: I wanted to find out from you how you got interested in radio in the first place. Speaker 8: Well, I have to go back much further than my time at Calex. I [00:25:00] got out of school and I was very interested in writing and got involved at the daily cow. So I was a journalist for a little while and then I became a copy editor and somehow that wasn't enough. So I went down to KPFA, which is also in Berkeley and volunteered there. I got involved in first in women's news and then during that time, which was in the mid to late seventies, there were almost no women who knew anything technical at that station. So, [00:25:30] um, when I was at KPFA, I took advantage of the fact that you could do pretty much anything kind of like here I got my third class license, which was required to actually run the board on the air and learned how to do that. And again, was always teaching people. And I was there for probably about 10 years, everything overlapped with everything else and I had just studied for and gotten my first class radio license, which was in those days required to be the responsible [00:26:00] engineer at a station and the job of Calyx came up. So I applied for that and got in and well the work began. Speaker 1: What were the years you were a chief engineer at Calex? Speaker 8: Oh, I was engineer at Calex starting in 1981, I believe in the late, late in the year through uh, early 1995. So it was about 13 years altogether. Speaker 1: While you were the engineer, there [00:26:30] was a move from Lawrence Hall of science down to bondage. What was that like? Speaker 8: As I recall, we managed to get the honors studio down and settled and on the air and the newsroom was about to move from over in the student union and I got pneumonia, so I was at home in bed for two weeks with a fever. Well, the engineering volunteers basically put in the new studio. So it's, you know, as usual there's, there's never enough money to [00:27:00] do what you need to do, so you just have to do what you can with what you've got. And we were lucky enough to have some good volunteers who could really take care of business. Speaker 1: The next big technical challenge you had was increasing the power from 10 watts to 500 watts. How did that go? Speaker 8: We had to get a new transmitter, which was huge compared to our one that we had. And so we had to sort of rearrange things up at the transmitter shad and I'll patch all the leaks because I mean, when you get new [00:27:30] equipment, you want it to be good. Uh, we had to have a new cable running up the transmitter tower, which I think it's, it's not quite a hundred feet. I think it's something like 80 or 85 or something like that. I do remember, um, being up on the tower with the surveyors down below, because in such a crowded market, as Calex is in, in the bay area here, there are many FM stations. You have to be careful not to step on anybody else's frequency. So we had to have a very directional [00:28:00] and oddly shaped signal, the antennas crafted so that it directs the signal in the way that you want. Speaker 8: But if your antenna isn't pointed exactly where you want it, you're going to not be, you know, I mean, the FCC is not gonna like you being out of line there. So I went up on the tower, loosen the bolts on the, uh, on the antenna and the surveyors down below, going all over this way, you know, and I'm like whackwhackwhack no, no, no, a little, little bit back. But those [00:28:30] were expenses we couldn't avoid because it had to be certified. But eventually it all got done and in our case it was 500 watts, which isn't a whole lot. That transmitter could have done a lot more, but that was what we were allowed to do, so we had to keep it pretty close. Speaker 1: What was the culture like at Calex during your years? Speaker 8: I learned that no matter how weird people looked, most of them or really good people, they were sweet people. They, you know, a lot of our djs [00:29:00] were just really nice people. They were pretty easy to work with. They were considerate and I wouldn't always be able to tell by looking at them Speaker 1: Cadillacs. How did it affect you professionally? Speaker 8: I spent 13 years here and I really, really learned a lot more electronics and a lot more transmitter information and so I really understood why everything worked. Speaker 1: [00:29:30] Susan Calico, thanks very much for coming in and talking with us. Speaker 8: Well, it's been a pleasure to see that the station is still here and that the equipment still works. Speaker 1: The card during the show. It was by law, Stan and David for these help on folk and acoustic made available by a creative Commons license. 3.0 attribution. 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Past Engineers of KALX talk about the development of the station and its challenges. Features Sam Wood, Ron Quan, David Josephson, and Susan Calico. Also, past Music Director and Station Manager Doc Pelzel provides his insights.TranscriptSpeaker 1: Spectrum's next Speaker 2: [inaudible] [inaudible]. Speaker 1: Welcome to spectrum the science and technology show on k a l x Berkeley. We have a special show this week to highlight the [00:00:30] 50th anniversary of calyx and the kick off of the fundraiser. We look back over the 50 years by talking with past engineers of Calyx, those key people who made it possible for radio to happen. Our guests, our previous engineers, Sam Wood, Ron Kwon, David Josephson, Susan Calico, and to pass station manager Dr Pell Cell. We wanted to give you an idea of how Calex struggled and evolved into its current form through the eyes of the engineers that made it happen on