NAEB Newsletter (Mar 1939)

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NAEB News Letter March 1, 1939 Page 2 Article One. The proper presentation and broadcasting of educational programs by radio is a joint responsibility of educational authorities and radio station executives. The whole-hearted and understanding cooperation of each group is necessary to insure effective results in this field. Article Two. Allocation of a certain amount of time for educational purposes is a “public interest 11 requirement on the part of radio stations. Radio stations have a right, however, to insist upon standards of presentation that are in keeping with their program standards. Article Three. Radio stations should endeavor to prevent duplication in educational programs by discussions involving all parties concerned. Article Four. The selection of educational subjects for broadcasting, as well as the selection of proper techniques for such presentation whould be in the hands of educators. It is important, therefore, for all educators involved in handling 9 uch programs to acquaint themselves with the latest techniques, to study studio procedure in general, and to maintain at all times a broad objective point of view. Article Five. In common with other types of programs, educational programs should attempt to reach as large an audience as possible. To do so, radio educators should attempt to frame programs in the most attractive way possible — to make them interesting as well as educational thus Increasing their educational effectiveness. Article Six. Educational programs should be planned for limited groups, only when such groups are of an underprivileged type and can conveniently get the material In no other way, or when the nature of the program is such that a radio broadcast proves itself vastly superior to any other medium of presentation. Article Seven, .questions of taste and censorship involve an Interlocking relationship between broadcasters and educators. Broadcasters should not censor an educational program as regards fact, or as regards policies. On matters of taste, however, broadcasters have a right to Insist on the usual station standards as well as discussions of certain subjects open consideration of which is regarded as contrary to current good taste. Article Eight. Educators owe to themselves and to_the cooperating # ^ station the impartial presentation of controversial subjects. Editorial- lzatlon is not desirable on controversial subjects, even on an educational program, unless all sides are fairly expressed. Article Nine. Stations have a right to refuse time for a program that Xs essentiaYly institutional promotion 0 A certain amount of institutional promotion is naturally present ii all educational broadcasts, but the primary purpose of a truly educational broadcast must be educational. WSUX FEEDS NBC NETWORK On the 92nd Anniversary of the University of Iowa's founding, the blue network uf NBC carried a broadcast, originated on the Iowa campus. “Out of the Land“, was a dramatized story written by Donald Sturgis,