NAEB Newsletter (December 2, 1946)

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N-A-E- R NEZW S-LEL I TER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS Radio Hall, U.W., Madison, Wisconsin December 2, 1946 DUNN OUTLINES NAEB REGIONAL PROPOSAL John Dunn, Vi NAD, has followed up on a plan for organizing regional groups with¬ in NAEB* The details have been submitted to The Executive Committee for consid¬ eration. . . The plan embodies a geographical division into eleven regions. It proposes a regional governor from each area, who would comprise an executive council. A con¬ stitutional amendment is required to put the plan into.operation formally, but it can be done informally with the approval of The Executive Committee. More details later. SECRETARY NOVIK REPORTS In assuming his duties as Executive Secretary of NAEB, Morris Novik invites all members to pass suggestions along to him and to call on him for help in pro¬ moting the cause of the educational broadcasters. He says ; ”1 have agreed to carry the ball and do my share ”1 - to help forrtulate a program that will be of value to the many new FM educational radio stations, _ ”2 - to help keep alive the interests of the educational radio stations, ”3 - and try to break through and convince some of the existing educational foundations of the need for help to the new FM educational stations and why NAEB is the answer.” BROADCASTING COUNCIL IN BOSTON Organization of The Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council has been announced. Included are six Boston Area institutions. Lowell Institute, Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, M.I.T., Northeastern University and Tufts. Broadcasting will be done over Boston radio stations. _ Parker Wheat ley, formerly radio director at Northwestern University and later in charge of educational broadcasting for the Armed Forces Radio Service is.director of the new Council. George W. Slade, educational director of WBZ and WBZA is assistant director. FREC PROGRAM LISTINGS IN SCHOLASTIC After providing mimeographed lists of programs approved for.student listening. The Federal"Radio Education Committee now publishes these selections m The Scholastic Teacher each month in the Sight and Sound section. The choice.is deter- minedby(l) educational significance, (2) program quality, and (3) instructional adaptability.