{"id":32452,"date":"2018-05-26T08:56:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T12:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=32452"},"modified":"2018-05-26T08:57:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T12:57:13","slug":"rip-dr-byron-st-clair-father-of-low-power-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/rip-dr-byron-st-clair-father-of-low-power-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Dr. Byron St. Clair: Father of low-power FM"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: TV Technology<\/a> via Bill\u00a0Patalon)<\/p>\n

Dr. Byron St. Clair, president emeritus of the National Translator Association, died May 20 in Denver of brain cancer. He was 93.<\/p>\n

St. Clair, who served as president of the National Translator Association for 19 years, is known as the “father of translators, LPTV and low-power FM,” the association said.<\/p>\n

He worked to serve those living in the mountainous rural western United States with broadcast service and in so doing created a new class of over-the-air broadcasting, which has grown to more than 4,000 stations that serve millions of people.<\/p>\n

\u201cByron was a friend and mentor to all, a man of immense intellect, wisdom, ethics, kindness and vision,\u201d said NTA President John Terrill.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continue reading at TV Technology online.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: TV Technology via Bill\u00a0Patalon) Dr. Byron St. Clair, president emeritus of the National Translator Association, died May 20 in Denver of brain cancer. He was 93. St. Clair, who served as president of the National Translator Association for 19 years, is known as the “father of translators, LPTV and low-power FM,” the association said. 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