November 2025

Biography for Harvey Arnold

Harvey Arnold is Senior Vice President, Engineering for Sinclair Broadcast Group and has been with the company since 1998. He is responsible for supporting the engineering activities of Sinclair television stations.Harvey is focused on completing the broadcast industry transition to ATSC 3.0 as quickly as possible.

Prior to joining Sinclair<ins>,</ins> Arnold spent 17 years with North Carolina Public Television. There he managed and expanded the engineering and transmission activities of one of the largest state-wide Public Television networks in the country. Harvey served as an engineering consultant for PBS and its member stations. He was an active member of the FCC Advisory Committee for Advanced Television Service (ACATS) to develop the ATSC standard and to implement over-the-air digital television in the United States.

Harvey is deeply involved in working with the NAB to drive the successful industry adoption of Broadcast Positioning System (BPS).

Harvey holds a BS in Communications from the University of Wisconsin.He is a member of the SMPTE Board of Editors and is a SMPTE Fellow.Additionally, Harvey served as Chairman of the NAB TV Technology Committee. He is active in many broadcast-related technical organizations such as ATSC, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and is a Board member of The Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers (AFCCE). Harvey is the recipient of the Broadcasting & Cable Technical Leadership Award.