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NAEB NEWS LETTER Page 5 March I, 19*5 WHICH INHIBITED THE FREEDOM NECESSARY FOR UNBIASED EDUCATIONAL BROADCAST¬ ING* As A RESULT , WLB WENT 8ACK TO USING ITS OWN TRANSMITTER FOR ALL BROADCASTING. S|fstCE THEN A FEW OF THE UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN PICKEO UP BY COMMERCIAL STATIONS, BUT ALL OF THEM HAVE GONE OUT FROM WLB*S OWN TRANSMITTER. In the spring of 1926, President Ooffman appointed a Radio Broadcasting Committee to determine the broadcasting policies of the University. Its MEMBERS WERE CHOSEN FROM THE FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OF THE University. At the recommendation of this group, the activities of the WL8 STAFF WERE DIVIDED INTO: PROGRAM PRODUCTION ANO PRESENTATION, AND DEVELOPMENT IN INSTALLATION OF NEW EQUIPMENT. WLB MOVED INTO ITS MEW QUARTERS ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF £ ODY HaLL ON April 10, 1939. Additional space had been a pressing need with the EXPANSION OF BROADCASTING ON 760 KILOCYCLES, AND THE NEW STUDIOS WERE PLANNED FOR MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY IN USING THE BROADCAST TIME ALLOTTED TO THE STATION. ThERE ARE TWO LARGE STUDIOS: 24 5 BY 43*, AND 20* BY 24’, FOR USE IN MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC BROADCASTING. INTERVIEWS, NEWS PROGRAMS, AND TALKS ORIGINATE IN A THIRD SMALL STUDIO, (6* BY 9*). *N ADDITION TO THIS SPACE, THERE IS A SMALL AUDITION STUOIO, (9* BY IC * )» ADJOINING A COMBINED AUDITION ROOM AND OFFICE FROM WHICH IT IS POSSIBLE TO REGULATE THE CONTROLS FOR A REHEARSAL, AND DIRECT PERFORMERS THROUGH A TALK-BACK SYSTEM WITHOUT ASSISTANCE FROM THE MASTER CONTROL ROOM. THERE ARE TWO CONTROL ROOMS, WITH ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT EQUIPMENT. The LARGEST SET) FOR CONTROLS IS ARRANGED SO THAT THE THREE SMALLER STUDIOS ARE GROUPED AROUND IT, THE AUXILIARY CONTROL IS NEXT TO THE LARGEST STUDIO WHICH IS SEPARATED FROM THE OTHERS BY A HALL. The STAFF OCCUPIES SEVEN OFFICES, AND A PUBLIC RECEPTION ROOM MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO HEAR THE BROADCASTS WHICH THE STATION CARRIES. (Two NEW REMOTE STUDIOS SINCE THAT TIME, AS WELL AS A NEWS ROOM.) The new transmitter, located on the University Farm Campus has been very EFFICIENT. It IS AIR-COOLED, WHICH MAKE S IT THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND in the Twin Cities. Since its first operation, there has been general AGREEMENT THAT IT IS ONE OF THE FINEST TRANSMITTERS IN THE NORTHWEST. The station’s CONSISTENT listening area (that DISTANCE which IS COVERED BY A STEADY CONSISTENT SIGNAL SUBJECT TO NO INTERFERENCE) IS 70 MILES. Including the secondary area acceptable for all practical purposes - THE station’s LI STENING RADIUS IS SLIGHTLY OVER 200 MILES. THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR CARRYING CAMPUS AND CITY BROADCASTS ARE EXTENSIVE AND EFFICIENT. Aj PRESENT, WLB HAS LINES TO MOST OF THE FIVE Tw»N C|TY STATIONS, AND REMOTE CONNECTIONS - EITHER DIRECT, OR EASILY AVAILABLE - TO ALL THE BUILDING ON THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. ThE DIRECT LINE TO Northrop Auditorium has been very useful in the broadcasts of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. During the winter of 1938-1939 a series OF SYMPHONY PROGRAMS CARRIED BY ALL OF THE STATIONS IN THE STATE, ORI¬ GINATED WITH 'ALB, AND WAS SET UP BY ITS OPERATORS. PERHAPS THE GREATEST VIRTUE OF THE NEW STUDIOS IS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PLANNED FOR FLEXIBILITY IN ARRANGING BROADCASTS. S|X COMPLETE SIMULTANEOUS BROADCASTING SET-UPS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED - ALL FOUR OF THE STUDIOS AND TWO REMOTE CHANNELS MIGHT CONCEIVABLY BE IN USE ftT THE SAME TIME.