NAEB Newsletter (August 28, 1936)

National Association of Educational Broadcasters
headquarters: Radio hall
Li ad i s on 5 Wisconsin .

August 18, 19?6

To All 0. S, Educatlon al 3 road casting S t a tions t

The October 5 allocation hearings before the Federal Communications
Commission may directly or indirectly effect every educational station
in this country. Special interest groups are now uniting to further
tneir interests* Education, too, must tell its story.

At the recent 3.A.E.B. convention ways of presenting the case of
educational radio were discussed, a first, and immediate, step isthe
proposed publication of a brochure depicting the present status o f edut.
rational stations.

Data and pictures must be supplied at once by the stations. The
Federal Radio Education Project will edit the material and prepare it
for publication. The National Committee on Education by Radio is ex¬
pected to finance the printing, all will work with us - but we must
work fasti

It is expected that Commissioner Studebaker will see that conies of
the completed brochure are in the hands of the F.C.C. members and others
concerned. In this way a composite and convincing picture of the
activities of educational broadcasters will be available prior to the
allocation hearings.

here are the plans for publishing the brochure -

1. Fill in the enclosed questionnaire and return
it at once to.* h. a. .Engel, Radio hall, Madison,
hi scons in. «-c cu racy of s t a t emen t is impo r tan t
although data should be selected to make the best
showing.

1. All stations will have equal space IF they sub¬
mit their data and suitable pictures promptly. (One
page of copy and one page of photographs.)

?. Copy and proof will be returned to each station
director for checking before publication.

4. Extra copies of the brochure will be available
at small cost.

5. Reprints of individual stations 1 portions of the
booklet may be had at a nominal cost if desired.

6. Booklet will include brief general history of
educational broadcasting in this country, a nap'
showing call, power and location of educational
stations will be included also.

Please read the following pages carefully! Add extra data per-
tain:1 ng to your station.

1

educational radio station survey

Station call letters
Institution operating station
i'requency

4. low many station use this frequency?

5. What stations?

3. Do jrou share time?

7. low is time divided?

8. With what stations?

9. Power: Daytime Night

10. What and when was original power assignment?

11. Give dates of advances of power assignments

11. Date Station was founded Licensed

12. Value of equipment at time of founding

14. Value of present plant and equipment

15. Number of studios

16. Number of remote control points

17. Annual appropriation

18. Contributions from other agencies - (staff and financial)

19. 1956 capital expenditures (other than //-17)

10. staff: (as of Oct. 1, 1936)

Full time wo r k e r s
Part time workers
Student workers

91. Jours on the air per day

99. hours on the air per year

93. Number of programs per year

14. Number of programs originated by station eaca week

Humber received from outside sources each week

Network
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Snort wave
debroadcast

98. Percentage of time devoted, to:

(k) Education
(3) bntertainment

37. types of Programs - (Per cent devoted to):

( k) Liu si c

(B) bpeaking

(C) Dramatics

(D) Miscellaneous (sports, public events, etc.)

38. Number of persons participating each week in programs
(average)

39. Value of contributed talent (by professors, students, etc.)
ZO. List your 10 outstanding programs:

Zl> To what cooperating agencies hav • you made your facilities
available?

Scanned from the National Association of Educational Broadcasters Records
at the Wisconsin Historical Society as part of
"Unlocking the Airwaves: Revitalizing an Early Public and Educational Radio Collection."

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