Month: May 2024

Peter Eckmann

Written by Sydney Herrmann on May 14, 2024. Posted in Speakers.

Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Peter Eckmann started in the broadcast profession in 1984 as a tower technician with Doty Moore Tower Services for a summer job. He attended ITT Technical institute from 1988 to 1990 graduating as salutatorian with an associate’s degree in Applied Electronic Engineering. Shortly thereafter a relationship was built with broadcast consultant William J. B. Smith. During the next several years working closely with Bill Smith he honed his network analyzer skills. Peter performed all of the RF work for Doty Moore Tower services until 2001 when he purchased the assets, client list, and endorsement of William J.B. Smith Broadcast Consultants, Inc. Since then we have had many projects all over the US and many parts of the world.

Prominent projects include:

First DTV system, Raleigh, NC
CBS DTV system on Empire State building
Sutro Tower interim DTV system
Sutro Tower permanent DTV system
Sutro Tower Repack 2017 thru 2021
Rede TV DTV system, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Mix TV Combiner 14, 15, 16, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Master FM repairs and tune, American Tower, Austin, TX
Travis Tower LLC, KVUE, KLRU, & KEYE, Austin, TX
CRP Radio, Lima Peru
American Tower Master Antenna System, Missouri City TX
Vertical Bridge Master FM Antenna project, Cedar Hill, TX

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RF Sweeping of Transmission Lines and Antennas

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Jessica Nyman

Written by Sydney Herrmann on May 14, 2024. Posted in Speakers.

Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Jessica Nyman’s practice focuses on communications regulatory, litigation and transactional matters.

Clients turn to Jessica for help navigating complex regulatory and litigation matters before the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Department of Justice, the Copyright Royalty Board, and federal district and appellate courts. She has deep experience in a wide array of media matters, including NextGenTV (ATSC 3.0) development and implementation, compliance with multiple ownership limits, petitions for approval of foreign broadcast ownership, program carriage rights, EEO compliance, accessibility obligations, and political programming and advertising rules. Beyond media, she advises clients on the FCC’s equipment authorization and marketing requirements, E911 obligations and experimental licensing. Jessica also offers strategic counsel in a variety of transactional matters in the communications and technology sector, including retransmission consent negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, and information technology outsourcing transactions. She is a regular contributor to CommLawCenter.com, Pillsbury’s one-stop resource center covering a wide array of communications law matters.

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