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NAEB NEWS LETTER Page &< October 1, 1943 PIONEER IN THIS NEW MEDIUM* A CONSIDERABLE PROPORTION OF ALL THE EARLY RADIO BROADCASTING LICENSES ISSUED WERE TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. One sy one the majority of those EARLY EDUCATIONAL STATIONS have fallen BY THE WAYSIDE* THERE HAVE BEEN EXCEPTIONS; I NEED ONLY MENTION HAROLD McCarty's Station WHA which has survived lean years and fat at the University of Wisconsin* serving the state well throughout the years* And other- examples of survivors could be mentioned. But certainly you WILL HAVE TO LOOK A LOT FARTHER FOR A BONA FIDE EDUCATIONAL STATION IN THE STANDARD BROADCAST BAND TODAY THAN YOU WOULD HAVE 15 YEARS AGO* Some persons have blamed the old Federal Radio Commission, predecessor to, the present Communications Commission, for that tendency of educational STATIONS TO FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. OTHERS HAVE PLACED THE BLAME ON MONO¬ POLISTIC POLITICS WITHIN THE BROADCASTING INDUSTRY WHICH HAVE ONE BY ONE EITHER OUSTED OR ABSORBED THE PIONEER EDUCATIONAL STATIONS* HERE AGAIN I WANT TO EXPRESS NO OPINION. 8uT I DO WANT TO SUGGEST, TALKING HERE TO A GROUP OF EDUCATORS, THAT EDUCATORS THEMSELVES WERE NOT ALTOGETHER FREE OF BLAME* As COMPETITION IN THE RADIO FIELD BECAME MORE ANO MORE INTENSE, AS EQUIPMENT BECAME BETTER AND THEREFORE MORE EXPENSIVE, AS PROGRAM QUALITY ROSE ANO THEREFORE REQUIRED MORE EFFORT, TOO MANY EDUCATIONAL STATIONS TENOED FIRST TO LAG BEHIND, AND THEREAFTER TO ABANDON THEIR licenses* After 1929, when educational budget problems became particularly ACUTE, EDUCATIONAL RADIO STATIONS WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO FEEL THE AXE* ALL THAT IS NOW ANCIENT HISTORY, AND FM OPENS A NEW CHAPTER. IT WAS George Canning who said more than a century ago: "I CALLED THE NEW WORLD INTO EXISTENCE TO REDRESS THE BALANCE OF THE 0LO o h Similarly it may be suggested that, at least as far as educational broad¬ cast STATIONS ARE CONCERNED, THE NEW FM RADIO BAND HAS BEEN CALLED INTO EXISTENCE TO REDRESS THE BALANCE OF THE OLD STANDARD BBOADCAST BAND* The Commission, I think I can fairly state, has now done everything in its POWER TO REDRESS THAT BALANCE. IT HAS ASSIGNED A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF CHOICE FREQUENCIES, AND HAS ESTABLISHED RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL FM STATIONS WHICH SHOULD ALLOW AMPLE LATITUDE* IF IN PRACTICE ANY COMMISSION RULES OR PRECEDURES STAND IN THE WAY OF FURTHER EDUCATIONAL RADIO PROGRESS* I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT SUGGESTED CHANGES WILL BE GIVEN THE FULLEST ATTENTION OF THE COMMISSION* But THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CANNOT 00 FOR YOU* We CANNOT BUILD STATIONS FOR YOU. WE CAN'T OPERATE STATIONS FOR YOU. AND WE CAN 1 T SUPPLY PROGRAMS for you* These are things education must supply for itself* And it must DO SO PROMPTLY IF ITS CHANNELS ARE TO BE MAINTAINED* FOR, AS I CANNOT TOO STRONGLY SUGGEST, IF EDUCATION DOES NOT MOVE INTO THE HOME SET ASIDE FOR IT* THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF OTHERS WHO WILL FIRST SEEK AND THEN DEMAND ADMISSION TO THE VACANT ROOMS. George Adair, who will bpeak later* will give you the technical details* He'll sell you roughly how much a station costs to build and to run, what the licensing procedure is, and so on* If you have any doubtful points, ASK HIM QUESTIONS, EITHER NOW OR LATER. I*D LIKE TO PASS ON INSTEAD TO A FURTHER POINT - NAMELY WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR STATIONS AFTER THEY ARE BUILT*