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\ N-A-E-B NEWS - LETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY HAS NEN STATION ulsu-fk Edited by Richard B. Hull, President Station WOI, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa JANUARY 1, 1948 N A S 3 ORAL ARGUMENT CLEAR CHANNEL HEARING JA'TARY 19 NIT CHAIRIiAN AND NEN MEMBERS ON FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Coy , director of the Washington Post radio stations NINX and NINH-FH was sworn as new chairman of the FCC December 29, 1947. One time assistant to the late president Roosevelt, Coy replaces former Chairman Denny who is now with NBC, Formal nomination will he sent by President Truman to the Senate. Senator Taft and GOP Chairman Carroll Reece is said to oppose his appointment. (Coy is a Demo¬ crat, originally from Indiana) George Sterling, former chief engineer of the FCC has been appointed to succeed E. N. Jett on the Commission; Jett resigned his post to take a position as presi¬ dent and director of the Baltimore Sun Papers Radio Division. (Sterling is a i Republican from Maine). Sterling’s appointment will be sent to the Senate for confirmation along with that of Coy. 11 • F, Jones (Republican, Ohio) and E, M, r *ebster (Democrat, Washington, D.C.) were new appointees to the FCC last year. This now brings the FCC to its full complement of 7 members. Old members include Clifford Durr (Democrat, Alabama), Paul A. Nalker (Democrat, Alabama), and Rosel H. Hyde (Independent, Idaho). Retiring Commissioner Jett had been with the FCC and its predecessor, the Federal Radio Commission, for IS years. His association with radio dates back to 1911 when he joined the Naval Service of the United States. Jett’s entirl career with the Nation has been devoted to ^ork in the radio field. During the war Jett was Chairman of the Coordinating Committee of the Board of Wartime Communications. He leaves a record of long, faithful, and intelligent service as an outstanding civil servant. EDUCATIONAL RADI O HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ‘ISSUE Louisiana State’s New Station....2 UNYC FM-Netw'ork Planned in East.. 3 "Aussie" Radio Director in U.S...4 Educators Drop Station Grants..,.5 Columbia U. Proceeds with FM.5 Schools Protest Petrillo Ban,....6 Maddy Predicts AFM Break-up..... .7 FCO Clear Channel Complications....? N-A-E-B "Clears'* Named.8 Religious Radio Workshop (N.Y.)...,9 N-A-E-B Personal Notes.10 Voice of America Okayed.*..,.11 Hints for Program Managers.15 FCC Educational Actions.17 N "...the radio, the press, the motion picture—each of these devices N count- their listening, reading, viewing audiences in the millions (they)... A can rise no higher, achieve no more significance, can reflect no more under— 0 standing or depth of purpose than the level of those who operate them." E rn "Radio, in itself, is neither good nor bad; it simply reflect the desires, B beliefs, and ambitions of those who operate it." g Ace-President Treasurer John Dunn W. I. Griffith WNAD, University of Oklahoma WOI Norman, Oklahoma Ames, Iowa Executive Secretary Executive Committee M. S. Novik Seymour Siegal, WNYC, New York Graydon Ausmus, WUOA-FM, Alabama 30 Rockefeller Plaza Carl Menzer, WSUI, Iowa Ralph Steetle, WLSO-FM, Louisiana New York, N. Y. - Frank E. Schooley, WILL, Illinois William Sener, KUSC-FM, California