The audio-visual handbook (1942)

Sources of Information, Materials and Equipment 203 Programs are usually listed by subject -field and grade-level. 4. Local station advance listings. Local stations are usually willing to put schools on the mailing list for advance listings of programs and for publicity releases. Material from educational stations is usually particularly helpful. 5. N.B.C. Presents. A monthly listing of educational and cultural programs of the N.B.C. Networks. Free, on request to the National Broadcasting Company, RCA Building, Radio City, New York City. 6. For the Student. A weekly listing of educational and cultural programs of the C.B.S. Network with considerable advance program details. Free, on request to the Columbia Broadcasting System, 485 Madison Avenue, New York City. 7. Educational and Cultural Programs from Chicago Stations. A listing of selected programs available over N.B.C. stations in Chicago. Free, on request to the National Broadcasting Company, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 111. II. Information about School Broadcasts : 1. "N.B.C. Music Appreciation Hour." An Instructor's Manual, price 25c, and a Student's Notebook for each of series A, B, C, and D, price 10c each, are published annually, and copies may be secured by writing to N.B.C. Music Appreciation Hour, National Broadcasting Company, RCA Building, Radio City, New York City. 2. "The American School of the Air.'* The Columbia Broadcasting System issues a free teacher's manual and classroom guide which may be obtained by writing to the American School of the Air, Columbia Broadcasting System, 485 Madison Avenue, New York City. This year there is a separate guide for each semester. 3. "The Nation's School of the Air." This broadcast series over the network of the Mutual Broadcasting System is prepared by Station WLW in Cincinnati. Teachers in Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia may obtain manuals free. To others the cost is 50c. Address Station WLW, Cincinnati, Ohio. 4. "Your Health." This N.B.C. weekly school broadcast is prepared by the American Medical Association. A manual, Your Health, may be obtained for 25c from the Johnson Publishing Company, Richmond, Va. 5. "The Standard School Broadcast." This is an N.B.C. regional school broadcast of music appreciation heard on the Pacific Coast. It is produced by the Standard Oil Company of California. Free teacher's manual may be obtained by writing the Standard Oil Company, 225 Bush Street, San Francisco, Calif. 6. Regional school broadcasts. Some large radio stations support their own series of school broadcasts. Best examples are "School Time," of Station WLS, Chicago, and "Western New York School of the Air," of Station WBEN, Buffalo. Teaching materials are supplied by the stations. 7. State Schools of the Air. Best known are the "Ohio School of the Air" and the "Wisconsin School of the Air." Both are conducted by state universities in co-operation with state departments of education and state teachers' associations. Manuals and teaching bulletins are prepared for these programs and can be secured free on request. 8. City school broadcasts. Detroit, Cleveland, Rochester, Chicago, New York, Alameda (California), Akron, and a number of other cities produce broadcasts for classroom use. Program announcements and teaching helps can be obtained by schools within the listening area of each city on request.