Foundations, Ford, 1959 (1956-1959)

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37 Association so far as the Kellogg grant and Network accounts are con¬ cerned; provide general supervision for the Placement service (and during the life of the Ford Foundation and FAE grants, supervision of activities and projects made possible thereby); supervise preparation of the NAEB Newsletter by the person now assigned part-time to this task; prepare articles and give talks on educational broadcasting; edit, or supervise the editing of, the various workshop and seminar reports; and, in general, carry out the directives and policies of the NAEB President and Board of Directors, NAEB Radio Network The program exchange which later developed into the NAEB Radio Network began in 1949 with operation of what came to be known as the “bicycle network,** Station vVNYC, New York, made five sets of recordings of the 1949 Herald Tribune Forum which were distributed to and aired by 22 NAEB member stations, who "bicycled" them from one to the other. By 1950 the "bicycle network 9 * had advanced to the point where several stations agreed to exchange programs by tape recording. (It will be re¬ called that, although the organization had existed since 1925, there was no permanent NAEB Headquarters at this time,) Several programs were recorded in the New York area by WNYC for distribution and the Associa¬ tion received a gift of tape from the Cooper Union for use in the project. By May it could be reported that the "network, which is enjoying tremen¬ dous growth, will soon be able to furnish four hours of programs per week to member stations, and will include selected programs from the BBC and CBC as well as excellent offerings from member stations and institutions - r