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j N-A-E-B NEWS-LETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS Edited by Richard B. Hull, President Station WOI, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa Special Issue November 15, 1947 Convention Reports RECORD ATTENDANCE AT ANNUAL N-A-E-B MEETING III CHICAGO The three-day meeting of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, October 25-26-27 attracted more than 50 educational radio-men from all districts of the Association. The N-A-E-B represents non-commercial, educational AM and Eli radio stations, workshops, and production centers, owned and operated by colleges, universities, and public service agencies. Sessions were held in the Hotel Sheraton, Chicago. N A 3 B MEMBERSHIP HAS 100£ INCREASE Harold Engel, retiring president of N-A-E-B reported membership had more than doubled in the past year, increasing from 31 to 65, with more membership applica¬ tions arriving daily. Engel, who this year resigned as president, after leading the organization for more than 3 terms predictedthat within the next 5 years several hundred educational stations would be on the air. More than 47 education¬ al Ell applications have either been granted or are pending before the Eederal Communications Commission. CONVENTION SPEAKERS ON EDUCATIONAL STATION PROBLEMS Addressing the N-A-E-B members Sunday were Harry Skornia, who discussed ’’Facilities, Budgets, and Standards for the Educational Station.” Skornia, Director of Radio at the University of Indiana, had just completed a nation-wide survey of non-commercial stations in an effort to appraise existent facilities and problems. ”ECC Services to Educational Broadcasting”, was the subject of Harry M. Plot- kin, Assistant General Counsel to the Eederal Communications Commission. Plotkin explained some of the procedures necessary in applying for and securing permission to operate an AM or EM radio station and counselled interested applicants not be dismayed by the seeming ’’red tape.” Eranklin Dunham, Chief, Educational Uses of Radio in the U.S. Office of Education, described radio services available in that office to stations operated by public school systems, colleges, and universities. JAHSEY KAILS LARGE-AREA Ell COVERAGE C. M.Jansky, Jr., Consulting Engineer, nationally-known radio expert, dis¬ cussed experiments v’ith long-distance EM transmission involving stations at Alpine, N.J., New York City, and Atlantic City. Jansky described to delegates how the frequencies between 88 and 108 megacycles may be used to deliver high grade, static and interference-free broadcast service over very large areas. — Vice-President Treasurer Executive Secretary Executive Committee John Dunn W. I. Griffith M. S. Novik Seymour Siegal, WNYC, New York Graydon Ausmus, WUOA-FM, Alabama WNAD, University of Oklahoma WOI 30 Rockefeller Plaza Carl Menzer, WSUI, Iowa Ralph Steetle, WLSO-FM, Louisiana Norman, Oklahoma Ames, Iowa New York, N. Y. Frank E. Schooley, WILL, Illinois William Sener, KUSC-FM, California