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Fodcral Radio Education Committee - cont« Preliminary to the efforts to "eliminate controversy" and "promote cooperative arrangements" between educators and broadcasters, it is planned to study cases in¬ volving failure to cooperate* Your president, H.B. McCarty, has been invited to servo as a membor of this Sub-Committee on Conflicts. McCarty, in an appeal for guidance, says "I need suggestions and comment from all our members, in order that I may properly represent our association on this Fed¬ eral Radio Education Committee. Won’t you please send to me at onco information you have about instances of controversy or lack of cooperation between educators and broadcasters? And as for research, what ideas do you have? 'What studios would you like to soo made? Give mo your guidance, please." FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS WILL - University of Illinois. Joe Wright reports: "The Federal Communications Commission this week granted authority to WILL to change from 890 to 580 kilocycles, subject to the installation of a directional an¬ tenna to protect WIBW, Topeka, Kansas, which also operates on 580 kilocycles. "It will bo necessary for us to put up 325 foot towers and consequently find a new location for them out on the University’s South Farm. A new transmitter build¬ ing mil also bo erected on that site, although the various studios will remain in their present locations on the campus. Wo hope to have our now outfit in oper¬ ation by the first of September. Although wo will have no nighttime hours, wo will have a full daytime schedule, and we believe we will be able to do a much bet¬ tor job in all respects than wo have been doing up to the present time." Authorized power is 1000 watts, but "wo hope to got more power later," Joe adds# The next ncws-lottcr mil include a tabulation of the data on facilities and operation of educational stations as reported in the N.A.S.B. survey, /my changes to report for your station? " BROADCASTING" SUBSCRIPTION OFFER The editors of "Broadcasting" magazine have come through with a special, at¬ tractive offer for N./..E.B, members* A full year’s subscription to the magazine, including the big "Year Book" number, is available for $1.50. This is just half the usual price. In each issuo is listed the record of F.C.C. decisions since the previous issue. Members taking advantage of the offer are requested to mention this N.A.S.B. arrangement with Mr. Sol Taishoff, Vice-president* The address: Broadcasting , Suite 870, National Press Building, Washington, D.C. THE 1936 CONVENTION In last month’s news-letter, it was stated that this time wo would report on invitations from stations wishing to servo as hosts to the annual convention this summer or fall* The only reaction thus far is a letter of invitation to each member from Prof. H.L. Ewbank, chairman, of the Wdi\ Radio Committee, inviting the station representatives to meet in Madison. Return cards wore included with the letters. Those will give an expression of sentiment and will bo reported on in the next lctteri