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portrait: Gary Blievernicht

Gary Blievernicht

Senior Director of Engineering

Gary Blievernicht is senior director of Engineering for WKAR at Michigan State University.

In that role he has overseen the launch of public broadcasting's first ATSC 3.0 experimental station and led the digital channel repack for WKAR, launching in June 2018 as one of the first public broadcasting stations to complete the transition to a new frequency.

Gary is chair of the State Emergency Communications Committee in Michigan, chair of the Society of Broadcast Engineers Chapter 92, and has served as a member of the PBS Engineering Committee.

Gary came to WKAR in 1992.
 
His prior experience includes seven years in commercial television in Indianapolis,  two years making video discs for RCA Selectavision, two years with KNME/KUNM at the University of New Mexico and seven years with Eastern Educational Network (now APT) in Boston.

Gary Blievernicht holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from Purdue University.