Criterion Broadcast Services provides broadcast technical consulting, maintenance, and facilities construction services to broadcast stations throughout the Midwest as well as offering educational presentations to broadcast engineers and managers through station groups, State Broadcast Associations, SBE Chapters, and educational foundations nationwide. Founded in 1978, this sole proprietorship company is owned by Terrence M. Baun.

Terry is Certified as a Professional Broadcast Engineer by the Society of Broadcast Engineers, and holds additional certifications as a Broadcast Networking Technologist and an AM Directional Specialist. He also holds an FCC General Class Radiotelephone License, with more than thirty-five years of experience in installation, repair, and maintenance of professional broadcast facilities.

Among his professional credits is a three year assignment as director of Radio Engineering for Multimedia Radio and a similar association as Vice-President and Director of Engineering for Cumulus Media, where he supervised the technical performance of over 300 broadcast stations.

A Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, he served as the Society's President from 1995-1997, served as Chair of its Certification Committee from 1998-2001, and continues to serve as a member of that Committee. Baun has been a member of the Audio Engineering Society for more than twenty-five years.

In 1992 Terry Baun was named "Engineer of the Year" by the Society of Broadcast Engineers--the first time this award was ever conferred. He is listed in Who's Who in the Midwest, and Criterion Broadcast Services is listed in the nationally-published Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory.

He was one of four engineers in Wisconsin selected to receive specialized FCC training in connection with the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association/FCC Alternative Inspection Program, participates in similar programs in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, and was honored by induction into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2004.

Terry Baun makes educational presentations to broadcast trade groups, stations, and SBE chapters throughout the country, was the keynote speaker at the 1996 National Public Radio Technical Conference in Washington, D.C., and has also served as a technical consultant to the VOA. SBE named him "Educator of the Year" in 2003 for his work in furthering broadcast technical education. He has published many trade journal articles, is co-author of a chapter on Technical Documentation in the Electronics Handbook published in 1996 by CRC Press, Inc., and is a contributing author for the current edition of the NAB Engineering Handbook.