NAEB Newsletter (Jan 1945)

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N A £ B NEWS LETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS A„ James Ebel, Editor, Station W I L L, Urbana, III, January I, 1945 PAUL PORTER JOINS FCC Paul A 0 Porter has become a member of This was oisclosed in a statement by OFFICE UNDER a RECESS APPOINTMENT, _the Federal Communications Commission r — C-*C OFFICIALS, WHO SAIO PORTER TOOK Porter was nominated by President Roosevelt to fill a vacancy left by the RECENT RESIGNATION OF F-C-C-Cha IRMAN JAMES LAWRENCE Fly, HOWEVER, THE SENATE adjourned without taking action on the appointment of Porter to THE r-L-C, CONFIRMATION^OF THE APPOINTMENT OF PORTER TO BE AN F-C.C MEMBER IS UP TO THE NEW SENATE WHICH CONVENES IN JANUARY, Porter was publicity oirector for the Democratic National Committee in THE FALL POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, OHIO PLANS Ift-STATtON FM NETWORK TMC .2 H iS STATE DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED ITS PLANS FOR A STATE-WIDE NETWORK OF a r iVi TRANSMITTERS AND 52 PROGRAM PRODUCING CENTERS WHICH WILL BE CON¬ STRUCTED AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $336,000 TO SERVE THE STATE 8 S 7,000,000 PERSONS WITH IN-SCHOOL AND ADULT-EDUCATION BROADCAST PROGRAMS, The FM STATIONS WILL RANGE IN COST FROM $ I 0,000 TO $40,000, The S T ATE LEGISLATURE WILL BE ASKED TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR STATIONS BUT PROGRAM PRODUCING CENTERS WILL BE FINANCED LOCALLY, TRANSMITTERS WILL BE LOCATED AT CANAL Winchester, Mt. Gilead, Youngstown, Dover, Woodford, Jackson, Hillsboro, Dayton, Indian Lake, Napoleon, Toledo, Cleveland, a KRO n, Zanesville, Athens, Cincinnati, Bellevue and Ashtabula, M 8 CH 8 GAN 8 S "STUMP THE PROFESSOR* 1 AIRED BY WJR A Q ) t\l PR0GRAM p lanneo by the University of Michigan started December 9th on WJR, Detroit 50 KW outlet with a board of University professors answering THE QUESTIONS, The BASIC PANEL INCLUDES PROFESSORS RaNOOLPH AqaMS (H|STORy) Amos Morris (English), Clarence Munn (sports), and Arthur Hackett (music). Station WJR gives a subscription to the Reader's Digest to those who submit QUESTIONS THAT STUMP THE PROCESSORS. The PROGRAM IS HEARD AT 2,00 D.M. on Saturdays, WHA ORIGINATES MUTUAL PROGRAM On December 23 at 1:30 CWT, WHA originated a special Christmas program for the Mutual Netv'ork, Feature performers of the broadcast were the famous Pro Arte Quartet of the University of Wisconsin, Plans are underway for A REGULAR PRO Arte SERIES ON MUTUAL SIMILAR TO THE ONE LAST YEAR, TYLER 8 S PLANNING SIXTEENTH OHIO INSTITUTE The Sixteenth Institute for Education by Radio will be held at the Deshler-