NAEB Newsletter (Feb 1945)

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. F'esruary f, 1946 NAEB NEWS LETTER . 3 . ALL THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT Three years is a long time to vait for a copy of a radio talk* but that is exactly Y'HAT tGNA?IO CqmO OF OeTROIT, MICHIGAN DID, During January, l942> Prof. David M. Young of the University of Kentucky STAFF broadcast FROM THE UNIVERSITY STUDIOS OVER THE NETV'ORK OF THE MUTUAL entitled "The Geography of the Pac fi SERIES WAS OVER CqmO DECIDED TO WRITE IN AND SECURE THE SET. bEFORE HE COULD TAKE HIS PEN IN HAND, HOwryER, UnCLE SaM INTERVENED ^OMO HAS AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE AND IS STARTING TO PICK UP V'HERE HE LEFT OFF, ONE OF HIS FIRST THOUGHTS BEING TO SECURE COPIES OF THE RADIO TALKS GIVEN THREE YEARS PREVIOUSLY. KWSC REPORTS ON Sa;.£ OF ITS ACTIVITIES A LETTER FROM GlEN JqNES OF KWSC CONTAINS A NUMBER OF INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT OPERATIONS AT THAT WeST COAST EDUCATIONAL OUTLET. Th£ STATION IS THAT OF TRAINING STUDENTS IN RADIO OPERATIONS, AND THAT OF PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS FOR THE LISTENERS IN THE 5>TATE OF WASHINGTON. ThERE ARE NO REGULAR STAFF MEMBERS TO PUT PF^EPARE THEM. ThE FULL TIME STAFF MERELY ACTS IN AN AuVISORY CAPACITY. The current project at the station organization, a MATTER OF FILES, FI AND coordination. IS solidifying the office end of the NANCES, RECORDS, PHONES, RECEPTION, One OF THE NEV drogram features is a book review orogram by the Extension librarian, which is a genuinely critical review, ano not an Omnibook type of summary with "cuttings ano readings." This is but one feature program at KWSC which features the best classical and light classical music. Many of the other evening features are in the process of development and V’ILL be reported on AT A LATER DATE. W8£2 PROGRAM PREVIEWS Schools equipped v-ith Frequency Modulation receivers will be able to hear A series of special pre-view broadcasts of second semester in-school broad¬ casts produced by the Radio Gquncil on W8£Z. These programs will be val¬ uable for both teachers ano children as they are designed to arouse the children s interest in the broadcast ano suggest to the teachers ways in V'H ICH THE PROGRAM MAY BE USED IN SEVERAL GRADES AND SUBJECT AHEAD. IriE PUROU£ UNIVERSITY OF THE AIR Here are some interesting figures set forth by Jim Miles of WBaa in a RECENT LETTER TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE PuFOUE UNIVERSITY ScHOOL OF THE A|r, On THE BASIS OF QUESTIONNAIRES SENT OUT TO SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN THE STATE ANO SOME STATISTICAL EXTRAPOLATION HE ARRIVES AT A TOTAL OF 93,000 STUDENTS LISTENING TO ONE OR MORE ScHOOL OF THE A|p PROGRAMS. ThEN PUTTING THIS ON A DOLLARS AND CENTS BASIS USING THE BUDGET FACTS AT HAND HE ARRIVES AT A COST OF II C“NTS PER STUDENT CONTACT. NqT BAD, EH?