NAEB Newsletter (June 1, 1965)

Remote Van tor Sale WFSU-TV, Florida State University Broadcasting, has a 32' tractor-trailer unit, minus equipment, for sale. It has been converted for TV usage and includes a shooting platform on top, a winch, collapsible stairs, interior and exterior cabinets, wood paneling, and equipment racks. The tractor is a Ford V-8. Contact Edward Herp, WFSU-TV director of broad¬ casting. NASA Offers TV Programs The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is offer¬ ing a new series of six half-hour TV programs, Space: Man’s Great Adventure, without cost to ETV stations. Film prints are available for closed-circuit and direct projection. NASA also has a new section on still photos and addi¬ tional film clips to be added to their Radio-Television Produc¬ tion Aids Catalog, and a new folder describing all of NASA’s educational programs and services. Send requests for all materials to NASA, Television and Radio Branch, Code AFEE-4, Washington, D.C. 20546. Medical TV Broadcasters Organize The Association of Medical Television Broadcasters was for¬ mally organized recently at a meeting of prominent physicians from throughout the United States and individuals interested in organizing a national program of continuing postgraduate medical education through ETV. Dale Groom, director of postgraduate education at the Medical College of South Caro¬ lina, was elected president. Summer ETV Offerings Eastern Michigan University. TV utilization workshop, August 4-17. 2 hrs. graduate credit. Write Graduate School, EMU, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197. University of Hawaii. Two 3-credit graduate courses: Tele¬ vision in Education—use, history, research, production, teaching, utilization of ETV; Ronald Bornstein instruc¬ tor. Educational Television—learning principles and mo¬ tivation, ITV design and development, multi-media de¬ sign, ITV production; Robert Reed instructor. Syracuse University. Seminar/workshop on design and use of learning spaces for new educational media. July 12-23. Write Donald P. Ely, 121 College Place, Syracuse, New York 13210. Publications • Experiments on Mass Communication, by Hovland, Lums- daine, and Sheffield, has been issued as a paperback by John Wiley & Sons. The original copyright date was 1949. The paperback version, published April 30, 1965, sells for $1.95. • Supplement No. 1 to the National Tape Recording Catalog has been published by DAVI. 38 pages. $1. • “8” is the name of a new newsletter of 8mm film in edu¬ cation. Published by Teachers College, Columbia University. • One Week of Educational Television is an analysis of subjects broadcast over all ETV stations in the U. S. during April 19-25, 1964. $1 each from: Morse Communication Re¬ search Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 02154. This is the third in a series of examinations of ETV programing by Brandeis. The study reports an effort by ETV to broaden its popular appeal, an increase of almost 100 per cent in news and public affairs programing during two years, and a decrease in local programing despite an average three- hour rise per station in weekly broadcast time. • A 68-page Handbook for Studio Teachers is available from: Division of Radio & TV, Florida Institute for Continu¬ ing University Studies, 703 Seagle Bldg., Gainesville. Here and There • S. I. Hayakawa is program chairman for the 9th Inter¬ national Conference on General Semantics, San Francisco State College, August 9-13. • The Japan Broadcasting Corporation is celebrating this year the 40th anniversary of broadcasting in Japan. • The nation’s first master FM antenna, which will permit 17 FM stations to broadcast simultaneously, is to be installed atop the Empire State Building. • The American Management Association will sponsor a five-day conference on the “Impact of Educational Technol¬ ogy,” July 12-16 at the Americana Hotel, New York City. • It is reported that on April 1 the BBC inaugurated “smellovision” by putting coffee beans, then onions into a ma¬ chine and telling viewers to sniff and phone if it worked. Some viewers called to complain of tears caused by the onions. BBC’s reply: “April Fool!” • The latest exhibit to tour Russia under the U.S.-U.S.S.R. cultural exchange agreement included a Telstar satellite which relayed a live TV image and a laser beam which carried a human voice. But the display most popular with the Moscow visitors was one with hundreds of U. S. phone books! • Speaking before the SMPTE recently, R. W. Hallet, a Douglas aerospace engineer, said TV transmission to space¬ ships roughly 200 million miles from earth is considered post sible. Speaking of the problem of feelings of total isolation and loss of purpose that spacemen may experience when away from earth for long periods, he said he believes that TV can play a major role in solving the problem by televising from earth to each member of the crew the things that are impor¬ tant to him. PLACEMENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE (For information, write the Placement Service, at the NAEB office in Washington. In order to be considered through these channels, the reader must be an Individual Member of the NAEB, with credentials on file with the NAEB Placement Serv¬ ice. Non-members can save time by sending the $10 annual dues and $10 Placement registration fee at the time of in¬ quiry.) June I Radio producer for Big Ten AM operation. Responsi¬ bilities include general announcing and production with opportunity to do sports play-by-play. Position open immediately. June 2 Director of in-school programs for ETV station. MA degree or equivalent with experience in curriculum de¬ velopment, classroom teaching (elementary-secondary level); proven leadership in working with administrative and teaching personnel. Salary open. June 3 Director of nursing education TV project. MA in nurs¬ ing or equivalent experience in directing educational project. Communications background desirable. 3-year project. June 4 Cameramen with at least 2 years experience in cam¬ era operation, lighting, and set erection wanted by non¬ commercial TV station. June 5 Assistant to executive secretary for state educational broadcast authority. Should be experienced in ETV, as the person will be expected to help set up educational system for state. Will work directly under executive sec¬ retary and will be expected to stay in home office. Sal¬ ary based upon qualifications, but will run between $6,- 000 and $8,000 for 12-month contract. Must have good secretarial skills. June 6 Assistant producer-director needed for northeastern state teachers college. Must have BA plus 15 hours and 3 years experience in field. Salary range: $5,500-$6,200. Position open September 1965 for 10 months. June 7 Technician sought for northeastern state teachers college. No experience necessary, although preferred. Must have First-Class Telephone license. Contract for I I months. Salary $5,300-$6,000 dependent upon back¬ ground. 4 NEWSLETTER