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Author and Engineer Curt Yengst dies at the age 52

on Jan 31, 2022

Curt Yengst was a radio and TV broadcast engineer and also contributed to Radio World.
He was a senior member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, worked for Lighthouse TV/WBPH-60 in Bethlehem, Philadelphia.
He worked proficiently at The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association as an engineer for the daily radio program “Decision Today”, and for Star 99.1 FM WAWZ.
He used to write numerous articles for Radio World about his own audio and recording equipment design as well as equipment reviews.
He was the author of the book “Tempus Fugit '' which was a Sci-Fi fantasy. He was a self-taught musician who wrote, produced, and engineered music in his studio, Zerro House Productions.

“He was buried with a tweaker in his hand”, wrote WBPH Chief Engineer Daniel Huber.
“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 earned an associate’s degree from Thomas Edison University. He was a keen videographer who had a profound passion for 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.