with the show. Rick and I [00:01:00] are here with doc pell, Zelle and doc. What was it like early on in the 60s here at Calex? Yeah, I started it. Yeah. Speaker 3: [inaudible] about six months after it became an FM station and about um, oh six and a half years after it was an am station as usually a case with a college radio station. A bunch of engineers get together and decide, hey, let's do a radio station. And they put Patti page records in the library and they want you to play [00:01:30] music to study by. Okay. And then they go and fiddle with the wires, everything and get the stuff going. And then the, uh, then the firies come in and uh, and radicalize everything musically and, and make the engineers all nervous and depressed and then start building an audience. So Speaker 1: we have a phone interview with one of those early engineers from Calex Sam wood, let's go do that. Speaker 4: Okay. Speaker 5: Sam Wood, thanks very much for coming on spectrum and talking to us about the early days of Calex. Speaker 4: Well thank you for having me. Speaker 5: And [00:02:00] what years were you at cal? Speaker 4: I was actually there from the fall of 1963 through the spring of 1968. Speaker 5: And how did you get interested in radio at cal? Speaker 4: Well, actually I lived in the unit one residence hall, which was actually called Putnam Hall. Down the hall from me were two double e's who basically a hung out with for a while. And they took me over and introduced me to the founders of radio cow. Speaker 5: [00:02:30] And what did you find there? You know, what was on the ground engineering wise?Speaker 4: Well, at that point the station actually had a small studio and a little control room and a shop area. This was all in the basement of unit two residence hall. The actual original work that was done by Marshall and Jim started in 1961 everyone talks about 62 well that's about the time that they finally got some of the equipment working, [00:03:00] but they actually put this together in 1961 Speaker 5: and what were the engineering challenges for you back then? Speaker 4: Well, the challenges were that we had no time and very little money, so we ended up having to build much of what we had. We got some surplus gear from some of the commercial stations and we'd modify some of that, but we ended up building most of the stuff on our own. In fact, the transmitters that we [00:03:30] had for the carrier current station were actually built out of food service trays for the chassis. And then surplus scrap wood for the frame. The transformers came out of the physics department and the tubes came out of, I think it was the chem department, so really this is literally built up from scraps. We spent a lot of time and very little money Speaker 5: and that carrier system that you talked about, describe that a bit. Speaker 4: That was basically an a m transmitter. [00:04:00] It operated in the am radio band and it coupled into the power lines of the residence halls and it started out in unit two and then they expanded it to unit one and eventually into unit three and students who wanted to listen to the station could tune it in on an am radio. Speaker 5: And who were some of the key people that were in the engineering group back then? You've mentioned a few names. Do you want to sorta run down? Who was who? Speaker 4: Sure. John grilly worked with me. [00:04:30] He became chief engineer a later on, another guy, Bob Tasjan, who was an engineer and he helped out also Lee fells and Stein who later became one of the homebrew computer network people. John Connors, Scott Loftus, us, mark Tendus, Charlie Bedard. These were all engineering people who helped out in various ways. Speaker 5: How much time and impact did this have on your studies? Speaker 4: Oh, it was, it was interesting shoehorning [00:05:00] everything together because it, I spent far more time than I probably should have down there. I did all right, but mainly because once I got into upper division, the double e part of it, I had a natural ability to be able to work through the problems. And I think some of my experience at radio cow actually helped me in some of my w classes. Speaker 5: Do you want to tell some stories about uh, pulling cables? Speaker 4: Oh, the cables? Yes. We were in a very interesting situation with the university. [00:05:30] We got friendly with some of the top people at the university and were able to therefore have a general attitude toward us of, we don't care how the cable gets into the conduit, but once it's there, you can use it. So we ended up having little wire pulling campaigns, typically about two or three in the morning where we'd pull cable and we called it midnight wire and cable. And we wired up. Much of the, one of our biggest accomplishments was [00:06:00] the studios in the basement of Dwinelle Hall that we built up. Didn't have any real connection with the telephone network or any of the other university cable networks that we needed to be connected to. So we, uh, ended up pulling approximately 200 feet of 75 pair cable all the way from the grounds and buildings part of Darnell all the way to the studios. Speaker 4: And we figured out a really neat little trick using a vacuum cleaner [00:06:30] and a sponge and some fishing line so we could get a pole wire into a conduit that normally you couldn't. So we pulled this cable in that gave us our connectivity into the network at one l hall. One of the things also, I hadn't mentioned, we needed a lot of wire and cable to build the station. So the way we got that was, Marshall talked his way into getting access to the Republican convention at the Cow Palace. This is a 