NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1939)

and educators, another on teacher training, and a third on the development of an experiment and idea exchange. In addition. Dr. Power is e.xpected to serve as coordinator of ail research studies which are being undertaken by the Federal Radio Education Committee. Preliminary plans for publishing the committee studies were discussed in some detail by the Executive Com¬ mittee. It is expected that the first publication will be ready in November of this year. In addition to the appointment of Dr. Power, the Executive Committee also approved Dr. Studebaer-’s rec¬ ommendation that his Assistant, Dr. C. F. Klinefelter, continue to serve as Vice Chairman of the FREC, in charge of finances and other general duties, and the desig¬ nation of Mr. William D. Boutwell, as assistant in charge of the Educational Radio Scrips Exchange and Services. Neville Miller attended the meeting. NAB-RMA NETWORK PROGRAMS Following are additional network programs arranged for “Open Flouse Week” in the NAB-RMA campaign to promote the American System of Broadcasting. The first list appeared in last week’s REPORTS. Additional N AB-RMA programs schedided by CBS. .\pril 19-3:00 to 3:30 P. M. — Sterling Fisher, CBS director of education and radio talks, is moderator of a round-table discussion on ‘‘Radio’s Contribution to International Good Will,” held at Women’s National Radio Committee Annual Radio Award luncheon. Participants are H. V. Kaltenborn. CBS news analyst and foreign affairs expert; Alfred J. McCosker, MBS chairman of the board, and Frank Mason, NBC vice-president. April 23 — 3:00 to 5:00 P. M. — Deems Taylor, CBS musical con¬ sultant, talks on ‘‘Music and Radio” during New York Philhar¬ monic-Symphony program intermission. .\pril 24 — 2:30 to 3:00 P. M. — Dr. Alice V. Keliher, chairman of the Human Relations Commission of the Progressive Education Association, is guest speaker on .\merican School of the Air. She sums up aims of ‘‘Frontiers of Democracy,” Monday series of the School of the Air, before an audience of several thousand educators in the auditorium in St. Louis from where the broadcast comes. .\pril 24 — 10:30 to 11:00 P. M. — The Columbia Workshop pre¬ sents Norman Corwin’s new verse play, “Seems Radio Is Here to Stay.” Corwin describes it as a “lusty ta-ra-ra for the business of broadcasting.” May 16 — 4:00 to 4:15 P. M. — Dr. lago Galdston, director of in¬ formation for the New York Academy of Medicine, talks on ‘Radio and Health Information” in the Highways to Health broadcast. May 27 — 7:00 to 7:30 P. M. — .■\nnouncers, commentators and executives of CBS, tell how they do their work in the “Americans at Work” episode. Additional NAB-RMA programs scheduled by NBC . April 21 — 11:05 to 11:30 P. M. — NBC-Blue — Back of the Dials, an original dramatic sketch by Thomas Langan, dedicated to the radio dealers of America and demonstrating, through a novel use of orchestral music and ancient and modern receiving sets the tre¬ mendous improvements in quality of reception available to home listeners today as compared to the highest standards of ten or fifteen years ago. .4pril 22 — 3 P. M. — This is Radio, an hour’s dramatization of the history of radio from its beginning to the present day, will be repeated — this time on the Blue. Time Not Set — What Radio Means To Me — Broadcast out of Chicago from such places as a hospital, a lake, a lighthouse, etc. The Federal Council of Churches’ programs throughout the week will stress the fact that their service is made possible under the ■American System of broadcasting. These programs are: April 17 — “Faith and Freedom,” Dr. Harold Paul Sloan, RED 12:30-12:45 P. M. .\pril 18 — ‘‘Where to Look for Help,” Dr. Jesse M. Bader, RED 12:30-12:45 P. M. .■\pril 19 — ‘‘Homespun,” Dr. William Hiram Foulkes, RED 12:30-12:45 P. M. April 20 — “Art of Living,” Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, RED 12:30-12:45 P. M. .\pril 21 — “Inner Drama of Life,” Dr. Lloyd Ellis Foster, RED 12:30-12:45 P. M. April 22 — Religion in the News, Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk, RED 6:45-7:00 P. M. April 23 — Radio Pulpit, Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, RED 10:0010:30 A. M. .4pril 23 — National \’espers, Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, BLUE 4:00-4:30 P. M. The U. S. Office of Education has promised announcement on Wings for the Martins, its weekly dramatization of educational problems in the family, on .\pril 19, BLUE 9:30-10:00 P. M. Dr. Rollo G. Reynolds will incorporate in Thursday Social Science program of Ideas That Came True on April 20, BLUE 2:002:30 P. M. Cesar Saerchinger will include in his broadcast of Story Behind the Headlines April 21, RED 10:45-11:00 P. M. Belmont Farley, of the National Education Association, will mention on the Our American Schools program April 19, RED 6:00-6:15 P. M. Youth Meets Government, the weekly high school program on public affairs, will include on April 22, RED 5:15-6:00 P. M. The Message of Israel, Rabbi Leo Franklin, will point out that its program is possible only under the American System of broad¬ casting on April 22, BLUE 7:00-7:30 P. M. Elorence Flale, National Education Association executive, will mention the benefits of American radio on her Radio Column April 22, RED 10:30-10:45 A. M. American Education Foritm, conducted by Professor Alvin C. Eurich of Stanford, will point out that American radio makes pos¬ sible the service of education which his program offers on April 22, BLUE 12:00-12:25 P. M. The World Is Yours, U. S. Office of Education and Smithsonian Institution broadcast will cooperate on April 16 and April 23, RED 4:30-5:00 P. M. Other programs which are expected to join in the general theme “Our program is an example of what you get under the American system of broadcasting” are: Science Everywhere, American Association for the Advancement of Science, April 18, BLL'E 2:00-2:30 P. M. Science on the March, AAAS program with Dr. Forest Tay Moulton on April 17, BLUE 7:45-8:00 P. M. Great Plays, NBC series on April 16 and April 23, BLUE 1:002:00 P. M. Lives of Great Men, with Dr. Edward Howard Griggs of Brook¬ lyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, April 22, 7:30-7:45 P. M. RED. NBC Music Appreciation Hour, April 21, BLUE 2:00-3:00 P. M. Phi Beta Kappa Program, “Getting Readv for Tomorrow,” April 21, RED 6:00-6:15 P. M. Americas Town Meeting, April 20, BLLTE 9:30-10:30 P. M. Science in the News, with Dr. Arthur H. Compton, Monday, April 17, RED 6:00-6:15 P. M. University of Chicago Round Table, Sunday, April 16 and April 23, RED 12:30-1:00 P. M. Your Health, American Medical Association program, Wednesday, April 19, BLUE 2:00-2:30 P. M. Music Makers, with Dr. Joseph E. Maddv, Tuesday, Aoril 18, RED 12:45-1:15 P. M. Music and American Youth, Sundays, April 16 and 23, 10:3011:00 A. M., RED. Chicago is preparing special announcement to be made on the Farm and Home Hour, Carnation, and other sustaining and par¬ ticipation programs. The ABC of Radio, a series of three dramatizations pointing up the wonders of broadcasting and adapted from original scripts written and aired by WTMJ, NBC affiliate in Milwaukee, have been distributed to all Red and Blue stations for local presentation some time during “Open House Week.” Spot announcements re¬ garding the celebration also have been distributed to all stations. Radio City Parade and Radio City Fanfare, scripts written in New York by the NBC Press Division and distributed to all Red and Blue Network stations this week, include institutional material about “Open House Week” as well as announcements about the special programs. 3435 April 21, 1939