NAEB Newsletter (June 1943)

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N A S 8 NEWS LETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS Frank E. Schooley, Editor* Station WILL', Urbama, III. June I * 5 943 WORLD WIPE SERIES AVAILABLE TO NAEB MEMBERS The following letter from Walter *5. Lemmon, President, World Wide Broadcast¬ ing Foundation, speaks for itself: H In response to your letter of May 22, we have indeed planned to include the Association of Educational Broadcasters in the list of stations to RECEIVE OUR TRANSCRIBED PROGRAMS DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THE POSTWAR WORLD. I THINK THIS SERIES WILL BE OF DISTINCT EDUCATIONAL VALUE, AND A VERY TIMELY ONE, We HAVE ALREADY HAD A NUMBER OF REQUESTS FROM MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO INCLUDE THE STATIONS OF OUR ASSOC I AT I ON. There is also another Series we have prepared in cooperation with the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, which i think would be of interest, particularly to Association member-3. This Series is called "The Internationalism of Science" and consists of a series of talks by eminent scientists in various fields of science, such as astronomy, oceanography, GEOLOGY, SEISMOLOGY, ETC., BRINGING OUT HOW THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE HAS BEEN ADVANCED THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. We HAVE JUST STARTED RUNNING THIS SERIES OVER OUR SHORT WAVE STATION WRUL TO ENGLISH SPEAKING LISTENERS IN ALL PARTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, AND WE ARE PREPARING A LIMITED NUMBER OF TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO LOCAL STATIONS IN THE UNITED States. If you are getting out a circular to member stations, I wish you WOULD ADVISE THEM OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS SERIES, WHICH WILL COVER ABOUT EIGHT FIELDS OF EXPLORATION. THE PROGRAMS ARE ALL ONE-QUARTER HOUR IN LENGTH. With the facilities of our short-wave stations being utilized by the Government, we are turning the attention of our Foundation Program Staff to the development of many educational features for domestic listeners, and I AM GLAD TO LEARN OF YOUR CONTINUED INTEREST IN OUR EFFORTS." w ANSWER I I-jG YOU" AVAILABLE TO NAEB STATION'S Mr. Stephen Fry, BBC, 630 Fifth Avenue, New York City, advises that trans¬ criptions of "Answering You" will be made availaBle to NAEB members desiring to use the program on the air. Those attending the Ohio Institute HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AMO HEAR THE AmERICAN-END OF THE BROADCAST. WNYC AND WILL ALREADY ARE USING THE PROGRAMS. PERHAPS OTHERS, TOO. |F YOU WISH TO RECEIVE THE SERIES, WE SUGGEST YOU WFITE DIRECT TO MR- ^RYe "ORDER COAL NOV;" STfi AVAILABLE TO NAEB H. A. Gray, Deputy Solid Fuels Administrator for War, has advised NAEB that IF ANY MEMBERS OF OUR ASSOCIATION HAS NEED FOR THE RECORDS OF THE SERIES PREPARED TO PROMOTE ORDERING OF COAL NOW, HE WILL BE GLAD TO FURNISH THE