Jerry LeBow, K2SMC, had a firm foothold in radio on both the commercial and amateur side. Licensed as a ham since 1955, he made his living in the broadcast world. He was a cofounder of the Sage Broadcast Group of stations, which had properties in the northeastern and Midwestern US. He was also a longtime member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers.
Through his company, Sage Alerting Systems, he manufactured equipment that became widely used to transmit emergency warnings for governments and for the petrochemical industry. In 1994, he became involved in the FCC's efforts to make the transition from its older Emergency Broadcast System to the newer Emergency Alert System.
Jerry was 81.
