12-16-2011
The Alabama Broadcasters Association has established a Broadcast Engineering Academy in Hoover, AL. The association says the new academy is in response to the growing need for engineers across Alabama and the entire country. The ABA Broadcast Engineering Academy will create apprenticeship and internship programs to place students at Alabama stations to gain more practical experience. The training facility will be completed and curriculum established in time to conduct the first classes in late May, 2012.
Alabama Broadcasters Association President Sharon Tinsley said, ?this exciting opportunity is a perfect example of the ABA listening to the needs of its members and the industry as a whole and then creating solutions for those needs.? The Association is working with the Society of Broadcast Engineers to ensure that the ABA?s Academy will be an eligible SBE certified training institute. In addition, the ABA is partnering with a local career college to establish a pilot program with their Network and Electrical Engineering students. Alabama member radio and TV stations will be encouraged to send employees to the Academy for additional training. Other state broadcast associations will also be invited to send students to the Academy.