1964 [00:07:00] Republican convention, so we went over as the convention was winding up and we sqround miles and miles of cable off the ground that people didn't want. So we were able to get enough cable to wire much of our requirements for the station. So some of these outside activities were really quite exciting. Speaker 5: What sort of impacted all your work at cal radio and then Cadillacs have on your personal and professional life? Speaker 4: Well, [00:07:30] it gave me a different dimension because I had pretty much just focused on engineering and I like building things and that's why I went into engineering. The radio cow experience gave me a taste of what else you have to be able to do. You know, not that I have a good aptitude for it, but at least I have an appreciation for issues regarding organization and how to be able to put something together and get it through the system. [00:08:00] We really had to have an organization that we've built from the ground up to make this viable to do something like this in an environment where there's basically nothing available to you unless you know how to go and get it. It taught me how to go and get it, which was really useful. I consider that the experience that I got at radio cow far more important than the courses that I took. I mean I took a lot of interest in courses but the station gave me experience. You can't [00:08:30] get any other way. And that helped me and startups and it helped me in understanding how to make things work, not just from the technical end but from the other end too. Speaker 5: Any reflections on uh, what the station meant to the university community? Speaker 4: When we actually built the station, people really liked it and got involved and things were going unfortunately later, uh, into the 70s, there turned out to [00:09:00] be a number of problems. The station basically it shifted from being run by the engineering people to being run by others in the university who had different agendas. The stations really had its ups and downs and it's come back really well and with a lot more community efforts now than it had originally. So it is really important that you have a continuing set of goals and a continuing purpose and someone to build the structure into [00:09:30] running the station. Initially when it was starting from scratch, it was ad hoc, so clearly by definition there was no embedded structure that was suitable. Now that the station especially has got structuring, it's important to maintain the functionality and maintain that the way it operates and everything from one class to the next. Because by definition students come and students go and that doesn't lend itself for the kind of structure you need for an ongoing activity. The station [00:10:00] has had a long growth cycle here and I'm glad to see it's still around. Speaker 1: Sam would, thanks very much for coming on spectrum and talking with us about the early days of Calex. Speaker 4: Well, thank you for having me. Speaker 1: You're listening to the spectrum on k a l x Berkeley. Our topic this week is the 50th anniversary of Kelex. We're talking to engineers about how Calex got started. It's also fundraiser week. Call us in the five and dime. That's six, four, two five, two five, nine. We're back now with [00:10:30] duck pell sal and doc. Next up is Ron Kwan. What are your insights into him? Speaker 3: Uh, Ron Kwan came in later on and he, he really did a, an amazing job with nothing. I mean we were still in a s ASU c funded club, which was a budget of few blue chip stamps was how much they gave us each year. And uh, so the fact that we were even able to, to function at all was truly amazing. But yeah, to Ron, Ron knew his stuff. In fact, he's, um, he's even still doing that macgyver kind of thing [00:11:00] of building like a lie detector with a, with an old cigarette butt and a rubber band. Speaker 1: Ron Quan, thanks very much for coming on spectrum. Thank you. How did you get interested in radio? Speaker 6: Well, in radio I build crystal radios when I was like nine or 10 years old through my brother. Getting into broadcast was actually kind of a fluke. What had happened was one of my friends got his FCC license, he had his third class license [00:11:30] and he was trying to get a second class license. Back in those days you would have your third, your second and your first class. And nowadays I think it's only like third class in general. So what happens is he's kind of like almost daring me to do it as well. And he had taken the test, the second class [inaudible] about two or three and had failed. And how he would do is he would take these questions and answer booklets and just try to memorize [00:12:00] the answers. So I did it the hard way. I, I got this book called Electronic Communication by, by Robert Schrader, who, who taught at Laney College back here in the East Bay. Speaker 6: And it's a thick book. It's almost like half of a telephone book. So I spent 150 hours and six weeks studying it. Between the time I enter cow and after I just graduated from high school and I passed the tests, but just barely I thing. But I got [00:12:30] it. And then when I entered cau back in 72 I heard that there was a radio station here. And so I said, where is this place in this as well? It's a, I think 500 Eshleman hall. So I went there I think during my second quarter. So that would be like the winter of, yeah, 73 and ran into a few people and one of them was Henry Chu who was the station manager and they said, yeah, we [00:13:00] have somebody outside getting the transmitter, a room ready to work, but we, we always can need help in the studio and elsewhere. Speaker 