NAEB Newsletter (Feb 1945)

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NAEB NEWS LETTER PaGC 9, February I, 1945 More important is the folloving quotation from the letter, ’‘May I ado THAT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT EVENTUALLY W8AA V»'{LL HAVE TO EMPLOY PERHAPS TVO FULL TIME MEN TO DO NOTHING BUT CANVASS THE STATE AND EXPLAIN OUR PROGRAMS AND DETERMINE HOY' THEY ARE BEING USED.’ The spring term schedule for the University of the Air has some very INTERESTING PROGRAMS LISTED. SenD YOUR REQUEST TO JfM MilES AT ’ABAA |f YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM IDEAS CONTAINED IN THIS BULLETIN. THIS AND THAT So SORRY TO HAVE MISSED CaRL Iv*:EN7ER WHEN HE CAME TO OUR FAIR CITY TO BROAD¬ CAST A BASKETBALL CONTEST BETY-EEN HIS HaY'KEYES AND OUR FAIR IlLINI. THE SCORE—Illinois 43-Ioy'a 42, heart failures 10, sore throats 6,273. Sooooo SORRY Carl. (It®ll be murder y-hen I go out to my Alma Mater in March and BE Carl*s guest)....The IR£ convention in New York was the biggest ever, OVER 2000 ATTEND I NG .... Ran INTO AndY HamMERSHM I OT , FORMER ’AOSU Ch I E F Engineer. He is doing a great job NBC in the developmental section.... W. L. EvERITT, NEV* PREXY fop the ire did a swell job of keeping the extra FM discussion session under control Saturday afternoon. He is to be the NEW HEAD OF THE EE DEPARTMENT AT ILLINOIS AFTER THE WAR. Oh10 *S LOSS IS OUR GAIN. NoVIK*S SECRETARY, WlSS DaVIES, HAS THE NICEST VOICE ON THE TELEPHONE l*VE EVER HEARD AND INCIDENTALLY SHE DOES A GREAT JOS FOR MoRRIE; PRACTICALLY RUNS THE STATION AT TIMES... . SprAK ING OF SECRETARIES, I THINK ORCHIDS FOR OL'R Miss Johnson are over due. Outside of her regular duties which are MANY, she HAS TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE OUTSIDE RACKETS ScHOOLEY AND FbEL GET THEMSELVES INVOLVED WITH. Be| nG PRACTICALLY THE ONLY LITERATE MEMBER OF OUR STAFF, THE BIG JOB OF CORRECTING THE GIBBERISH TURNED OUT BY YE EDITOR FALLS ON HER NOT TOO BROAD SHOULDERS. My TYPEWRITER SPELL3lIKE A SECOND GRADER AND I HAVEN 'T FOUND ANY PUNCTUATION MARKS ON IT YET.. There are signs of new activity in Kentucky. Hope ^lmer will favor us WITH some of his post-war PLANS....•F YOU DON * T GET THE BBC SCHEDULES regularly better write for THEM AT 620 Fifth Avenue., New Yqrk 20.... Note the KOAC School of the Air Bulletin which is enclosed. Looks good TO THIS department....BrOADCASTING IS CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY. There is some doubt about v'HO dun it fust but there is no question about THE FACT THAT WHA vaS THE FIRST EDUCATIONAL STATION FOLLO’^'ED BY 'A'LB AND WILL IN THAT ORDER. INCIDENTALLY, WHA is IN THE RUNNING FOR THE FUSTEST PRIZE WITH KOKA, WWJ and OTHERS. Had a NICE LETTER FROM 0|CK HuLL OF 'AO | GIVING THE WHOLE STORY OF THEIR BATTLE FOR EARLY MORNING OPERATION. It IS NOT A CLOSED ISSUE YET SO WE MAY BE HEARING FROM THAT DIRECTION IN THE FUTURE.... L | T>IE R 1 GET SOME SQUIBS FROM OKLAHOMA FOR THE Ne'aS LeTTER OR I’lL TELL THE ENTIRE MEMBER¬ SHIP OF NAEB WHAT I KNOW ABOUT NaT £rwIN, FORMERLY ONE OF MY COHORTS AND NOW AT WNAD. It’s blackmail Nat and you don't have the medium to tell THEM WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT ME....I*M GOING TO TURN MY SCOUTS LOOSE ON SOME OF THE REST OF YOU IF YOU DON *T CRASH THROUGH TOO....HaD A NICE TALK WITH Waldo Abbot and Dave Owen whilst up at Ann Arbqr for basketball BROADCAST. They are all agog with plans for the new FM station. \ hope THE ALLOCATIONS OOn't MESS THINGS UP TOO MUCH.