NAEB Newsletter (Mar 1935)

JJU^U u Texas; Norman S. Case, Providence, Rhode Islhnd; Paul A. Walker, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and George H. Payne, New Yo^k, New York. The Federhl Communications Commission was created by Act of Congress approved June 19, 1934* President Roosevelt appointed Judge Sykes as chairman. The Commission has the power to regulate interstate and foreign communications by wire or radio and is composed of three subdivisions; namely, the broadcasting division, the tele¬ graph division, and the telephone division. Judge Sykes is chairman, and Commission¬ ers Case and Prall are members of the broadcasting division of the Federal Communi¬ cations Commission. WORK OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL IN RADIO EDUCATION We suggest that you keep on your desk a supply of the programs made available over chain stations by the National Advisory Council in Radio Education. We find it very convenient to put one of these in letters addressed to our faculty who are sometimes inclined to feel that there is nothing worth while on the air. We believe in recognizing good .programs whenever and wherever presented. If you do not have this material we suggest that you communicate with Dr. Levering Tyson, Executive Secretary of the National Advisory Council in Radio Education, 60 East 42nd Street, Now York City, and it may be well to ask for a list of the monographs that have been issued by this council on many topics that will be of interest to broadcasters# They are comparatively inexpensive and are very well worth roading. THE RADIO INSTITUTE OF AUDIBLE MTS Wo have had considerable correspondence with Mr. Pitts Sanborn, Director of the Radio Institute of Audible Arts, 80 Broadway, New York City. This institute was founded by the Philco and Radio Television Corporation. The purpose as announced "is to cultivate a broader appreciation of the audible arts, and generally to ad¬ vance from a broader social standpoint the effective utilization of radio today. The Institute will attempt to stimulate public recognition and appreciation of the best in radio. It hopes in this way to create a wider demand for good music, news broadcasts, dissemination of opinion, and educational programs, thereby encouraging the public to reap the fullest benefits from existing radio broadcasting, ff The Radio Institute of the Audible Arts can quicken public interest in worth while radio programs,the enormous influence of the radio for good may be realized." ON WISCONSIN Our good friend, H. B. McCarty, Program Director of WHA, Wisconsin State Station, informs us that: "State Capitol Broadcasts" originate in the WHA studio in the Wisconsin State Capi¬ tol building in Madison. This series presents on the air each afternoon a senator or assemblyman who discusses some problem confronting the legislature. All'legis¬ lators are invited to use the radio to speak directly to their constituents, and the voters of the state at large. The lawmakers are enthusiastic about this plan which makes it possible for them to convey their messages without fear of misinter¬ pretation. Time is provided without charge# "In addition to being heard over WHA, "State Capitol Broadcasts" are rebroadcast by WLBL, owned by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Markets, and'three commercial stations, WIBU, Poynette, WCLO, Janesville, and WTAQ, La Crosse, Wis# "Operating jointly with the state-stations, the University School of Education and the Extension Division are presenting "teachers 1 roundtables" for teachers in