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N-A-E-B NEWS - LETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS Edited by Richard B. Hull, President Station WOI, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa JUKE 30T 1948 "CONSCIENCE OF THE BROADCASTING INDUSTRY—CLIFFORD J. DUBR” One of the most controversial, conscientious, and forthright figures in American public life left officialdom on June 30th when Commissioner Clifford J. Durr, retired from the Federal Communications Commission. Guided by a tough and brilliant mind and illuminated by conscience and a sense of duty which knew no compromise, Durr has left a record of public service and principle which few have courage or the capability to duplicate* Clifford Durr assumed his duties with the FCC, equipped with a tough and vital philosophy rooted in a literal interpretation of the Bill of Rights and founded in a liberal faith born in the 19tfr century, maintained with difficulty in the technology of the twentieth. A casual knowledge of the difficulties and pro¬ blems of a particular branch of that technology—radio broadcasting—quickly became for this Commissioner a comprehensive knowledge. And that knowledge— and its application gave American radio a system of principles and policies, which despite outraged protests and bitter objections--sometimes honest, often calculated—remain a basically unassailable ethic in this age of communications* In a very real sense Clifford J. Durr gave radio back to the people who own it— the citizens of the U.S.— and he pointed out the way—through the "Blue Book" for U. S. Radio operators to maintain the freedom and the independence which they so loudly claim—and so often forfeit* HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE DEWEY QUESTIONED ON RADIO... 2 STRAT0VISI0N—A SUCCESS. 2 HENNCCK APPROVED FOR FCC..... 3 MICHIGAN U.—TV REPORT....... 4 COI SPEECH AT CINCINNATI. 7 COLUMBIA HAS NEW PLATTER.10 POLITICAL BDCST STUDY—OSU.... 11 FCC EDUCATIONAL ACTIONS.13 LOW-COST FM A REALITY....17 MICHIGAN STATE—TV REPORT.18 N-A-E-B SALUTES 25TH ANNIVERSARY CF NEW YORK’S VJNYC Culminating a quarter-century of non-commercial, public service broadcasting one of the most unique and successful broadcasting operations in the U.S. . marks its 25th anniversary on July 8th. Key unit in the New York City Muni¬ cipal Broadcasting System, N-A-E-B station WNYC, under the direction of Seymour Siegel, will receive special tributes from all over the U.S. and from many member nations of the United Nations. Mayor O’Dwyer and other city officials will take part in a day-long celebration heralded by tributes from all N.Y. stations, from the BBC, the United Nations at Lake Success, and from friends and well-wishers the world over. Vice-President John Dunn WNAD, University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Treasurer W. I. Griffith WOI 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 Seneh, KUSC-FM, California