NAEB Newsletter (December 1, 1942)

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*NAEB NEV<S LETTER,. Page 4 .December I, 1942 Major Harold W. Kent, Radio Branch, Bureau of Public Relations, War Oept„, and President of the a o E 0 R., has written the foreward, IN WHICH HE STATES, "MANY MEMBERS OF THE A.E.R. WILL GLADLY ACCEPT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RE BROADCAST THOSE ROYALTY-FREE SCRIPTS TO A WIDER AjvjrfliCAN PUBLIC IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES AND TO CONSIDER THEM ALONG WITH OTHER LITERATURE ON THE WAR IN THE ^NGLISH AND SOCIAL STUDY CLASSROOMS OF THE NATION. 0 Production notes regarding the plays themselves, music, sound, and CASTING, ARE INCLUOED AFTER EACH OF THE THIRTEEN SCRIPTS, AND A GLOSSARY OF RADIO TERMS IS APPENDED- FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING “Plays for Americans" may be had by writing the offices of the Radio Council. F C C ACTIONS In RECOGNITION OF THE EVIDENT SCARCITY OF MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, IN COOPERAT >ON with the Board of War Communications, has adopted Order No* 107 REQUIRING THE READJUSTMENT OF BROADCAST TRANSMITTERS IN THE INTEREST OF CONSERVATION OF EOUI PMENT• As A RESULT OF THESE READJUSTMENTS RADIATED POWER IS DECREASED BY ONE DECIBEL; THE LIFE OF' 8R0ADCAST EQUIPMENT IS MATERIALLY PROLONGED THERE8Y, BUT NO CHANGE WILL BE NOTICEABLE TC THE BROADCAST LISTENER. The LICENSED POWER OF STATIONS REMAINS UNCHANGED. (l1/7/42) WBEZ, Board of Education, Chicago, was granted extension of completion DATE ON FM CONSTRUCTION PEFMIT TO ^ARCH 7, 1943. (11/30/42) —SCHOOLEV