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NAEB NEWS LETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS A. James Ebel, Editor, Station WILL, Urbana, III, February 1946, EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS WELL REF RESENTED AT CLEAR CHANNEL HEARINGS , The first section of the Clear Channel Hearings, held January I4-»I7, before THE FCC BROUGHT FORTH THE FOLLOWING? 1, Educational stations are doing an outstanding job of public ser¬ vice, Everyone who testified during the first three days of the hearings indicated satisfaction with the farm and public service programs of these stations, and not once was there any evidence offered to the contrary. Educational stations are urging that the Clear Channels be broken down in favor of more educational facilities wwmE more overall broadcast service CAN BE shown BY SUCH A CHANGE, 2 , Regional broadcasters and farm organizations are urging breakdown OF THE Clear Channels on the charge that clear stations fail to provide satisfactory SEf'^VICE TO RURAL AREAS, 3, The USDA recommends that FCC require broadcasters to provide ADEQUATE AND SUITABLE TIME FOR FARM PROGRAMS—NOT ONLY EARLY MORNING HOURS, Furthermore they critize farm programs on clear channel stations as being OF NECESSITY TOO GENERAL AND NOT DIRECTED TO THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL SITU¬ ATION, 4, Technical reports indicate that changes will be made in the engineer¬ ing REGULATIONS INVOLVING INTERFERENCE, COVERAGE, AND ALLOCATIONS IN GEN¬ ERAL, More time is necessary to collect all the needed data, 5, Clear channel stations had very little chance to present their, CASE but indications ARE THAT THEY WILL SHOW THAT RATES FOR CLEAR CHANNEL TIME AHEN'T always GREATER THAN FOR OTHER CLASSES OF STATIONS, AND THAT CLEAR channel service CAMNQT BE DUPLICATED OR REPLACED BY OTHER CLASSES OF^OPERAT I ON , T Reporting directly for educational institutions were Bob Coleman of WKAR, President Bevis of Ohio State University, and your editor for the NAEB, Bob made a fine presentation of the operation of a typical individual educationally owned and operated station. He was able to point out numerous instances of public service which stood under Mr. Caldwells cross examin¬ ation, He also showed the severe limitation of their operations due to THE FACT that THEY OPERATED AS A SECONDARY STATION ON A CLEAR CHANNEL AND WERE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR NIGHT OPERATION AT ALL, Howard L. Bevis, chairman of the radio committee for the Association OF Land Grant Colleges and Universities urged that (a) the present system OF CLEAR channels BE MODIFIED, (b) THAT THE SYSTEM BE NOT COMPLETELY ABANDONED (c) CLEAR CHANNEL STATIONS GIVING EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE TO REMOTE RURAL AREAS BE PROTECTED, ( 0) THAT CLEAR CHANNEL STATIONS SERVING AREAS