NAEB Newsletter (Nov 1945)

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h A E: E N E Vi S L E T T £ ft NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Aa James Ebel, Editor, OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS Station W I L L, Urbana, IlLo November 1945 SCHOOL BROADCAST CONFERENCE HELD IN CHICAGO The Ninth Annual Meeting of the School Broadcast Conference closed ON Tuesday October 23 after two days of interesting and instructive MEETINGS* Highlighted wefe a number of fine Broadcast utilization demonstrations, a demonstration of Frequency Modulation, and an out¬ standing PANEL discussion ON ”In THE PuBLIC INTEREST, CONVENIENCE, AND Necessity*” Among the meaty thoughts presented by the panel were: (I) The radio listener has a responsibility in determing what IS broadcast and should be vocal for the programs they prefer and against those which are in bad taste; (2) In a period when scientific OEVELOPMENTS*HAVE MADE THE THOUGHT OF A FUTURE WAR A PRELUDE TO total DESTRUCTION, RADIO HAS A GREAT OBLIGATION TO SEE THAT IT CAN¬ NOT HAPPEN AGAIN—AND THE TIME IS SHORT; ( 3 ) ANY ATTEMPT TO DEFINE OU PUBLIC INTEREST, CONVENIENCE, AND NECESSITY WILL BRING FORTH MANY interpretations BASED ON INDIVIDUAL PHILOSOPHY; (4) A 11:00 P*Mo HOUR WITH ITS LOW LEVEL OF PROGRAM COMPETITION IS BETTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE THAN A 7?00 PoM. HOUR WITH TERRIFIC COMMERCIAL COMPETITIONo Among the special citations were an Award of Merit for "outstanding AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN EDUCATIONAL RADIO" PRESENTED TO HaROLD B* McCarty, Director of Station VHA, and a blanket citation to the Philadelphia Public Schools and four Philadelphis stations for out¬ standing work in radio aS an educational medium* UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCl^Y MAN TO HEAP W H A S ROUNDTABLE Or, Arnold Anderson, acting head of the department of sociology at THE University of Kentucky, has been selected to head that institu- tion*s weekly roundtable progiam heard over WHAS, Louisville, each Sunday, 11:45 to 12:15 p*m* A graduate of the University of Minnesota and a native of that same STATE, Dr, Anderson came to the Uni versity of Kentucky from the nat¬ ional headquarters of the Selective Service System, where he was chief of.the classification and population section* Previous to that, HE WAS A visiting PROFESSOR AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND ON THE STAFF CF Iowa State College* In HIS DIRECTION OF THE UNIVERSITY ROUNDTABLE BROADCASTS, DR, AndERSON WILL MAINTAIN A BALANCE OF SUBJECTS WHICH WILL INCLUDE TIMELY TOPICS OF INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL AND STATE-WIDE INTEREST* W N Y C STUDIO WALL GOES ON EXHIBIT AT MUSEUM OF MODERN ART A MAN WALKED INTO WNYC*S STUDIOS ON THE TWENTY-FIFTH FLOOR OF THE