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Principal Dan McMinn stands observing as the InfOspot
Antenna System (set up backstage at NexTech
High) broadcasts graduation proceedings to
families and students safely distancing in their cars. |
Graduates and families watch proceedings while
listening to the ceremony on car radios. |
Senior
Moments |
Pop-Up
“Graduation Stations” Make Safe Ceremonies Possible |
Across
the USA, high schools and universities have taken to the
air to keep commencement attendees safe during the 2020
graduation season.
Dallas Baptist University took advantage of FCC rules
that permit educational institutions to broadcast
on-property. Their large senior class received diplomas,
as graduates snaked past a stage in a “commencement
parade.” The University leased the
EventCAST LIVE system from Information Station
Specialists to pull off transmission in real time.
At the other end of the spectrum (school-size-wise) was
NexTech High School's graduating class of 35 students in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. To each of those 35, the
ceremony was no less significant. Noted Principal Dan
McMinn: "The skies were blue, and the families were able
to drive in and take over the parking lot, while seniors
were able to have their moment in the sun. The ceremony
went great; and, by combining the high-tech pieces for
streaming across the Nation with the low-tech radio
broadcast, NexTech was able to share the ceremony with
families that might not have been able to attend in a
traditional manner.” NexTech employed Information
Station Specialists' license-free
InfOspot system to broadcast the transmission under
a separate FCC “Part 15” rule section.
Though it was “radio to the rescue” for many in Class
of 2020, everyone hopes that 2021 allows the return of
more traditional ceremonies. |
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