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NAEB NEWS LETTER Page: 3, December i» 1944 As I SEC MATTERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, IT IS THE SPIRIT AND WORK of Waldo Abbot that keeps broadcasting going there® In case you oon 8 t know it, Waldo Abbot is Director of Radio Broadcasting for the University of Michigan* As such, he is responsible to the Director of Extension® He spends about halftime on broaocasting and halftime teaching® There was a time that Michigan owned and operated a broaocastinq station® The institution had a license and equipment built by the engineering department in >923* But when the Regents were asked for funds to operate and to secure new equipment, they refused the request® That 8 s where I would say that the University of Michigan Regents were rather shortsighted® Result* Michigan lost its license in 1924® In 1925 the University started broaocastinq its program over commercial RADIO STATIONS AND WaLDO WAS MADE DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING® A MAJORITY OF THE PROGRAMS WERE BROADCASTEO OVER WJRj WCAR, WMBC, and MORE RECENTLY over the Michigan State station, WKAR, at East Lansing, Right now, Michigan is carrying "The Medicine Series," "Stump the Pro¬ fessor," ano "Hymns for Freedom" over WJR, Detroit and "Michigan My Michigan," "Community in Action," "Planning for Rehabilitation," "School of Music," "Places and Nations in the News," "Original Theatre," ano "Post-War Religion" over WKAR, East Lansing® In 1927 Morris Hall was remodelled for broadcasting® Morris Hall is also used by the Michigan band and by the Department of Speech for teaching RADIO SPEECH COURSES* The BUILDING AND STUDIOS ARE 08S0LETE, TO SAY THE LEAST, What Mscmigan needs, and needs badly, is a new complete broad¬ casting SETUP® The studio setup includes one big studio and one announcer°s booth® There is one control booth® The auditorium of the building may also be USEO FOR THE BANO, SYMPHONY, AND CHORAL BROADCASTS® For a staff, there is Waldo, There is a fulltime technician and a full¬ time STENOGRAPHER® THERE IS ALSO A PERSON EMPLOYED FOR SUMMERTIME WORK® We said we believe that the credit for keeping educational broaocasting alive belongs to Waldo Abbot at the University of Michigan, Waldo is a PERSISTENT CUSS, IF I EVER KNEW ONE® The BRIGHT SIOE OF THE PICTURE IS IN THE FUTURE® MICHIGAN NOW HOLDS A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR A NEW 50,000 WATT FM TRANSMITTER, WHICH WILL OPERATE ON 42, i 00 KILOCYCLE8® CaLL LETTERS * WATX. Not only that, there are plans for new studios in a new Service Building, THE FIRST TO BE BUILT BY THE UNIVERSITY AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE WAR. Plans call for one large and two smaller studios, two speakers soothes, A TRANSCRIPTION ROOM, NECESSARY CONTROL ROOMS, OFFICES, LIBRARY, ANO WORK ROOMS. As WE SAID, THAT*S THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE, ANO OUR BEST WISHES go to Waldo and the University for an early consummation oate of all plans® Incidentally, Waldo started teaching English at the University in 1921. He was transferred to the Speech Department in S935,