NAEB Newsletter (June 01, 1946)

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Illinois

<IUNE If 1946

NAEB HOLDS IMPORTANT ^VISETir^G AT COLUMBUS

The Association held two business sessions irs oon'mection with the

OPENING OF THE I 6TH ANNUAL INSTITUTE FO?I EDI CAT I ON BY RADIO AT COLUIv-iEUS

ON Fj^ioAY, May 3, in the Walnut Room til House.

Chief amount of topics considered was th^: cs: d for the expanded of
THE Association in behalf of all educat! of-L-y. Pv-iOADCASTERf. This need
WAS pointed to by the report of THE .SPEGtAL QOJvC^fTTEE^ HEADED SY H.> Bo
McCarty of wha. It was echoed by' others of the Assocs atiO'-n, and by ctfESTs
invited to present their views on the PHESSIHG PROBLEP4S OF EDUCATIONAL
RADlOo

The special committee headed by McCarty was thanks for its report, and

OI8CHARQCO. IT WAS REAPPOINTED BV PRESIDENT SCHOOLEY TO CONTINUE IIS
WORK, TO SEEK SOURCES OF FUNDS tO EXPAND THE WORN OF THE ASSOCIATION
ON BEHALF OF ALL EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS,‘AND CHARGED WITH REPORTING
AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE. COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF McCaRTY, MeN^ER,
and Dunn.

Proposals made included those of establishi ng a central service office
IN Washington, O. C^, of providing literature and consultation to all
educational groups interested in using radio for education, of increas¬
ing MEMBERSHIPS AND FUNDS FOR CARRYING OUT THE WORK.

The Association also considered the propos-o rules of the FCC for the

REGULATION OF THE NON-COMMERCIAL, EDUCATIONAL FM STATIONS* IT WAS
AGREED TO SUGGEST ONE MINOR CHANGE IN THE CCu if. I 381 ON » S PROPOSED RULES,
NAMELY CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ELIGIBLE TO
OPERATE SUCH A STATION TO INCLUDE GCVER^fL ilf TaL UNITS.

Members present included: Jensen, WGAi^ Ufold ^nqle, WHAj Morris,

KOAC; Dunn, WNAO; Coleman, WKAR; Menzsr, WSUi^ Sandberg, KWSC; Griffith,
WOl; Novik, New York Gi ty consultant; Paulu, KUOM; Miles, WBAA; Skornm^
Indiana; Kent, WBEZ; Henocrson, WBAA; Miller (late of KOAC and presently
WITH Rocky Mountain Radio Council), Leake, Oklahoma AltM; Miss Seaman,

KFKU; Waldo Abbott, Michigan; Garweau, Kalamazoo; Siegel, WNYC|. Owen,
Michigan; Russell Pottei^ Columbia University; Hull, WOI ; E'wiNSi, WOSU;

AND SCHOOLEY, WILL (HELP, HELP, IF I . MiSSED YOUR NAMe) .

Also, present during portions of the Association meetings were Commiss¬
ioner Durr, Walter Emery, and (Red) James of t:;e Commission; Franklin
Dunham and Ronnie Lundermilk, of the U. 3. Office of Education,

DURR URGES USE OF fU

Federal Communications Commissioner Clifford Durr says radio ^clings
to old systems'* rather than exploit the possibiL i ties of such new
developments as frequency modulation.

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June I, 1946

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Durr spoke in a symposium on radioes post-war obligations during the
Friday evening session of the 16th Annual Institute for Education by
ftAOlOo

Other speakers on the symposium included the president of the National
Association of Broadcasting, Justin Miller; the president of New^York^s
RADIO station W=»M-C-A, Mathan Straus; the vice-president of the Comumbia
Broadcasting Company, Davidson Taylor; and Ho 8p McCarty of the University
OF Wisconsin.

Durr declared that nearly seventy per cent of FM applications come from

OWNERS OF STANOARO BROADCAST STATIONSa

Said Durr; the standard broadcasters for the most part propose to use

THEIR NEW FM STATIONS MERELY AS ADDITIONAL OUTLETSo ThE NEW SYSTEM 6S
ADMITTEDLY SUPERIOR BUT IT NEEDS NEWCOMERS AND HENCE NEW COMPETITION.

