NAEB Newsletter (October 1, 1966)

Personnel Dr. John C. Schwarzwalder of KTCA- KTCI, St. Paul ran unopposed for the Minnesota State Legislature on the Demo¬ cratic Farmer Labor ticket. Dr. Edward F. Sarno, faculty member of Ohio University’s radio-television de¬ partment, appointed director of learning resources for off-campus academic pro¬ grams. KLRN, Channel 9, San Antonio, Austin, named Mrs. W. S. Light art teacher for first and second grades. American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism elected John Hutting, University of Oregon, president; Wayne Danielson, University of North Carolina, vice president; Elmer Beth, Uni¬ versity of Kansas, secretary-treasurer. Two new advisors for Riverside Radio WRVR’s International Radio Month: Howard A. Cook, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Foreign Policy Asso¬ ciation; Winston L. Kirby, director of the office of radio and television relations, Columbia University. Former BBC producer-director, best seller travel book author of First Overland, Timothy P. Slessor, joined WCNY, Chan¬ nel 24, N. Y. Former KCSD, Channel 19, Kansas City, Missouri, producer-director Ray Gladfel- ter appointed ITV production director for the Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Pennsylvania State University announced former NBC newsman Robert H. Farson assistant professor, school of journalism and producer-director of “In the News” for WPSX-TV; Thomas M. Smucker, the sta¬ tion's art specialist; Arthur H. Siegel, sen¬ ior production assistant. Oregon Education Broadcasting added Michael K. Vidor and Gary W. Adams as television producer-directors. Executive vice president of the Institute of International Education is Dr. Howard A. Cutler, academic vice president and pro¬ fessor of economics, University of Alaska. The Association for Education in Jour¬ nalism elected Robert Jones, director of the school of journalism, University of Minnesota, president and vice president; Harold Wilson, University of Minnesota journalism professor, treasurer. WJR Radio, Detroit, named William Harris news director to succeed Frank Tomlinson who has joined WXYZ Radio, an ABC affiliate. Also Jim Harper, for¬ mer administrative assistant to the Michi¬ gan Senate Majority leader, is back on the staff. New officers of the American Society of Journalism School Administrators: presi¬ dent— Cornelius McCarthy, professor and chairman, department of journalism, Du- quesne University; vice president— Dozier Cade, Georgia State College; secretary- treasurer— Don Grubb, Northern Illinois University. George S. Smith, legal assistant to FCC Commissioner Robert E. Lee, has been named chief of the Broadcast Bureau. His predecessor, Maes B. Sheridan, is now a consultant to the FCC on the satellite is¬ sue. Raymond Fincke, production manager, National Educational Television, New York, has been appointed director of pro¬ duction services. Stanford Levy, former traffic manager, is the new assistant direc¬ tor of production services. Tal Bray, formerly with WGTV, Athens, Georgia, appointed WUFT, University of Florida, facilities manager. James L. Loper, assistant general man¬ ager, KCET, Channel 28, Hollywood, Cali¬ fornia, receives his Ph.D. in communica¬ tions from the University of Southern California this month. Robert Davy, acting manager of KWSC, Channel 10, Washington State University, joined the new 1 Northwest Regional Edu¬ cational Research Laboratory in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Herman Newman, Municipal Broad¬ casting System music director, represented the Broadcasting Foundation of America as a radio and television music juror of the Prix Italia. Dr. Marvin A. Rapp, president of Onon¬ daga Community College, Syracuse, elected a member of the Board of Trustees of the Educational Television Council of Central New York. Eastern Educational Radio Network an¬ nounced newly elected officers: chairman— Al Hulsen, director, WFCR, Amherst; vice chairman for programing— Michael Rice, assistant general manager, WGBH, Boston. Dr. Saul N. Scher, director of television, school of education, University of Massa¬ chusetts, named the University’s represen¬ tative to the Program Advisory Committee of “The 21-Inch Classroom.” Jane Root, former graduate intern with KLRN, Channel 9, Austin-San Antonio, joined WBAA, Purdue University, as pro¬ ducer-director. Witherspoon Joins Brooks John P. Witherspoon, former director of the Educational Communications System, a joint NAEB-Office of Education sponsored project, is now associate director of tele¬ communication, The Brooks Foundation, a non-profit educational corporation which conducts research-development communica¬ tions programs. The ECS study he headed dealt with establishing multipurpose elec¬ tronic communication networks for higher education in the United States. Prior to his NAEB appointment, Wither¬ spoon was associate professor of speech, program director of KEBS-FM, San Diego State College, and served as assistant di¬ rector, Stanford Radio-Television Institute. He has written and produced more than 250 instruction radio programs for ele¬ mentary schools; produced and directed ITS presentations for all grade levels, as well as public affairs and cultural shows for adult audiences. His shows won two awards in the American Exhibition of Ed¬ ucational Radio and Television Programs. New PPS Director Carol Whitcomb will replace Yasmine Mirza as director of the NAEB Personnel Placement Service, effective this month. Before Miss Whitcomb joined the Associa¬ tion in March, she worked for the Experi¬ ment in International Living, administering a program for foreign students brought to the U. S. under the auspices of Fulbright awards. She holds a B.A. from Tuft Uni¬ versity, was graduated in 1964. Miss Mirza is returning with her family to Pakistan. Dr. Breitenfeld in New Post NAEB ETV associate director Frederick Breitenfeld, Jr., Ph.D., was selected over a group of 18 candidates for appointment as executive director of Maryland’s recently authorized ETV system, appropriated dur¬ ing the 1966 session of the State Legisla¬ ture. The first station is scheduled for Baltimore. Six others will eventually enable the proposed system to reach all parts of Maryland. He aims to tap local talent in producing programs, utilize cultural re¬ sources such as the Enoch Pratt Library and the Baltimore Symphony, probe more deeply into city and State social-political issues, and establish a television repertory company for the summer. Dr. Breitenfeld was graduated in 1953 with a B.A. in engineering from Tufts University, received an M.E. there one year later. He holds an M.S. in television and radio and a Ph.D. in education and broad¬ casting from Syracuse University. O/Net Programming Ohio ETV and eight affiliates are show¬ ing the 38-week series, “TV Kindergarten,” produced by KNME, Albuquerque. The programs introduce pre-schoolers to early grade school activities, emphasize science, safety, pets, history, geography and art. The series won a National Educational Television award and one in the Ohio State University national competition. Mrs. Joyce Marron, teacher-host, received Mc¬ Call’s Magazine Golden Mike citation for her work. O/NET stations telecasting the series are: WCET, Channel 48, Cincinnati; WOSU, Channel 34, Columbus; WMUB, Channel 14, Oxford; WGTE, Channel 30, Toledo, WOUB, Channel 20, Athens; WGSF, Channel 28, Newark; WBGU, Channel 70, Bowling Green; WVIZ, Chan¬ nel 25, Cleveland. Convention Offers Consultation Registrants seeking appointments with government officials, career counselors, representatives of program services, or oth¬ er specific people, should contact Mrs. Charlotte Wolin, convention staff associate. If the NAEB Consultant Service has the name of the person with whom you want an interview, preliminary contact will be made before October 23, eliminating inter¬ view scheduling at Kansas City. OCTOBER, 1966 3