NAEB Newsletter (September 15, 1939)

M&38B News Letter 3 ...Sept. 15, 1939 Pag© 13 the person delivering it will be able to do a better job with it, than if it is dull® Granted even that the material comes from the person doing the broadcasting, it might need going over* vory often would; in fact, I might say* almost always would. \ word or two More ©bout this radio course. There is a vital need in this country for a school where real radio training may be had - maybe one such school* maybe two* not more* The faculty teaching in such a school would have to comprise seasoned radio people ©quipped to turn out continuity writers,“"production men, announcers and actor© capable of being taken over by small stations for intensive apprentice^ ship, looking to radio as their life work. This is not what I have in mind as a radio course at the college or university which owns my radio station. At present the radio inudstry cannot absorb all of the people who are clamoring for admittance^ therefore, it is not fair to give students who would enroll in such a course the idea that a job is awaiting him or her immediately upon graduation. But if the student enrolls with the understanding that it is more in the nature of an appreciation course than anything els© and that the chances of a life career arc* slim, a course such as I have in mind would be extremely beneficial. Those who showed outstanding aptitude along radio lines, might be encouraged to go farther, and all could be given experience at the University station. Should the members of my advisory council be interested in enrolling, the knowledge which they would gain would b© of tremendous us© in the planning of the community program in which they wore interested, a© student and the lay member would both gain an appreciation of radio and its many problems, which should be helpful in many ways® "There is still another suggestion. 1 would most definitely consider the question of an educational network not only within the stab© itself, but between states within a certain radius. I realize that line costs are a serious problem, but with a pooling of resource© and the availability of a program exchange, thereby cutting program costa, it does not seem to be out of the rang® of possibility. By tying together a number of educational Institutions, the radio director would have a much larger faculty to draw upon, specialists in many more fields with the decided advantage of being able to pick and choose in the interest of quality, ”1 can envisage an affiliation between both educational and commercial stations within a state to the advantage of all concerned, where the prime objective would be better public service programs for the whole state through adequate coverage. "These are not new ideas, they have been set forth before, by members of your own association, but X believe in them and aa sure they would be given almost my first consideration, should X be faced with this very difficult job of running an educational broadcasting station. "These things are not impossible of accomplishment. Many of them are undoubtedly being attempted by those of you who are now running educational radio stations. Frankly, X have heard so few programs from suoh stations, that X feel totally inadequate to make suggestions or criticisms. Often though I have the feeling that the majority of non-commercial stations spend a great deal of their time merely