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NA£8 NEWS UTTER Page 5 $ARCH U 1944 In discussing this choice of program material Program Manager Aulen Miller states that "A full understanding of our heritage of literature cannot BE ACHIEVCD WITHOUT A KNOWLEDGE OF MYTHOLOGY 0 THIS IS TRUE BECAUSE OF THE FREQUENT REFERENCE AND ALLUSION TO MYTHOLOGY MADE BY MOST OF THE GREAT WRITERS OF THE WORLO. Any OPERA-GOER, STUDENT OF ART, ANY READER OF CURRENT NEWS EVENTS WILL BE AWARE OF THE FREQUENCY IN WHICH MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS APPEAR IN OUR DAILY LIVING." With this in mind, KOAC's plans for the future include a treatment of Scandinavian myths, folk-tales of Germanic origin and materpieces of WORLD LITERATURE IN NOVEL SHORT-STORY AND DRAMATIC FORMS IN THE h StORIES That Live* 1 cycle. The selection of myths to be explored is based upon the amount of influence WHICH THEY HAVE UPON THE CULTURE OF THE A N qlO~3aXON WORLOo Few MYTHS ARE BASED UPON AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT, BUT THAT FACT IS RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT WHEN WE CONSIDER THESE TALES AS A VITAL FORM OF ART TO BE COMPARED WITH MUSIC, POETRY AND THE DRAMA. T HE PRODUCTION OF DRAMATIC SHOWS UTILIZING NONPRCFESSI ON At, ACTORS HAS BECOME A MAJOR PROBLEM THESE DAYS IN MOST RADIO WORKSHOPS r KOAC HAS SUPPLEMENTED IT8 PEACE-TIME CASTING FILES, WHICH FORMERLY LISTED ONLY COLLEGE SPEECH MAJORS, WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COLLEGE WOMEN, AND ASTP SOYS. Drama director Ray Hamby writes and produces "Stories That Live," and CASTING IS DONE BY MRS. PhESE Cox, SCHOOL OF THE Ajr DIRECTOR. W N V C CARRIED FIFTH ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL The Fifth Annual WNYC American Music Festival, held between the birthdays of Lincoln and Washington, is now history —and, says Director S e Nov k, CAN "BEST BE SUMMED UP BY QUOTING H|S HqnOR MaYOR F £ H e LaGuaRDIA 8 S RECEN^ remark in his "Weekly Talk To The People". Sa6d the Major, "The Festival IS REALLY A BEAUTIFUL DEMONSTRATION OF MUSIC, AND IT GIVES EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH UP ON THEIR MUSIC ONCE A YEAR." As TO THE SUCCESS OF THE F|FTH FESTIVAL, THIS IS WHAT THE TWO LEADING MUSIC AND RADIO CRITICS HAD TO SAY. The FlFTH ANNUAL WNYC AMERICAN MUSIC Festival was, in the words of Olin Downes, dean of the Mew York music CRITICS "..OF a SINGULARLY VARIED ANP DEMOCRATIC NATURE.... AND THE GENERAL PRODUCTIVENESS OF THE FESTIVAL AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN OF ITS PRODUCTS BY A WIDE PUBLIC CONSTITUTE PROOF OF (THE Fe3TIVAL*s) USEFULNESS. ** Sen Gross, dean of the New York radio critics commented that, *\t (WNYO Fifth American Music Festival) presents music not as a dilletante's oelight BUT AS THE LIVING VOICE OF A VIBRANT PEOPLE." "And this year's WNYC American Music Festival was indeed a gala affair- eleven PUBLIC CONCERTS AT ALL OF THE CITY*S LEADING MUSIC HALL9J 148 PROGRAMS OF SMMPHONY, CHAMBER MUSIC, FOLK SONGS, CHORAL MUSIC, JAZZ, AND OPERA; FEATURING FIVE LEADING STRING QUARTETS; FOUR DIFFERENT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS; AND PRESENTING OVER 57 PREMIERES OF NEW COMPOSITIONS. H FREC MEETS IN WASHINGTON Announcement of additional wave lengths requested for educational radio SERVICE, PRESENTATION OF THE PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON