NAEB Newsletter (Feb 1942)

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NAEB NEWS LETTER. .Page 3..... .February 16* 1942 TO GIVE UP THAT POSSIBILITY UNTIL AFTER THE PRESENT EMERGENCY. THE MEANTIME, BECAUSE WILL HAS EXPANOEO SO RAPIDLY IN RCCEr'T YEARS, BOTH IN TIME ON THE AIR AND IN SIZE OF STAFF, IT HAS LONG RECOGNIZEO THAT THE UNIT COULD NOT REMAIN IN THJ PRESEN at 400 South Wright Street. That building has only no vehts.^all STUDIOS, AND THERE ARE NO 0FFICE8 IN THE BUILDING ALTHOUGH THERE IS AN EQUIVALENT OF EIGHT FULL-TIME PERSONS ON THE STAFF, AND NO STORAGE OR FACILITIES. Through the co-operation of the School of Journalism thc raoio STATION V't LL BE GIVEN USE OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE WEST WING OF Gregory hall: Two studios, both considerably larger than either of those at the OLD LOCATION WILL BE MADE OUT OF THE TWO ROOMS AT THE NORTH END OF THE SECOND FLOOR WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN USED BY JOURNALISM AS A RAOIO LABORATORY- SINCE A CONTROL BOOTH HAS ERECTEO AS A PERMANENT PART OF ONE OF THESE ROOMS, ITS IMMEDIATE USE WITH LITTLE ALTERATION'S POSSIBLE BY KILL. A ROOM TO THE SOUTH OF THE WEST STUOIO WILL BE DIVIDED, PART OF IT BEING USEO AS *" S '* CE FOR FOUR OR FIVE WILL STAFF MEMBERS AND OTHER PART OF JHE ROOM USED AS A library-workroom- In it will be housed the several THOUSAND RADIO STATION RECORDINGS AND ELECTRICAL TRANSCRIPTION:S, TOGETHER WITH SCRIPTS, AND CONTINUITY REFERENCE SOURCES. THIS ROOM w”l BE USED ALSO FOR MAILING AND DUPLICATING EQUIPMENT. TWO OFFICES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS Y*ST WING WILL ^ AVAILABLE FOR STAFF MEMBERS. WILL'S ASSOCIATED PRESS MACHINE CARRYING* SPECIALLY PREPARED RAOIO WIRE RATHER THAN THE USUAL NEWSPAPER COPY, WILL BE HOUSED ON THE FIRST FLOOR ALONG WITH THE SCHOOL OF Journalism's Associated Press machine which brings ®®”° 0L THE REGULAR AP NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. THE JOURNALISM s JLI0eMT8 WILL THEREFORE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING IMMEDIATE COMPARISONS OF ^HE SAME STORIES AND FATURE3 AS THEY ARE HANDLED IN ONE IN¬ STANCE FOR RADIO AND THE OTHER FOR NEWSPAPER CONSUMPTION. IT IS FELT THAT SOME ADDITIONAL BENEFIT TO JOURNALISM STUDENTS interested In raoTo also will be given BY first hand CONTACT WITH THE DAY TO DAY OPERATION OF STATION WILL. In rtwr qf THENEW STUDIOS SPECIAL CONTROL BOOTHS WILL BE BUILT, WHICH w?Il bISsED BY THE STATION FOR PUTTING PROGRAMS ORIGINATED Vn THAT * SPACE ONTO THE AIR, AND BY JOURNALS,- RADIO CLASSES FOR THEIR LA8R0AT0RY WORK - EQUIPMENT AND ENGINEERS FOR THE LATTER WILL BE FURNISHED BY THE RADIO STATION. In CO-OPERATION WITH OTHERS WHO NATURALLY USE THE ROOM FOR CLASS¬ ROOM AND PUBLIC FUNCTIONS. WILL WILL BE ALLOWED ALSO THE USE OF TMr AitntTftPILfM IN GREGORY HALL (220). BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO RADIO OBSERVATION-CONTROL BOOTHS AT THE REAR OF THIS AUOITORIUW