SCIIiNTlgTS oAY PLACE IS PARAMOUNT

Three experts attending the Institute agreed that the prevention of any

TYPE OF WAR IS THE WORLD‘8 NUMBER ONE PROBLEM. TheY SAID THAT IT TOPS
EVEN THE PROBLEM OF DEVISING SOME CONTROL FOR ATOMIC ENERGY.

Their statements were broadcast over the University of Chicago Round Table
Program on Sunday. The experts were the Atomic Physicist, Or. Harold Urey^.
vice-president Reuben Gustavson of the University of Chicago and Dean
Joyce Stearns of the Washington University Graduate School in St. Louis.

Dr. Urey summed things up this way; "nothing in this century is more
important than the prevention of war, not even control of the atomic
BOMB," Gustavson added that biological warfare might be even more

FRIGHTFUL AND FAR-REACHING THAN ATOMIC WARFARE AND HE SAID IT WOULD
MOST SURELY HAVE BEEN USED IN THE RECENT WAR IF THE ATOMIC BOMB HAD NOT
ENDED THE CONFLICT.

COLLEGE STUDENTS WANT MORE SERIOUS PROGRARS .

The Institute heard how college students feel about radio. According

TO THE INTERCOLLEGIATE BROADCASTING SYSTEM, SEVENTY PER CENT OF COLLEGE
STUDENTS DO NOT LIKE WHAT THEY HEAR OVER THE AIR.

Veterans and upper-classmen want to hear more serious programs, news

BROADCASTS, AND COMMENTATORS.

In PRESENTING THE RESULTS OF A NATION-WIDE COLLEGE POLL, THE RESEARCH
DIRECTOR FOR THE INTERCOLLEGIATE EROADCASTING SYSTEM, HARRIET Ll NTON,
POINTED CUT THAT WHILE COLLEGE GRADUATES ARE ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE
LISTENING AUDIENCE, THEY ARE ABOVE AVERAGE IN BUYING POWER AND IN
POTENTIAL INFLUENCE.

WALKER RENOMINATED FOR F C C

PRESIDENT Truman nominated Paul A. Walker of Oklahoma for reappointment
TO THE Federal Communications Commission. The nomination went to the
Senate for confirmation on May 13.

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»iUNE 18 8 948

mJiSiNESS ^ VXTH THE F C 0

°'' *'^L, University of Illinois, to

Co (toCKPT 7l7X^”!Mn'^u,,°u APPUCATION OF THE U CROSSE BROADCASTING

(6/2/^)^^^ W*DWESt Broadcasting COo, InCo (Docket 7472)

UnIVERSITY»S application mR A NEW NON-COMMERCIAL, EDUCATIONAL
0ROAOCAST STATION, WITH POWER OF' | KH^, WAS ACCEPTED FOR FILING^ (5/4/46)

KOAC, Oregon State College, was amended, requesting
changes IN the DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA PATTERN. ThE AMMENDEO APPLICATION
WAS ACCEPTED FOR FILING BY THE FCC* (5/8 4M6).

The application of Michigan State College, for permission to construct

Wl TH'*poWFR°nF“^°i<*‘'’ broadcast STATION ON 90.9 MEGACYCLES,

WITH POWER OF 60 KW, WAS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. (5.23.46)

The Commission adopted order denying motion op WTAW, Texas A&M. to di
MISS APPLICATIONS OF THE FRONTIER BROADCASTING CO*, OF WaCO, FOR
MOOlFjQATION OF CONSTRUCTION PERMIT. (5/27/46)

STATIONS WERE GRANTED LICIEN8E RENEWALS FOR THE PERIOD
S"cilLNr”(5/y46) ' CORVALLIS, OREGON, AND WKZO, kI^AMAZOO,

accepted for filing THE APPLICATION OF THE REGENTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOR EXTENSION OF COMPLETION DATE FOR ITS NON¬
COMMERCIAL, EDUCATION STATION. (5/29/46)

rwer* KWLC, LUTMER COLLEGE, DECORAH, FOR MODIFICATION OF

LI C ENSE FOR SPECIFIED HOURS, 9;30 A.M, TO I S30 ^.M., DAILY, I NST^b
OF ITS PRESENT DAYTIME ASSIGNMENT, WAS DESIGNATED FOR A HEARING. (5/29/46)

SCHOOLEY

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