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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY DEDICATES NEYJ STUDIOS N-A-E-B station YJBKY formally dedicated new studios and transmitter May 23 in Lexington, in special ceremonies under the direction of Elmer G. Sulzer, head of the Department of Radio Arts. YJBKY's studios are the first of their kind in educational radio. A new accousti- cal treatment, using poly-cylindrical diffusers reduce interference effects. Main studio measures 45 By 52 feet; is decorated in four different shades of green, gray, and yellov/. Programs are monitored from acontrol booth projecting three feet into the studio, equipped with triple-section, curved-glass panels. Floor is black and green inlaid tile with center inlay of station call letters, WBKY, in gray. Lighting is provided by banks of fluorescent tubes and 300-r/att si:>ots in each studio corner. New transmitter facilities designed by Henry Locklar of TJLAP and built by James Hisle afford YJBKY transmission on both the nev/ high band of FM frequencies and the low-band spectrum. WBKY operates on the new facilities with a four-bay turnstile antenna giving a radiated power of 2300 watts. YJBKY director Sulzer estimates the city of Lexington has 4000 FM receivers, but no survey has been made of the outlying area served by the station. WHA FARM EDITOR GOES TO KOREA Milton Bliss, farm radio editor for NAEB station YJHA(University of Wisconsin)^ taking a year's leave of absence for special military government service. Bliss, leaves the VfHA farm department to sail for Korea as advisor to the U.S. Military Government there as a special advisor in the agricultural education system, ABC OFFERS COMMON STOCK TO PUBLIC Public participation in ownership of the American Broadcasting Company was opened up this month for the first time with the offering of 500,000 shares of common stock at $9 per share. Stock was offered for sale by Dillon, Read & Co,, invest¬ ment bankers. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SEEKS RADIO ENGINEERS Recruiting of radio engineers by Department of Commerce for field work in the CAA began this month. There are 33 openings ranging from $2644 to $4902 plus travel allowance. Appointees will be required to spend nearly nine-tenths of their time on field assignments. Areas covered will be East from Maine to Virginia and West- Virginia. BMB STUDY NO. I NOW AVAILABLE AT HALF PRICE The complete Broadcast Measurement Bureau's Study No. 1 on station and network audience reports is now available at ^32.50. Separate reports including the BMB Area Reports are no?/ $17.50 and the BMB Network Report ] is priced at $12.50 I According to BMB's executive committee, the price reductions were made be- ! cause of "the fact that half the active life of the reports has transpired ) and that the Study No. 1 reports will be superseded in approximately 18 months by reports covering the 1949 nationwide survey." F