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FRKD BATE, MANAGER (IF THE NBC INTERNATIONAL DIVISION. AT HIS DESK IN RADIO CITY, NEW YORK. U. S. LEASES SHORT WAVES Union of Pr'wate Brooiicasters with Gooernment Agencies Means Closer Coordination in Job 0/ Off-setting Nazi Fropaganda, According to Roijai ON November 1, 1942, the United States Government leased all of the nation's short-wave transmitters, iiK-liidinK NBC's pow- erful 50.000 waiters, WRCA and WNBI, located at r.ound Brook, N. J. The contract signed with the Gov- ernment calls for a five years' lease but may be cancelled by Washing- ton before the expiration of that period. Shortwave broadcasters, ac- cording to the pact, continue to oi)erate their transmitters without profit in return for which Uncle Sam will pay the cost of operations. This union of private broadcast- ers with the Office of War Informa- tion and the Coordinator of Inter- American Affairs means a closer "coordination between practical radio operators and those of the Government agencies who can give proper directives," said John F. [22 RADIO AGE] lloyal, NP.C vice president in charge id' international broadcasting. Furthei'moro. Royal declared, co- ordination and consolidation of American short-wave stations means that this country will be in a m(n-e potent position to help crush the short-wave efforts of the Nazis and their totalitarian henchmen. Shortly after the Government stepped into the picture, NBC's transmitters increased their service to Latin America by many hours a day. Programs in S])anish were extended from four hours and forty minutes to eight and one-half hours. Portuguese liroadcasts, directed to ilra/.il. wore increased from two ELI BUCK IS DIRECTOR OF LATIN AMEK- UW PROGRAMS FOR THE NBC INTER- NATIONAL DIVISION. hours and fifteen minutes to six and one-half hours. Spanish features are transmitted from 5:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. over NBC's station WNBI, General Elec- tric's WGEA and WGEO, Westing- house's WBOS and World Wide's WRUW, all with 50,000 watts. Por- tuguese programs are now heard from 5:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. EWT. over NBC's WRCA and Columbia's WCBX. The first three hours of these programs for Brazil originate in NBC's studios, while the re- mainder of the Portuguese schedule is programmed from CBS studios. With the increase in broadcasting to Latin America, there will be a definite trend toward a more com- plete and varied program schedule, covering all phases of inter-Ameri- can collaboration. Especially will this be true in the special events field, where NBC will broadcast an increasing number of addresses by visiting Latin American personali- ties and also special ceremonies from all parts of the hemisiihere. Affiliate stations of NBC's Pan American Network are also contrib- uting an important share in inter- American cooperation by regularly rebroadcasting in their respective countries many of the shows offered to our neighbors through NBC In- ternational, and by sending us spe- cial musical and cultural programs for rebroadcast in the United States. Material now being short-waved to listeners South of the border con- sists of many old, estal)lished 1110- grams as well as several new fea- "rOLATIN-AfilRici