NAEB Newsletter (Mar 1939)

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NAEB News Letter March 1, 1939 Page 3 WSU1 script writer, and directed by H, Olay Harshbarger, Production Manager 0 The story told of the extraction of Vitamin K from Iowa alfalfa and the tense drama of its first use in saving an Iowa farmer 8 s life threatened by extensive bleeding. President Eugene A. Gilmore of the University opened the broadcast. FGC HEARING FOR WSUI The University of Iowa (WSUI) application for construction permit to increase power to 5 KW daytime and 1KW nighttime with directional antenna has been sfct for hearing. The case is set on the Calendar for March 27, KFUQ WITHDRAWS FROM NAEB A note from the Rev. H. H, Hohenstein, Director of KFUO, tells the story in these words i ,f I regret to inform you that the Board of Directors resolved to discontinue its membership, STATE RADIO HEARING POSTPONED TO MAY FIRST Wisconsin 8 s application to the Federal Communications Commission for a full-time, high power broadcasting station will be heard on May 1, according to notification Just received by the Attorney General s office. Originally set for February 28, the hearing was postponed to allow more time for the preparation of the State 6 s case. In its application the State is asking for a 16 hour a day station to operate in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin and capable of being heard in all parts of the state at night, as well as in the daytime. The two public stations now must go off the air at sundown to avoid interference with private stations on the same channels. The application requests the use of the 670 kilocycle channel, the one selected by engineers as being the best able of any assigned In this mid-western region to render the service necessary over the entire state of Wisconsin, That frequency Is now used by WMAQ,, one of 168 stations on the NBC network, and one of three stations in Chicago carrying NBC programs. such coverage. There are large areas In the state where no Wisconsin station can now be heard at night. LAWMAKER# BROADCAST DAILY OVER V»HA AND _WLBL_ Wisconsin 3 olons are on the air from the state capital each afternoon at one o* clock with discussions of .important issues facing the Legislature. The broadcasts are originated and carried by the state-owned stations WHA, Madison and WLBL, Stevens Point, PRINCETON AND YALE ON THE RADIO Gleaned from the collegiate press are these two Items whlcfr may interest