Foundations, Ford, 1959 (1956-1959)

41 they would be unable to keep their educational stations on the air. This is due primarily to the fact that our Network programs, representing the finest in cultural broadcasting from this country and overseas, are made available at such a reasonable price. A station taking all of the regular programs offered by the Network, excluding the in-school service, would find the cost to be only $.63 to $1.73 per hour of programming (the range is explained by the fact that stations are charged a graduated rate, depend¬ ing on their power, ranging from $300 to $800 a year, plus a mailing and handling charge ranging from $25 to $100). As the only non-commercial radio network in the United States, or in the world, the NAEB Network has been closely watched by educators of the United States as well as abroad. As a resurgence of interest in radio begins to manifest itself, it is our hope that our nation may find balanced usefulness in both radio and television as educational instruments. Al¬ though the story of the NAEB Radio Network would have been a far different one if more funds had been available for radio as compared to those avail¬ able for television, we are proud of the record of usefulness which it has established, and are grateful to the Ford and Kellogg Foundations and the other far-sighted supporters who have helped us to keep a national educa¬ tional radio network alive, looking toward expanded usefulness in the not too distant future when each of the electronic media will find its proper role in education. Publications As indicated in Section VI of this report, the NAEB publishes two