Curt Yengst, a radio/TV broadcast engineer who for 17 years was also a contributor to Radio World, died in January. He was 52.
Yengst, a Senior Member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, was a broadcast engineer for Lighthouse TV/WBPH-60 in Bethlehem/Philadelphia, Pa.
Earlier he had worked The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association as an engineer for the daily radio program “Decision Today” and for Star 99.1 FM WAWZ in Zarephath, N.J.
“He was buried with a tweaker in his hand and wearing his SBE pin,” wrote WBPH Chief Engineer Daniel Huber, noting that Yengst leaves his wife Dawn and four children. The couple had celebrated their 25th anniversary in October.
In lieu of flowers a GoFundMe page has been established for the family.
“Curt was part of the Radio World family,” said Editor in Chief Paul McLane. “It’s so upsetting to have him taken from us, and so suddenly.”
Yengst wrote numerous popular articles in Radio World about his own audio and recording equipment designs, as well as equipment reviews.
According to his obituary, Yengst also was author of the book “Tempus Fugit” and a self-taught musician who wrote, engineered and produced music in his studio, Zerro House Productions.
Yengst earned an associate’s degree from Thomas Edison University. He was an avid videographer who enjoyed recording and producing children’s musical and theater productions, a passionate follower of the Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron, and an ordained minister. He attended Cedar Crest Bible Fellowship in Allentown, Pa.
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