6: So for about three or four months I worked with this outside engineer and then I think by the time I had finished my first year, then I became the chief engineer, which then I found out was a very strange job in itself because you get called a lot [00:13:30] sometimes I'd 11 o'clock in the evening like, Hey, a, the photo preempt went out. And I say, well, what did you do? Uh, well everything was working just fine. Instead, I picked you, kicked the switch underneath it based back in those days we were so poor, we didn't even mount the damn thing. We stuck this funnel pre-amp deer off to the corner, but it was on the floor. Instead of this jockey would be moving his or her feet around it and kicked the switch off. And so I would have to come back [00:14:00] and deal with that. Speaker 6: So it was a very good job though. I lasted for about roughly a year. Uh, some of the crazy things that, that we did were that we did remote broadcasts and one of them was the famous UCLA cow game. Uh, when Bill Walton and John Wooden came to town, Dick was broadcast at the Oakland Coliseum or someplace like that. And so I had to whip up some kind of like a conso and a backup [00:14:30] in case of, you know, everything else failed in. Fortunately all that worked. And the backup amplifier was this heath kit Hi-fi amplifier that I found at a, I think in Norton Hall where the, all the equipment was, was being stashed at the time. And so, so it worked out fine. And I was, you know, actually sitting on top of instrument hall that night, uh, listening to the game, making sure everything was okay. So the radio part was sort of like, I just kind of fell into this thing. I didn't really [00:15:00] intend to work in radio, but it turned out to be a very good experience. So, so I took a nosedive in my grades and then I came back during my junior and senior year. Speaker 3: Did you learn anything from [inaudible] that helped you with your career? Speaker 6: The coolest thing about working at cow ax and also in broadcast, I got to see how people actually work the equipment and people don't always read the manual. People will use whatever [00:15:30] they have to get the job done and nobody really cares, you know? Well we have to use specific headphone or a specific something to this. You know, you have to design a thing to be idiot proof. And so that was the biggest lesson. I learned a work in broadcasting. And it was actually a great advantage because, uh, most people who work for an Ampex or a Sony when they get out of college, they have absolutely no practical knowledge of how [00:16:00] the users use their equipment and, and how they might configure it. So, so that, that, that part was good. Great. Ryan Quan, thanks very much for coming on. Spectrum. Thank you. Speaker 3: It's fundraiser week call (510) 642-5259 to pledge. We are back with doc pell cell and doc the 70s were a turbulent time. What was it like here at Cadillacs during that upheaval there was a lot of different factions at the stations that were sort of vying [00:16:30] for either control of it. And as a result, whoever won didn't really do anything except their own particular little fiefdom of area they wanted to work in and everything else sort of fell apart. So the station fell off the air a few times in the 73 74 period. Uh, there was a time in the early seventies when, um, the station studio equipment was stolen. There was no chief engineer. Our license was up for renewal. [00:17:00] The student government had had a war with the politics of the station, so we had no budget, so we had literally like nothing left. We were off the air for a period of time. Speaker 3: It looked pretty bleak. Then it's about in the 73 and four period tell a person named Andy Reimer who was, had been a student at UC Irvine, transferred up here for his last few years and he showed the university that their lack of oversight might cause them to lose their license and he outlined a program for [00:17:30] how he would build a station in a management team and have some accountability, but how the university would have to pump some money and some oversight into it. He pretty much pull the station out of the ashes and sort of Phoenix like it was resurrected and came back and began what is probably on its current path to where it is. David Josephson Speaker 7: was the chief engineer at that time and we just happened to have David Josephson in here. Excellent. Thanks for inviting me. It's always a pleasure to come back and visit Berkeley. [00:18:00] How did you get started in radio? Well, I had the good fortune of landing in Berkeley at age, about nine or 10 when, uh, all sorts of experiments were happening. My mother was involved with KPFA and I was an electronic tinkerer experiment or I had a pirate radio station and the under the stairs in our house and she was doing some promotion work for KPFA. And I said, well, Gee, maybe I can get involved with a real radio here. They were very, uh, open [00:18:30] to that idea. So I started immediately then learning about production recording program, uh, editing and so on. So I got my, uh, third class license when I was 10 and read board shifts at Kpmj, but we moved away from Berkeley, uh, right after some of the worst of the people's park riots up to more rural northern California. Speaker 7: And, uh, finished high school there and decided that I really wanted [00:19:00] to stay involved in radio and electronics and audio broadcasting, uh, design and stuff like that. So came back to Berkeley and uh, was intent on being an engineering student when there was a, a note on the chalkboard of the Amateur Radio Club that the radio station