NAEB Newsletter (Mar 1948)

- 7 - CALL FOR STRONGER "VOICE OF .AMERICA" A statement approving a stronger shortwave service for the United States in the international broadcast field has come from a group of radiomen and other.communi¬ cations expert making up the State Department’s advisory committee on radio. They recommend, in view of the critical world situation, the "Voice of America" be strengthened to match any other nation, and, urge additional funds and facilities. President of the National Association of Broadcasters, Justin Miller, was designa¬ ted sub-committee chairman to study long-term policies for international broad¬ casting. Other committee members included N-A-E-B member I alter Lemmon, World 1 ide Broadcasting Corporations Mark Ethridge, Louisville Courier Journal; Lesley Dunn, Associated Broadcasters. Inc.; G, E. Haggerty, Lestinghouse nadio Stations; E. J. Boos, Crosley Corporation; Adrian Murphy, CBS; William Brooks, NBC; Paul porter, former FCC chairman; Harold Laswell, Yale Law School; W. H, Dinsmore, General Electric. STEPHENS COLLEGE PERSUSS DUAL PROGRAM OF LAD10 EDICATION Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, operators of campus station KWWC point out in a recent statement of activities and objectives that (l) radio is placing an increasingly important role in modern life, and therefore communes greater interest in modern education and that (2) the radio industry offers expanring career.oppor¬ tunities for both men and women. Therefore, radio director Hale Aarnes administers the radio education program to (l) familiarize students with the functions of radio and its social significance as a modern means of communication and (2) to give students with a definite career interest in radio the necessary training for satisfying employment. At Stephans in Kl’.i'C operation and management parallels the staffing of a normal, medium-sized commercial station. FMA FEABFUL OF DUPLICATION The frequency modulation association has sent questionnaires to more than 400 FM radio stations to determine whether present network policies hamper programming to meet local needs. Says J. N. Bailey, FMA Executive Directors "We have had complaints from members of the FMA that some of the major networks have adopted policies of take all of our programs or none on FM.. In some instances our members have complained that they would be forced to cancel many local-interest programs, such as high school sports, if they are required to carry a full network schedule on their FM stations. "If present network oolicies continue FM broadcasters taxing network service might well become network outlets, depriving local communities of a large.measure of programs not now available on ordinary radio." Network programs.containing music were made available February 1 to FM stations for the first time since October, 1945, as a result of joint action of the four major networks and the American Federation of Musicians. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FORUMS Rutgers University, N-A-E-E Member in Km Brunswick,New Jersey, continues to pre¬ sent a well-produced and timely series of forums dealing with significant problems of our timol Using the facilities of V’AAT (Newark) ' CTC (New Brunswick) and SNJ (Bridgeton) programs deal with such topics as the effect of New Jersey s new state constitution on the civil liberties of residents. Forums also consider such applied aspects of issues-for instance the civil liberties discussion will consider possible areas in New Jersey in which civil liberties have been endangered or denied, and will recommend specific action for maintenance of civil rignus.