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NAE8 NEWS LETTER Page 4 December I, 1943 In the series* "Living Books* 11 on K F K U at 9:30-10:00 p.m., Wednesdays* THE STATION PROPOSES TO EXAMINE SOME OF THE GREAT BOOKS THAT STILL HAVE A GREAT OEAL TO SAY ABOUT OUR ST ANOARDS—THE VALUES THAT WE SET UP OR FAIL TO SET UP. The APPROACH TO THE9E books will be non-techw ical. a group of professors in the University will discuss each of them, from the standpoint of their HUMAN INTEREST, THEIR REFLECTION OF LIFE. "WHY HAS THIS BOOK LIVED? THEY WILL SAY IN EFFECT. "WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO OFFER TO US NOW? 1 HENCE OLD AS WELL AS NEW BOOKS, FROM HOMER l S ODYSSEY TO CONTEMPORARY DRAMA WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE TEST OF A BOOK WILL BE ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNDER¬ STANDING OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT IN ITS PROBLEMS AND ITS ASPIRATIONS. W K A R CARRIES STATE DEPARTMENTAL SERIES As EARLY AS 1925* THE DATE OF THE EARLIEST PRINTED PROGRAM OF THIS STATION* DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT HAVE BROADCAST OVER WKAR C °URING THE INTERVENING YEARS ALMOST EVERY AGENCY OF THE STATE HAS, AT SOME TIME* USED THE STATION. SOME DEPARTMENTS HAVE CARRIED A WEEKLY BROADCAST OVER A LONG PERIOD. AS A PUBLIC SERVICE STATION* WKAR HAS ALWAYS WELCOMED THE OPPORT¬ UNITY TO PROVIDE A MEANS OF KEEPING LISTENERS INFORMED OF THEIR GOVERNMENT. Six DEPARTMENTS ARE SCHEDULED EACH WEEK DURING DECEMBER. THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture is heard on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. On Wednesday the Department or Health broadcasts at 1:00, and the Civil Service Department at 3:15. The State Historical Commission presents glimpses of the past in Michigan* each Thursday at II:00 a.m. The State Highway Department ano the Department of Public Instruction are heard at 1:30 and 2*00 p.m. on Friday. WHA OFFERS NEW MUSIC PROGRAM LISTING WHA 1 S NEW FREE LASTING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC PROGRAMS FOR THE COMING MONTH HAS BEEN ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED BY LISTENERS. CONCEIVED BY MUSIC Director Don Voegeli six weeks ago, the project will probably remain as a PERMANENT FREE SERVICE TO WHA LISTENERS. Co-operation of the record companies makes possible the listing of Music of the Masters, Masterworks of Music and Music You Want. The titles of FEATURED WORKS ARE MIMEOGRAPHED ON A DOUBLE-FOLDED LEGAL SI2E SHEET OF M & MCO STOCK, USED SIOEWAYS, WITH A PRINTED HEADING "CLASSICAL MUSIC WHA Program Schedules." Each program occupies a third of the sheet and is CONTINUED ON THE REVERSE SIDE. The first 5i days* mail brought 202 requests. The free listing is being PROMOTED BY Don THROUGH MUSIC STORES, RECORD SHOPS AND MUSIC COLUMNS. MAIL REQUESTS ARE ON THE INCREASE. Appreciation of wha‘s generous classical music programs gomes with most requests. "Your wonderful programs are an antidote for the strain of the; EVER-PRESENT WAR SITUATION...." "I AM A MUSICIAN WHO MOVED AWAY FROM CITY NO 18CS, NOW THE ONLY ENJOYMENT I GET IS FROM WHA RADIO STATION.... AND AN ENGINEERING FIRM IN WaTCRTOWN WROTE FOR THE SCHEDULE, EXPLAINING THAT THE MEN IN THE SHOP LISTEN TO WHA 1 3 MUSIC PROGRAMS. AND ON A POST CARD CAME THE REQUEST "PLEASE SEND FREE MUSIC SCHEDULE ANO MIMEOBBAPHED SHEET ON RAISING CALVES."