NAEB Newsletter (Apr 1936)

- 2 - SHORT SIGNALS FROM THE FIELD . ffU-Un i ve p g i t y.of Kansas . Sneaking far Director Ingham, his assistant, ‘Mildred I. Seaman sends those notes: u The University of Kansas station is on the air such' a limited time each day that we arc unable to present many programs about which our listeners and potential listeners have expressed an interest and which wo should like to hear emanating from our station. H We have a time sharing agreement with station. WREN, located at Lawrence, and we utilize a. half hour each afternoon from Monday through Friday, and fifteen minutes on four evenings a week, with an additional fifteen minutes on Wednesday and Friday evenings. KFKU also has a. half hour on six Saturday afternoons and an hour on six Sunday afternoons to normit us to broadcast the School of Fine Arts Vespers." Among the KFKU programs mentioned are lessons in Spanish, French and German, Problems of the Growing Child, Lawrence City Schools, Kansas information, and Kansas Writers. Interesting plans for next year have been proposed, A , , and M. —Colleg e .of Texas . "The Texas Farm and Home program goes out each week-day over fTAW and the Texas Quality Network, composed of WFAA, KPRC, and WOAI. Consequently our Farm and Home Program covers the whole of Texas and a considerable amount of Southwest United States besides. "From the standpoint of the local staff, our best news-note is that a new Hammond Organ is in prospect." So speaks Director E. P. Humbert, member of the N.A.E.B. Executive Committee. Uni vepsitv o f Ioma. . 11 WSUI hopes to onen the season's program of outdoor sports broadcasts with the first home baseball game. S-oring and summer snorts broadcasts will include both baseball and track events. "A new Baldwin Masterpiece piano has .lust been placed in our Memorial Union studio to replace the old instrument purchased some eight or te:H years ago. Baldwin pianos are used in the Old Gold and Union Studios, and Steinwavs in the Music studios," says Director Menzer. University of Florida .' Director Garland Powell reports an expansion. "Starting on April 1, WRUF goes on the air at 7:00 A. M, ever* r wgek-dav an<S:00 A.M, on Sunday, and will broadcast continuously until sign-off, which is sunset Denver." MA2- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Director W. S. Williams says, "At the end of the school year, we hope to collect all the faculty talks broadcast over this station this year." "This station is used to broadcast for six hours only each week. About eight percent of the time is used bv our student musical organizations, including the symphony orchestra, dance orchestra., band, glee club, a.nd our student dramatic club. About two percent of our time is used by the facult^ for talVg of general interest to the -public in their special field. "The only thing new is a round table discussion. The members of the -discussion group are a professor of aeronautical engineering, a junior in the aeronautical engineering course, a high school student interested in aeronautics, and one of our student announcers. The Rens a elaer Polytechnic Institute .junior, and the high school senior ask the professor ouestions relating to the material covered in the aeronautical engineering course, and the kind of positions open to men who have completed a course of this kind. "The purpose of these round table discussions is to answer the questions which naturally occur to a high school student expecting to enter any particular en¬ gineering field, and at the same time to give parents of such boys some general information so that the parent may assist the bov in choosing his college course."