NAEB Newsletter (Apr 1945)

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NA£8 ME !US LETTER Page 5 ApriL I, l945 RELATIVELY A NEWCOMER TO NAEB CIRCLES, THOSE WHO HAVE MET HIM ARE STRONG IN THEIR PRAISE, NOT ONLY AS A SWELL PERSON BUT AS A PROGRAM DIRECTOR WHO IS DOING A GRAND UOB. KFKU CARRIES VESPER PROGRAMS The March All-Musical Vesper program, presented by the School of Fine Arts, WAS BROADCAST OVER KFKU FROM 4 TO 5 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 25. KFKU ALSO WILL CARRY THE AoRfL VESPER PROGRAM ON Adril 29. Student and faculty music groups, including string ensembles, A Cappella choir, Girl's Glee Club, University Symphony orchestra, and instrumental ensembles, participate in the four vesper programs. ftOSU CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY Ohio State University's broadcasting station, WOSU, celebrated its silver ANNIVERSARY .V<ARCH 23, AND MOST OF THAT WEEK WAS DEVOTED TO SPECIAL PROGRAMS APPROPRIATE TO THE OCCASION. It was on March 23, 1920, that the university received its first experimental license authorizing it to operate for one year on EITHER 200 OR 375 METERS WITH a POWER OF 1.8 KILOWATTS AND THE CALL LETTERS OF 8 Xl, The FIRST BROADCAST WAS ON April 20. Today WOSU is on the air an average of 72 hours a week, with a wioe variety OF BROADCASTS—MUSIC, DRAMA, NEWS, FARM INFORMATION, LECTURES FROM UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS, A REGULAR SUNDAY AFTERNOON FORUM. WNYC-HONORS New York City's Own Station WNYC received one of the highest commendations IN THE RADIO INDUSTRY WHEN THE MUNICIPAL STATION WAS SINGLED OUT FOR A Peabooy Radio Award for “public service by a local radio station." WNYC WAS ALSO HONORED BY A “ SPECIAL CITATION 1 ’ FROM VARIETY M AGA7 I NE FOR the Mayor's Sunday broadcasts. In expressing his thanks to the Committee for the Peabody Award, M. S. Novik, director of WNYC said that "This Award by the Peabody Award,Committee will serve to re-affirm our policy of BROADCASTING OVER WNYC for THE INSTRUCTION, ENLIGHTENMENT, ANO GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY AS LAID DO**N IN OUR C|TY CHARTER PROVISION....WNYC WILL NOW BE STIMULATED TO EVEN GREATER SERVICE TO EACH AND EVERY NEW YORKER." THIS AND THAT Things can certainly happen overnight in radio, a year ago the bottle neck to Fm Network Operations was the lack of high fidelity program lines between stations. In a recent issue of F?v> and Tele VI si on a map of the Bell System 15,000 cycle lines was shown. They completely covered the ENTIRE COUNTRY. FaST WORK , EH?7...•SpRING IS THE SOURCE OF MANY HA°PY THOUGHTS AND INSPIRATIONS. WHAT ELSE COULD CAUSE SUCH AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER AS OUR PREXY ScHOOLEY TO TAKE UP THE SPADE AND THE HOE IN THE VICTORY GARDEN. A NUMBER OF THE MEMBER STATIONS ARE DOING THEIR PART WITH SPECIAL VICTORY