NAEB Newsletter (Feb 1945)

NAEB NEWS LETTER .6....,. ' ..February I, 1945 ’ANYC*S UNIQUE SERVICE WAS IMMEDIATE. Art SOCIETIES AND SIMILAR GROUPS HAVE CITED WNYC FOR OUTSTANDING MUSIC AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS—THE CoLUMBUS, Oh t0 Institute for Education by Radio” has yearly RECOGNf?ED its contributions TO THE FIELD OF EDUCATION—PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS "VaRIETy” AND ’‘BILLBOARD** HAVE AWARDED THE STATION CITATIONS FOR "PATRIOTIC LEADERSHIP*' AND "PUBLIC SERVICE. Since 1938, ‘ANYC has received fifteen citations. Today, more THAN TWO DECADES AFTER ITS BIRTH, lANYC CAN BOAST OF THE FINEST MUSIC SCHEDULE IN QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF ANY RADIO STATION IN THE COUNTRYo This became more than ever evident when vinyC finally won permission to EXTEND its BROADCAST TIME TO lOJOO P.M. EACH EVENING. The past several years have seen a pronounced growth in concert broad¬ casting OVER WNYC, The WEEKLY Wednesday and J^riday night broadcasts of THESE VERY StaDIUM ^ONCERTS HAS APPROACHED A TECHNICAL PERFECTION THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE away BACK IN J924. In ADDITION BROADCASTS OF (iuiLLIARD SuMMER School Concerts by the nation’s foremost artists, the Goldman Band Concerts FROM the parks, ANO OTHER SUMMER CONCERTS ARE HIGHLIGHT FEATURES OF V»NYC*S WARM-WEATHER SERVICE TO J^EW Yqrk's MUSIC APPRECIATIVE CtTI7ENS. ThEN AGAIN THE YEARLY WNYC AMERICAN MySIC FESTIVALS (FEBRUARY THROUGH 22) HAVE ACHIEVED A UNIQUE PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF RADIo’s CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AmeRICa's NATIVE FORMS OF MUSICAL EXPRESSION. A NOTED CRITIC REPORTED LAST YEAR, “WNYC HAS DONE MORE FOR AMERICAN MySIC IN ONE WEEK THAN Nev' YqrK S OTHER RADIO STATIONS ACHIEVE THE YEAR ROUND." MORTON GoULOf THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG AmeRICAN COMPOSER, HAS STATED, "I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS WNYC FESTIVAL IDEA DEVELOPED IN OTHER STATES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ANO ON A NATIONAL SCALE. I, PERSONALLY, FEEL VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES WNYC^S FESTIVALS HAVE AFFORDED ME AS A COMPOSER," With the development of Frequency Modulation broadcasting and the in¬ auguration OF V'NYC-Fiv/I about TYO YEARS AGO, RADIO CONCERT-GOERS ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO STATIC-FREE BROADCASTS OF LEADING CONCERTS AS THOUGH THEY WERE SITTING RIGHT IN THE AUDITORIUM. WNYC«.FiV1 ih ITS VERY FIRST YEAR ESTABLISHED THE ENVIABLE RECORD OF BROADCASTING MORE "lTve" CONCERTS THAN ANY OTHER Nev’ YqRK FM STATION, ThE SE INCLUDED THE INNOVATION OF Ballet Broadcasts directly from the orchestra pit at the ^’ietropolitan Opera House. The popularity of the WNYC-Fm station has been proven by THE ACTUAL MAIL RESPONSE RECEIVED ON THE QUIZ PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH THE Ballet broadcasts. The STUDIOS and offices of the City Station occupy a good part of the 24th FLOOR of the Municipal Building. The broadcasting facilities include five studios, three large studios for program production ANO TV'O small announ¬ cing studios. Each of the large studios has its separate control room WHILE one of the ANNOUNCING STUDIOS WQRKS OUT OF THE MaSTER CONTROL ANO THE OTHER OUT OF THE CONTROL ROOM FOR ONE OF THE LARGE STUDIOS. AlL OF THESE STUDIOS INCORPORATE THE LATEST ACOUSTICAL DESIGN AND ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE —TAKE IT FROM AN ENGINEER WHO VOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME OF THAT STUFF TO WQRK WITH. The master control board is of the ppe-set type making the switching of A NUMBER of PROGRAMS SIMULTANEOUSLY A RATHER SIMPLE MATTER. T h£ ANNOUNCERS HANDLE THE TURNTABLES AT WNYC SO THAT THE JOB OF THE CONTROL ’JIEN IS GREATLY SIMPLIFIED.