NAEB Newsletter (May 1948)

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WISCONSIN RADIO INSTITUTE - 20 - N-A-E-B. BUSINESS PAGE Harold McCarty, director WHA (University of LJisconsin) is having another summer institute July 5-10. Your editor found this one of the most worthwhile and valuable sessions he ever attended. Heartily recommended to all who can come. TO BUILD OR NOT TO BN IIP—FM? Enclosed in the mailing of this issue is a statement by Wayne Coy, FCC Chairman. There is also a story in connection with the new Office of Education FM bulletin. Point of all—in case you did miss it—YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO DELAY FM CONSTRUCTION IF YOU H..VE A PERMIT. IF YOU INTEND TO APPLY FOR AN FM FREQUENCY, YOU MUST DO SO BEFORE TOO LONG. EDUCATION HAS 20 CHANNELS IN THE FM BAND. IT IS PURE AND SIMPLE SEIF-DELUSION TO IMAGINE THOSE CHANNELS WILL BE WAITING THERE FOREVER, IF EDUCATORS DO NOT USE THEM AT A FASTER RATE. RELIGIOUS STATIONS. NAEB MEMBERSHIP. AND THE FM EDUCATIONAL BAND Some of our members feel very strongly that the educational FM band should be reserved for educational institutions which are of unquestioned standing and accreditation. They also feel some licenses granted to religious schools which definitely are not accredited should be questioned. NAEB central office requests opinions and reactions. NETHERLANDS INFORMATION BUREAU PLATTERS Sometime ago the Netherlands Information Bureau vjrote they would earmark 12 sets of the transcribed series, "Holland Calling." If you aren't already using this and want it, please check with NAEB central office, so it can clear correspondence with the Inf. Bur, If you are using the series, let the office know. FORMAL THANKS FROM INSTITUTE DIRECTOR AT OHIO RADIO -SESSION Dr. Keith Tyler, Institute director wrote to express his "deep appreciation" for NAEB cooperation in closing session of institute. He regarded it as a "most successful meeting". Odegaard, he thought, did an excellent job, and the panel discussion he thought "was very much to the point." GERMAN TOUR OF NAEB STATIONS Secretary M* S. Novik reports he will have further data on this tour available very soon. A story elsewhere in the Newsletter gives the general outline, but due to the fact all arrangements ?/ere made finally by the Travel Bureau of Columbia University, some change occurred, after the announcement of NAEB stations to be visited was made at Columbus in the mid-year meeting. MINUTES OF MID-YEAR MEETING CF NAEB Under separate cover complete minutes and an outline of discussions and conclusions reached at the mid-year NAEB meeting will be sent to members. A lot of ground was covered and much of the material is too detailed for inclusion here. From most aspects it was a highly successful meeting. MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF NAEB AT THE UNIVER¬ SITY CF ILLINOIS IN URBANA, ILLINOIS, HOME CF STATICN WILL. MEETING WILL FOLLOW SCHOOL BROADCAST CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO. JOE WRIGHT AND FRANK SCHOOLEY PROMISE HOSPITALITY PAR EXCELLENCE, AND WE HOPE TO PERFECT FINAL PLANS FOR REGIONAL ORGANIZATION AND MANY OTHER THINGS WITH THE AID OF JOHN DUNN, M. S. NOVIK, AND THE SIX DISTRICT CHAIRMEN.