How to Kick Up Broadband Deployment – Use AM Radio!

FCC Broadband Acceleration Panel - Lawrence Behr, second from right.

The Federal Communications Commission held its Broadband Acceleration Conference in Washington, D.C. on February 9th, 2011. The FCC thus took another step to further the goal of connecting all parts of America to the digital age by convening leaders from federal, state and local governments, broadband providers, telecommunications carriers, tower companies, equipment suppliers, and utility [...]

Radio Guide Features LBA AM Colocation

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Under the title “WNTK Uses LBA to Reap Revenue From Towers”, Bob Vinikoor relates how his stations use LBA Technology’s patented CoLoCoil® AM collocation technology to lease AM tower space to 15 cellular carriers!  Koor Communications, Inc. operates a group of five award winning radio stations in New Hampshire and Vermont. In the past, some [...]

4G is in the air Carolina Wireless Association Fall 2010 Meeting

TowerCo presentation at the CWA Fall 2010 meeting

Some things never change but wireless and technology is constantly changing. The old ways of the Bell System are long gone. Those that embrace the right change will see opportunities. Change was at the fall meeting of the Carolina Wireless Association (CWA) in Raleigh. There were quite a few new faces this year since the [...]

Stay tuned: More about LBA Power Line Detuning

Power Line Detuning

Like a re-radiating RF signal, positive feedback about a Lawrence Behr Associates engineering job keeps bouncing around cyberspace. Components of LBA Group helped clear the way for an electric power distribution project in New York state, a job that finally wrapped up earlier this year after more than two years of work. The project required [...]

BROADCASTERS SURVIVE ECONOMIC PERIL WITH HELP OF LBAʼS RESOURCEFULNESS

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In 2009, LBA Group Inc. faced the same economic challenge as every other company. It met the challenge by resourcefully building customer value. LBA Group Founder Lawrence Behr talks about the synergism of businesses  interacting during stressful times. BSD: What do you mean when you say the LBA Group of companies is ‘resourceful’? LB: Essentially [...]

LBA ANTENNA SYSTEMS BOOST AM QUALITY AND STATION PROFITABILITY

The amazing reach of radio begins when electronic waves are transmitted from one antenna to another. For 47 years, LBA Technology has been at this critical junction, constantly improving the quality of broadcasters’ transmissions while preserving their bottom line. LBA Group companies got their start in AM radio over 40 years ago. In the decades [...]

AM Detuning – If its Broke, You Gotta’ Fix It!

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Many AM detuning systems are in a sad state of repair. This not only violates the FCC rules, but jeopardizes the AM station functioning, and can even lead to civil liability! [...]

AM Detuning Mission Accomplished

AM cellular tower detuning system

As the most experienced firm offering AM detuning services, LBA gets some complicated requests. LBA’s professionals are mostly unsung when they accomplish these missions. Kathryn Tesh and the LBA team recently set straight a cellular tower detuning project in the Pacific Northwest, saving the cellular customer considerable money in the process. So it was a [...]

AM Detuning Powers Up New York High Voltage Line

Utility constructors installing AM detuning system on East Greenbush 345 KV transmission tower.

Lawrence Behr Associates cleared the path for a new electricity transmission line in New York that that could not be energized until interference problems with a Rensselaer, N.Y., AM radio station were resolved to the satisfaction of the New York Public Utility Commission. After extensive onsite and computer analyzes, LBA engineers determined that 8 of [...]

Lawrence Behr Speaks at Boston Wireless Conference

Lawrence Behr

July 11, 2001 (Greenville, NC) – Lawrence Behr, CEO of the LBA Group, Inc., moderated a panel at the recent Wireless Communications International Conference “WCA 2001″ in Boston, Massachusetts. The topic of the panel Mr. Behr moderated was “From Rooftop to Towertop – Industry Views on Wireless Sites”. Mr. Behr, a well-known expert in the [...]

Lawrence Behr Speaks at Tower and Site Management Conference

Lawrence Behr

June 1, 2000 Greenville, NC – Lawrence Behr, CEO of the LBA Group, Inc., moderated a panel at the recent PCIA Tower and Site Management Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. The topic of the panel Mr. Behr moderated was RF Compliance on Rooftops – and Other Places People Go! Mr. Behr, a well-known expert in [...]