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N A c 0 NEWS LETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS A 0 James Ebel, Editor, Station W I L L, Urbana, III. March I, 1945 NO TRAVEL—FARM AND HOME WEEK PROGRAMS BROADCAST INSTEAD Farm and Home Week is an annual institution at Iowa State College and at the University of Illinois. It is traditionally a mid-winter meeting for THE FARM FOL.K FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE LATEST FARM INFORMATION AND THE CURRENT PROBLEMS OF FARMERS IN THESE STATES. The BEST TALENT ON THE FACULTIES OF THE SCHOOLS AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AUTHORITIES ARE CALLED UPON TO PRESENT TALKS AND TO LEAD THE DISCUSSIONS. THIS YEAR IN FULJ COOPERATION WITH THE War MOBILIZATION D?RECTOR 9 8 TRAVEL RESTRIC¬ TIONS TIIESK CONFERENCES WERE PRESENTED ENTIRELY BY RADIO. The MEETINGS PRACTICALLY TOOK OVER THE OPERATION OF WILL FOR THE FOUR DAY PERIOD OF Farm AND HOME WEEK IN ILLINOIS. GUEST SPEAKERS FROM THE Governor of Illinois on down came for the broadcasts. Special enter¬ tainment DURING THE LONG SESSIONS WAS ARRANGED FOR AND OFTEN LARGE GROUPS OF PARTICIPANTS INDULGED IN VERY INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FARM RADIO LISTENERS. THE THREE DAY MEETING IN IOWA WAS HANDLED BY WO 3 AND LISTENERS ALL OVER THE STATE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SPECIAL OCCASION. All REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE BROADCASTS WERE VIOELY USED AND DEFINITELY FILLED THE GAP LEFT BY THE CANCELLATION OF THE CAMPUS MEETING. SIXTH ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL ON ftNYC Music in virtually every form, with contemporary compositions and the role OF MUSIC IN WARTIME UNDERSCORED, WAS HEARD IN MORE THAN 125 BROADCASTS from New York City concert halls and City Station studios during WNYC's Sixth American Music Festival, held as in previous years during the ten- days BETWEEN L|NCOLN°S AND WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAYS. Once again the threefold purpose of the Festival, as expressed by M. S. Mqvik, Director of the Municipal Broadcasting System, was to point up ’’the rich storehouse of our musical heritage, provide a hearing for NOTABLE NEW WORKS AND OFFER a SOUNDING BOARD FOR NEW TALENT. H The OB¬ JECTIVE WAS UNDERLINED IN THE SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE« Twenty-seven contemporary American composers had world premieres of their COMPOSITIONS AND THIRTEEN HAD FIRST RADIO PERFORMANCES OF WORKS DURING WNYC's Sixth American Music Festival. More than thirty compositions WERE PCAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING THE FESTIVAL JUST CONCLUDED, AND TWENTY-TWO MORE WERE PERFORMED ON THE AIR FOR THE FIRST TIME. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY 9 S NEW FM STATION ON A § R WBKY, the University of Kentucky 9 s new Frequency Modulation 500 watt EDUCATION STATION, IS NOW ON THE AIR AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION. While the programs, to be broadcast entirely during the evening hours for THE PRESENT, WILL BE LARGELY OF A CULTURAL AND INFORMATIVE NATURE, AN