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- 8 - KWLC (LUTHER COLLEGE) MARKS TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY Station KWLC, Luther College’s 25>0-watt station in Decorah, Iowa, marked the 25>th anniversary of the first broadcast from Luther College in December, Luther College, with an enrollment of seme 600 since Korea, maintains a U-hour broadcasting day, sharing time with local commercial station KDEC in Decorah, Iowa. KWLC carries original student programs of news, comment, and religious activities, with occasional use of original manuscripts. Daily programming offers convocation programs, news, serious music, student musical programs, religious programs by local pastors and campus special events. With access to network and news service and with equipment including professional console turntables, tape recorders and microphones, KWLC does a constant service to its listening area, what it calls "pro¬ grams with a conscience,' 1 Recent moves include expansion into selected night-time spots on station sharing time, including a popular science quiz. Radio pioneer at KWLC is chief engineer Oliver Eittreim, responsible for keeping the signal going with some kind of words or music to maintain the station license back in its incubator days. A dinner and program marking the occasion is slated for January 18. Principal speaker will be Dr. Orville Dahl, Director of Higher Educa¬ tion for the Evangelical Lutheran Church, which owns Luther College. Luther College and KVIC have produced a number of radio and TV men now employed in religious and secular broadcasting in the Upper Midwest, Present director is Lee Eitzen, a Luther alumnus who finished graduate work in music at the University of Michigan in 19^0. SIEGEL APPOINTED RADIO-TV CHAIRMAN FOR UNESCO CONFERENCE Seymour N. Siegel, NAEB President and Director of Radio Communications for the City of New York, has been appointed Chairman of the Radio and Television Committee for the Third National Conference of the United States National Commission for UNESCO. The meeting will be held at Hunter College, 69 th Street and Park Avenue, Manhattan, Januaiy 27-31. The following industry committee will serve with Mr. Siegel: Arnold Hartley, Program Director of WOVj Carl S. Ward, General Manager of WCBS; Charles Baltin, Vice-Pres¬ ident of WHOM; Leon Goldstein, Vice-President of WMCAj Dave Driscoll, Director of News and Special Events for WOR; Richard Park, Program Director of WNEWj Chris J. . Whitting, Director of the DuMont Television Networkj Ted Cott, General Manager of WNBCj Helen Sioussat, Director of Talks for CBS and Doris Corwith, Supervisor of Talks for NBC. The purpose of the conference is to bring together a group of leaders, broadly rep¬ resentative of American life, to consider ways to improve our understanding of and participation in world affairs, particularly through the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies. Some two thousand persons are expected to attend. WOSU DOES NEW POLIO SERIES For several years Ohio State University’s WOSU (Columbus) has broadcast special pro¬ grams and spot announcements about infantile paralysis. Then polio became a per¬ sonal matter to William Ewing, Program Supervisor, when his daughter Lorita was at¬ tacked by the disease. He and Mrs. Ewing made daily visits to the Children’s Hos¬ pital in Columbus where Lorita was confined.