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From: Radio City - 6 * TH E SECRETARY'S PAG E Where Do We Go From Here? Do We Fold Up or Grow Up? Recently, over 200 FM enthusiasts — operators, engineers, manufacturers — gathered at the Hotel Statler in Washington, D.C. to talk about FM, to exhibit FM models and to hear Charles Denny, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, in the presence of the full Commission, reiterate his support of FM and assure the group of complete support and recognition by the Commission. The meeting was important and interesting to me because, for the first time at any meeting of broadcasters, one was able to speak with people who were really excited about the future of FM; some actually were planning programs to compete with AM. The Washington meeting was the first public one since a Steering Committee was organized at last fall’s NAB session in Chicago. The spark plug behind the whole idea was Judge Roy Hofheinz, owner of KOPY in Houston, Texas, a station that has been giving the big fellow plenty of competition. The meeting moved at a fast pace; there were a few invited speakers, and by and large, they were all timely and to the point. Before the day was up, the plans of the Steering Committee were accepted and Frequency Modulation Association - FM - was organized. Roy Hofheinz was elected President, and Bill Bailey of Broadcasting, was elected the full time, paid, Executive Secretary, to operate from new offices in Washington. FM has decided on an elaborate campaign of promoting FM, and more important, they seem very anxious to help new FM station operators. If they did nothing else but made it possible for new stations to benefit by the promotional experience of the other fellows, it would be well worth the dues of £100 a year. Of course, they propose to do more than just that, and that is where NAEB comes in. Where do we go from here? What should we advise the new educational groups which have received licenses or filed applications? Do we recommend FMA and then try to get a lower rate, or do we set up our own organization? Ronnie Lowdermilk is reported in the trade press as having met with the FM people and urged them to set up a special rate of &25.00 a year for educational groups. I would take Ronnie's opinion, hands down, on anything that has to do with engineering. He certainly has been plugging at the U.S. Office of Education long and hard. But I am not sure whether that is the way out for us, and just because I am not sure, I'm putting it right on the line for the rest of you to think about. frost of you have had much more contact with educational groups than I have. Do you think they would have the same freedom in a strictly promotional organization, or not? If the answer is no, then certainly NAEB, rather than a new FM educational organization. If this is correct, then it seems to me we must come to the conclusion that NAEB line up, as soon as possible, a meeting of the key educational people who are interested in FM or who have already filed for FM stations. February 25, 1947 Room 5052 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York Morris S. Novik Executive Secretary