NAEB Newsletter (Oct 1941)

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NE.WS NA6LB GETTER N AKONAL ASSOCIATION - EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS Frank E. Schooley, Editor, Station WILL, Urbana, Illinois October I, 1941 RADIO AND DEFENSE: ON WNYC •‘for the instruction, enlightenment, entertainment, recreation and WELFARE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE C8TYo. e » H In PROVIDING INSTRUCTION, ENLIGHTENMENT AND IN THE DIRECTION OF WELFARE FOR THE CITIZENS OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK, THERE IS NO GREATER DUTY FOR WNYC TODAY THAN AN ALL-OUT NATIONAL DEFENSE PRO¬ GRAM. Mayor F. h. LaGuardia, sn his capacity as Director of Civilian De¬ fense, USED WNYC TO MAKE THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ALUMINUM Collection Campaign in New York City on July 16. From that time un¬ is l THE CAMPAIGN WAS OVER, WNYC WAS IN THE FOREFRONT, THE MUNICIPAL STATION STAFF PREPARED ANNOUNCEMTNTS TO BE USED NOT ONLY BY WNYC, BUT FOR ALL STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. In THE CAMPAIGN FOR REGISTRATION OF VOLUNTEER AlR RAID AND FlRE Wardens, WNYC also used every facility to help. During the week the New York municipal station takes to its listeners A COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE NAT I ON 8 S NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAM, PRESENTED ARE PROGRAMS AND INFORMATION ABOUT JOBS IN DEFENSE INDUSTRY,. SELECTIVE SERVICE INFORMATION, NEWS ABOUT NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRESS, INFORMATION on what New Yorkers can do to help the program, and six da sly news BROADCASTS OF UP-TO-THE-MINUTE DETAILS OF AMERICA 8 S DEFENSE EFFORTS. Complete coverage of the events of the National Defense Exhibition at Grand Central Palace is one of the station"s featured programs. The SERIES WILL RUN FOR THE DURATION OF THE EXHIBITION, SEPTEMBER 20 TO October 20, The daily programs are being devoted to particular ex¬ hibits AT THE SHOW INCLUDING TWO BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, A TALK ON BLACKOUTS BY CHIEF ENGINEER NlCHOLAR KELLEY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY, AND TALKS ON DEFENSE BY MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE Red Cross, the American Women 8 s Volunteer Service, the Anti-Waste Kitchen, and other defense organizations. MINUTES EACH WEEK-DAY DURING OCTOBER. On October 6, WNYC will inauguarate a series of programs on ’’Economics