was looking for an engineer as far as I knew the station was off the air and gone, which it was at that point, but I was part of the crew then that, uh, resurrected it. What was the time period? You were a chief engineer? [00:19:30] I was chief engineer from 75 through 79 I was here the four years. What were the main technical issues at the time? Just the resurrecting of cal. Yeah, building the station from scratch. The challenge was to build something that we could put on the air, making it work, making it illegal. Speaker 7: I started in the spring quarter of 75 and I think we started working on it toward the end of spring. I think we [00:20:00] were working on it for most of the summer. I was here all summer and I think we went on the air before school started again in the fall. What's important is that there was a crew of people who came together at that time who most of whom had a background in radio. The general manager, Andy Reimer, uh, had been manager of the UC Irvine Station when he was there for a couple of years. The other cluster of people were mostly involved in a record business. [00:20:30] You know Tim divine who went on to be out of an art at a and m I guess doc Pelz l of course. It was kind of keeping the continuity of things from the older time and running the music department. So we had a couple of months to figure out what could be patched together. A of my friends from KPFA helped staff and technicians from the w department provided test equipment, parts access to bits and pieces. So we just kind of pulled it together from that. [00:21:00] The next step was to be some thing a little bit more accessible and reliable than this closet up on the the roof of Dwinelle and that's when Andy got to doing the political thing and got us space in Lawrence Hall of Science. We moved the studios up there first Speaker 1: and you moved the transmitter up on the hill? That was next? That was stage two. So the first two, yeah. I think first phase was to get the studio to Lawrence Hall because we were being booted out of to know [00:21:30] and then the transmitter followed. How long after that? That was a year, more than a year after that because there was a lot of construction that was secondary to the studio operations. Back in the early days of Calex, a lot of the engineers were students at the time. Speaker 7: All of the engineers were students or former students or part time students. That was actually fairly common in college radio around [00:22:00] the country. There were more radio engineers out there because of the small radio stations around everywhere needed more engineers. The equipment was less reliable, transmitters needed work all the time. There were a lot more people who, as teenagers were working in radio and so they were a lot more engineers and there were a lot more people who were familiar with the technical requirements of, of an audio chain and a transmitter and studio transmitter, [00:22:30] links and antennas and things like that. So, uh, yeah, I was a student part time during that time. I, I think I got it about two years during my four years here, I said I graduated from colleagues. Most of the other engineers were also students or community people. There weren't any staff engineers while I was there except me. I mean, if they finally got a kind of a stipend salary for the chief engineer. Speaker 1: How did your time at Calyx influence your career? Speaker 7: [00:23:00] Most of the people I know who had solid college radio experiences when they were in school refer to them throughout their lives as a defining experience in enabling experience. That was, I mean, I don't know how many of them consider that they learned more from the radio station than they did from classes like I do, but I'm sure it's a significant fraction. The real challenge that drove what I was able to [00:23:30] feel confident in doing in later years was dealing with something that had to work all the time with limited resources and patching together things to make a system work and that that whole discipline of able to see a system come together and allocating limited resources to fitting that all together. That's the engineering challenge of doing the engineering of a radio station. At least it was then when things were not reliable, not stable, [00:24:00] not dependable, and things were being fixed all the time. And that applies to any technology that's in kind of development, I think. [inaudible] Speaker 1: David Josephson, thanks very much for coming on spectrum talking with us. Very welcome. Thanks for inviting me. K, a l ex Berkeley doc pell sal. Thanks very much for your help getting the context of the sixties and seventies squared away and it's fundraiser week here at Calyx fundraiser. So give us a call. [00:24:30] We need your donations. (510) 642-5259 back to spectrum. We're going to talk with Susan Calico, who took over in the 80s as chief engineer. Susan Kaliko. Thanks very much for coming on spectrum and talking to us about Calex. Speaker 8: Thank you. I'm glad to be here. It's nice to be back at the station and see how nice it looks. Speaker 1: I wanted to find out from you how you got interested in radio in the first place. Speaker 8: Well, I have to go back much further than my time at Calex. I [00:25:00] got out of school and I was very interested in writing and got involved at the daily cow. So I was a journalist for a little while and then I became a copy editor and somehow that wasn't enough. So I went down to KPFA, which is also in Berkeley and volunteered there. I got involved in first in women's news and then during that time, which was in the mid to late seventies, there