NAEB Newsletter (July 1948)

7 - GERMAN RADIO VISITORS COMPLETS TOUR OF N-A-E-B STATIONS Six German broadcasters from the Frenoh, American, and British zones completed the first stages of a 6-months-long tour under the auspioes of the Rockefeller Foundation, the Bureau of Applied Social Research at Columbia University and the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. Conceived more than a year ago at the Wisconsin Radio Institute by past president, Harold Engel and secretary, Morris Novik, the project finally materialized after official sanction of the State Department and the War Department. The six men, after an orientation period in New York, left Columbia University to tour the country, and in teams of two, visited the following N-A-E-B stations for periods of study and observation; WBKY(Univ e rsity of Kentucky], WILL(University of Ill inois - !, W0I(Iowa State College), WCALpSt. Olaf College), WSUI(University of Iowa, YfKAR(Michigan State College;, and WHM(University of Wisconsin). Their tour also included a survey of commercial stations, WSM(Nashville) and the Tennessee Valley Authority, WHO (Des Moines), WCCO(Minneapolis), the Wisconsin Radio Institute, the NBC Northwestern University Radio Institute, and the Rooky Mountain Radio Council operation. The German representatives were Rudolf Didczuhn, Literary Editor, Radio Munich; Otto Herr, Chief Political Department and Commentator, Radio Frankfurt; Peter Kehm, Program Director, Radio Stuttgart; and Hans Westermann, Youth Department Chief, Radio Bremen; al1 from the American zone. The British zone was represented by Franz Reinnolz, Head of the School Broadcas t Depa rtm ent at Radio Hamburg; and the French zone by Horst Scharfenb er g, Deputy Program Director at Radio Baden-Baden • !K\ w v 0 n N-A-E-B SALUTES UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN'S NEW FM STATION Culminating a long period of planning and development, headed by one of America’s best known radio educators and writers, Waldo Abbot, the University of Michigan began regular operation of its new FM station, WUOM, this summer, from studios / in Ann Arbor, home of the University. WUOM, as a full-fledged member of the National Association of Educational Broad¬ casters, brings to still another area of the country, a new array of publio ser¬ vice and educational programs, not otherwise available, helping to further serve the one-third of the U. S. radio audience neglected by commercial broadcasters* WUOM, labelled as the major outlet of the University of Michigan broadcasting ser¬ vice, began operation from an 8-element radiator, located on the top of Peach Moun¬ tain, providing height above average terrain of nearly 600 feet. This elevation, together with 3000 watts transmitter power and 13,500 watts radiated power, pro¬ vides clear, static free FM service to an area ranging from 60 to 100 miles from Ann Arbor. WUOM operates on 91.7 mg or channel 219. Michigan's new NAEB station operates Monday through Friday 3*00 to 9j00 PM, on Sunday mornings from 9;15 to lljOO AM, and on Mondays and Tuesdays presents a special university music program until 9*00 pM e Director Waldo Abbot’s skill as a program producer has long been reoognized. For* many years University of Michigan radio productions have been aired over commercial stations in Detroit and throughout Miohigan. With the advent of WUOM, these came productions originating now in WUOM studios will be heard over such stations as WJR, WHRV, WPAG, WEAR, and the Michigan FM Network.