2014 Engineering Achievement Award Winners Announced

Each year, NAB recognizes the work of two exceptional broadcast engineers – one working in Radio and one in Television – with its Engineering Achievement Awards. This year the Radio award recipient is Jeff Littlejohn of Clear Channel Media, and the Television award is presented to Robert Seidel of CBS. They will be honored at the NAB Show Technology Luncheon on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 in Las Vegas.

First established in 1959, the Engineering Achievement Awards are given to individuals who are nominated by their peers for significant contributions to advancing the state of the art in broadcast engineering.

The 2014 NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award
As executive vice president, Engineering and Systems Integration at Clear Channel, Jeff Littlejohn oversees all technical aspects of the company’s Media & Entertainment division. In his twenty-plus years in radio engineering, he has been a leader in technical improvements for broadcast radio and active on many industry committees. Littlejohn has led innovative projects such as the Total Traffic + Weather Network, and Clear Channel’s Engineering Coop and Market Engineering Management Development program, which trains new radio engineers and enhances the skills of existing engineers to help meet the ever-growing technology support requirements of radio stations. He is Vice Chair of the NAB Labs Radio Technology Committee and also currently chairs the NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference Committee.

The 2014 NAB Television Engineering Achievement Award
Robert Seidel began his career with CBS in 1976 and is now vice president, Engineering and Advanced Technology. He has been an industry leader in the development of HDTV, the transition to digital TV, and many other innovative projects, including pioneering work in portable satellite uplink systems used in worldwide newsgathering, for which he received a Technical Emmy award. He serves in leadership positions for SMPTE and ATSC, chairs the Engineering Achievement Committee for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), and has presented numerous technical papers at industry conferences, including the NAB Show. He is a member of several NAB technical committees, including the NAB Labs TV Technology Committee.

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