were almost no women who knew anything technical at that station. So, [00:25:30] um, when I was at KPFA, I took advantage of the fact that you could do pretty much anything kind of like here I got my third class license, which was required to actually run the board on the air and learned how to do that. And again, was always teaching people. And I was there for probably about 10 years, everything overlapped with everything else and I had just studied for and gotten my first class radio license, which was in those days required to be the responsible [00:26:00] engineer at a station and the job of Calyx came up. So I applied for that and got in and well the work began. Speaker 1: What were the years you were a chief engineer at Calex? Speaker 8: Oh, I was engineer at Calex starting in 1981, I believe in the late, late in the year through uh, early 1995. So it was about 13 years altogether. Speaker 1: While you were the engineer, there [00:26:30] was a move from Lawrence Hall of science down to bondage. What was that like? Speaker 8: As I recall, we managed to get the honors studio down and settled and on the air and the newsroom was about to move from over in the student union and I got pneumonia, so I was at home in bed for two weeks with a fever. Well, the engineering volunteers basically put in the new studio. So it's, you know, as usual there's, there's never enough money to [00:27:00] do what you need to do, so you just have to do what you can with what you've got. And we were lucky enough to have some good volunteers who could really take care of business. Speaker 1: The next big technical challenge you had was increasing the power from 10 watts to 500 watts. How did that go? Speaker 8: We had to get a new transmitter, which was huge compared to our one that we had. And so we had to sort of rearrange things up at the transmitter shad and I'll patch all the leaks because I mean, when you get new [00:27:30] equipment, you want it to be good. Uh, we had to have a new cable running up the transmitter tower, which I think it's, it's not quite a hundred feet. I think it's something like 80 or 85 or something like that. I do remember, um, being up on the tower with the surveyors down below, because in such a crowded market, as Calex is in, in the bay area here, there are many FM stations. You have to be careful not to step on anybody else's frequency. So we had to have a very directional [00:28:00] and oddly shaped signal, the antennas crafted so that it directs the signal in the way that you want. Speaker 8: But if your antenna isn't pointed exactly where you want it, you're going to not be, you know, I mean, the FCC is not gonna like you being out of line there. So I went up on the tower, loosen the bolts on the, uh, on the antenna and the surveyors down below, going all over this way, you know, and I'm like whackwhackwhack no, no, no, a little, little bit back. But those [00:28:30] were expenses we couldn't avoid because it had to be certified. But eventually it all got done and in our case it was 500 watts, which isn't a whole lot. That transmitter could have done a lot more, but that was what we were allowed to do, so we had to keep it pretty close. Speaker 1: What was the culture like at Calex during your years? Speaker 8: I learned that no matter how weird people looked, most of them or really good people, they were sweet people. They, you know, a lot of our djs [00:29:00] were just really nice people. They were pretty easy to work with. They were considerate and I wouldn't always be able to tell by looking at them Speaker 1: Cadillacs. How did it affect you professionally? Speaker 8: I spent 13 years here and I really, really learned a lot more electronics and a lot more transmitter information and so I really understood why everything worked. Speaker 1: [00:29:30] Susan Calico, thanks very much for coming in and talking with us. Speaker 8: Well, it's been a pleasure to see that the station is still here and that the equipment still works. Speaker 1: The card during the show. It was by law, Stan and David for these help on folk and acoustic made available by a creative Commons license. 3.0 attribution. 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Jeanette Guinn is an arts management professor at the College of Charleston and the producer, writer and hosts of Arts Daily, a public radio show. Before coming to the College she worked as an art manager including 25 excellent years at the South Carolina Arts Commission where she was Director of Performing and Presenting, Director of Electronic Communication and Planning, Regional Arts Coordinator, Director of Special Projects and intern but not all at the same time. Watch a video of Jeanette's "Arts and the Media at Spoleto" Maymester course: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWy3IJ6crCA She has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, South Arts and many state arts agencies. She was co-curator of Making Music for the City Arts Series at Bank of America Plaza in Columbia, SC and a juror for Gallery ETV. For three years, she was an adjunct in the Arts Management Program and is pleased to have former students working throughout the US. She hosted her first live show at WUSC in Columbia. She earned a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Media Arts from the University of South Carolina and a certificate in Arts and Technology from Columbia University. A native of Loveland, Ohio, Jeanette has lived in seven states. She has two daughters in college and a retired greyhound. Jeanette is an INFP. If you are one too, please introduce yourself.

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