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NAEB News Letter March 1, 1939 Page 7 associated with radio work in Kentucky* The group has the endorsement of virtually all radio stations in Kentucky* The University of Kentucky has been attempting to give a state-wide broadcasting procedure, using WHAS at Louisville as a key station* The mountain listening centers established some years ago have been extended by the addition of some new centers and the relocation of others* It is hoped to try out local broadcasting services in Eastern Kentucky by the use of ultra high frequency broad¬ casting. ‘‘Minnesota. Minnesota programs have been extended and improved. The institution is installing new transmitting equipment and is operating under its new license with good wave length and improved power and time privileges. Booklets for the Minnesota School of the Air have been extensively distributed. The project includes broadcasts to a large school audience* “A radio Affiliations Committee to maintain contacts between University and radio stations throughout the state of Minnesota had been perfected. Mr. Thomas D. Hishworth of KST.P has been the leader in this movement. The committee maintains service departments as follows; script laboratory, Intercollegiate, transcription" library, artists 0 bureau, and university news. It is a promising development of the cooperative council idea. “An interesting enterprise and one which should not only advertise Minnesota programs but should also help to build an appreciation of the station 1 s service is the publication of extracts from fan mail. “Montana. On March 5, 1938 a state-wide conference on civic broadcasting was held in Bozeman, Montana. Much enthusiasm was manifest and definite plans were made_ looking, to the organization of a Council on Civic Broad¬ casting* Committees were selected to study the possibilities and make inventory of the resources of the state and region. Mr. Boyd F. Baldwin, chairman of the Radio Committee of the Montana Education Association, is leading the movement. “ New York . Radio activities at Cornell University consist of the main¬ tenance of a 1000 watt station, WESG-, for laboratory and extension purposes, and also cooperation with twenty-four radio stations operated in other parts of the state. Radio Station WESG serves as a laboratory for research and instruction for the school of Electrical Engineering. It serves also as an outlet for extension broadcasting primarily by the College of Agriculture and as a laboratory medium in Instruction in broadcasting for University groups. The College of Agriculture broadcasts as extension program for one hour each weekday; about one hour each week is used by o$her groups for broadcasting to schools and to homemakers. During the year about two thousand radio talks, announcements, seasonal warnings, dramatic and musical productions, etc., are broadcast by the University from this station. “ North Dakota . Educational broadcasting is still in Jeopardy, as indicate by three recent law suits of the University of North Dakota. The Board of Adminlstration attempted to lease the station for ten years to -an adver¬ tising agency in Chicago. The courts pronounced this lease invalid. A v hl0h wa ? tsrmect a managerial lease, was then formulated. This also has been declared illegal.