NAEB Washington Report (September 1963)

Vol. IV, No. 14 DuPont Circle Building, Washington 36, D.C. September 20, 19£>3~

EDUCATIONAL PM RADIO STILL GROWING

According to figures compiled by Dr. Larry Frymire, Chief, Educational
Broadcasting Branch, FCC, new educational radio stations have been going on the air
at an average of one a month for the past three years.

Latest developments indicate that this trend will continue. C.W. Post College
of Long Island Univ., Brookville, N.Y., was granted a CP on August 29, for a new
educational FM station to operate on 88.1 me; ERP 125 v; antenna height 185. The
Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, Carmel-Clay Schools, Carmel, Indiana, and Earlham
College, Richmond, Indiana, have all applied for licenses to cover construction
permits granted earlier for new educational PM stations. Also, the Univ. of Scranton
(Pa.) has applied for a license to operate a noncommercial educational PM station on
89.9 me, ERP 1.35 kw.

FRYMIRE ACCEPTS PERMANENT FCC POST

The FCC announced (Sept, k) that Dr. Lawrence Frymire has accepted permanent
appointment as Chief of the Educational Broadcasting Branch of the FCC. He had been
serving in that capacity since September 1, 1962 on a temporary basis while on leave
from Michigan State Univ. Frymire has resigned from MSU where he was associate pro¬
fessor of communications and manager of WKAR and WKAR-PM. He had been connected with
the university since 1944. Frymire indicated that he will continue his attempts to
bring about a more efficient and smoother relationship between the Commission and
educational broadcasters.

STANLEY APPOINTED TO USOE ETV POST

Raymond J. Stanley has been appointed as the director of the ETV Facilities
program in the U.S. Office of Education. In this capacity he will be responsible for
the processing of applications for ETV grants. This part of the program is adminis¬
tered in the Bureau of Educational Assist. Programs of the USOE.

Stanley was for many years associated with the Wisconsin State Broadcasting
service, first as production director of radio, then of television. He directed
several Ohio award winning radio programs for WHA and was the producer of such
nationally-distributed WHA-TV programs as "The Friendly Giant" and "Great Plays in
Rehearsal."

Recently he has been in charge of WOSU-TV, the Ohio State University, and for
the past two years has served as Acting Director of the IERT.

SECOND ETV STATION FOR CHICAGO: RECEIVED HEW FUND GRANT

On September 11, the Chicago Educational Television Association was granted
a CP for a new noncommercial educational TV station to operate on Channel *20; ERP
431.5 kw visual and 216 kw aural; antenna height 600 ft. The Chicago Educational
Television Association also operates educational station WTTW on Channel *11 in

Chicago. This is the first application to the FCC wherein a grant of matching funds
has been made by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for a new non¬
commercial educational TV station pursuant to Public Law 87-447. The HEW grant
was made on August 29 in the amount of $270,000, enabling applicant to show financial
qualifications to construct the new station.

KENTUCKY SEEKS ADDITIONAL ETV CHANNEL

The Kentucky Authority for ETV filed a petition (Aug. 29) requesting the
FCC to institute rule making proceedings so as to reserve Ch. 23, Elizabethtown, for
noncommercial, educational use.

FIRST ETV GRANTS MADE

The first grants under the ETV Facilities Act have been made to the following
applicants (File numbers indicate order of acceptance of application by HEW. (Amount
indicates amount of Federal grant):

Chicago ETV Assn. (File #l) - see story above.

South Carolina ETV Comm. (File #4), for the establishment of a new ETV station
operating on Ch. 7, Charleston. $59*222.

South Carolina ETV Comm. (File #5), for new ETV station, Ch. 29, Greenville.
$270,303.

Hampton Roads (Va.) ETV Assn. (File #6), to expand facilities, through the
acquisition of its own studio equipment, of ETV station WHRC-TV, Ch. 15, Hampton-
Norfolk. $129,943.

Utah State Univ. of Ag. & Applied Sciences (File #8), for new ETV station,

Ch. 12, Logan. $99,865.

ADDITIONAL ETV GRANT APPLICATIONS

The following additional applications for grants under the ETV Facilities Act
have been accepted for filing by HEW: (Amounts indicate total project cost)

Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District (File #25), to expand
facilities of ETV station KDPS-TV, Ch. 11. $58,515.

Santa Barbara (Calif.) ETV (File #26), for establishment of new ETV station,
Ch. 20. $278,086.

St. Louis ETV Comm. (File # 27), to expand facilities of ETV station KETC,

Ch. 9. $112,312. .

Office of Education: a Dept, of the County of Santa Clara, Calif. (File #2o),
for new ETV station, Ch. 54, San Jose. $151,000.

Univ. of Maine (File #29), for new ETV station, Ch. 13, Orono. $146,000.
Greater New Orleans TV Fdn. (File #30), to improve WYES-TV, Ch. 8, $250,000.
Regents, University of Idaho (File #31), for new ETV station, Ch. 12, Moscow.
$177,000.

Regents of New Mexico State Uiiiv. (File #32), for new ETV station, Ch. 12,
Hatch. $409,000.

Univ. of Illinois (File #33), to improve WILL-TV, Ch. 12, Urbana. $580,000.
MISCELLANEOUS FCC ACTIONS

Granted (Aug. 30), CP to Mohawk-Hudson Council on ETV, Schenectady, N.Y.,
(WMHT) to change ERP to 240 kw visual and 120 kw aural and to change type transmitter
equipment and antenna height.

Granted (Aug. 30), to WHYY-TV, Wilmington, Del., modification of CP to change
type transmitter and antenna , other equipment modifications and extend completion
date to Feb. 29, 1964.

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at the Wisconsin Historical Society as part of
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