The NAB has announced that Hubbard Radio Washington DC senior broadcast engineer Dave Kolesar will be the recipient of the annual Radio Engineering Achievement Award.

Kolesar has worked for the Washington DC cluster since 2006 previously under Bonneville ownership after previously serving as an electronics engineer for the US Naval Research Laboratory. During his tenure, Kolesar has been at the forefront of digital broadcasting as he oversaw the construction of 820 WWFD Braddock Heights MD as the first all-digital AM station and the first station to operate with more than four HD Radio subchannels on 107.7 WWWT-FM Manassas VA. He also serves as Program Director of Freeform “The Gamut” as heard on WWFD and other HD subchannels for Hubbard Washington.

In addition to his efforts to make all-digital AM radio a reality, Kolesar has been an advocate for all-digital AM within the industry, sharing and documenting his work in numerous technical papers and at conferences, and continuing research on ways to improve all-digital AM performance. Kolesar has previously received the Radio World Excellence in Engineering award in 2019 and the Society of Broadcast Engineers Chapter 37 Engineer of the Year award in 2020.