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ir - %■ I A-E-B NEWS - LETTE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS Edited by Harold A. Engel, President Station WHA, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin April 1, 1947 R I % t i I I I- I i ANNUAL SPRING MTING MAY 3 The NAEB Spring Meeting will again be held in conjunction with the Institute for Education by Radio at Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, May 3 in Room 337 of the Deshler-Vi'allick Hotel, ’•mmmmaBr A dinner meeting is planned, starting at 5:30, to be followed by a closed business-meeting and program. There are a number of items on the agenda which need our collective consideration. — Mark your calenders-so you don’t run ihto conflicting session appointments: Saturday evening is NAEB eveningI LEBSTER Ng: FCC COMISSIONER E.M. Febster, retired coast guard commodore and District of Columbia resident (never has voted—so he’s a political independent) has been appointed to the Federal Communications Commission to fill the seat vacated by Paul Porter. He was FCC Assistant Chief Engineer from 1934 to 1942. His major contribution is expected to be in the field of international radio and communications. PROPOSE NON-COMMERCIAL NET The Commission on Freedom of the Press has issued a report in the volume "American Radio" written by one of its members, Llewelyn V.hite (University of Chicago Press) in w’hich it prescribes means by which radio in this country can be improved. (SEE SECRETARY’S PAGE) Included in the report is the recommendation that radio service should be diversified through the "development of non-commercial or self-supporting stations under the sponsorship of educational institutions, foundations, and state and local governments". It commends the reservation of facilities for this purpose by the FCC. Advice given to broadcasters includes such items as; "Stop dreaming of the day when there will be no regulation in radio. "Stop cheapening the First Am^endment by invoking it every time the FCC issues a routine ruling", ADAIR LEAVES FCC . George P. Adair, FCC Chief Engineer so well known to NAEB’ers, has resigned his post to form his own consulting engineering service in Washington. His resignation becomes effective April 30. George A. Sterling, assistant chief engineer in charge of the Field and. Research Branch of the FCC, has been named to succeed Adair. Ind iana University-Blooming ton,, ^ « -r ,. , "Flubs ’n Dubs", a new radio ne?/s-letter for "alumni" and friends of Indiana s broadcasting activity made its appearance in March, with Harry Skornia at the editing end. , . ^ , t_ Reported is a survey of radio listening in the Bloomington area. If you re interested in the details write to Harry. This is a good job for a student group t.n handle.-- -- Vice-President Robert J. Coleman WKAR East Lansing. Mich. Treasurer W. 1. Griffith WOI Ames. Iowa Executive Secretary M. S. Novik 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York. N. Y. Executive Committee Waldo Abbot. Michigan Milford C. Jensen. WCAL, St. Olaf John W. Dunn. WNAD, Oklahoma James S. Miles. WBAA. Purdue Richard B. Hull. WOI. Iowa State Russell Potter. Columbia