NAEB Newsletter (Jan 1952)

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-23- JCET Still Requests Non-Commercial Educational Reservations The JCET reaffirms its conviction that education has an unparalleled respon¬ sibility in the field of television. The impressive evidence provided by the educational establishment to the Commission, as summarized in the eight-part Brief of the JCET, proves conclusively and without question that educators have accepted their responsibility. The Joint Committee on Educational Tele¬ vision is convinced that the public can best be served through the reserva¬ tion of channels for non-commercial educational television, and that reser¬ vations are indispensable, both in standard metropolitan areas and in major educational centers, for the development of television that will be truly in the public service. JCET OPPOSES COMBINED HEARINGS FOR UHF AND VHF APPLICANTS The Joint Committee on Educational Television, representing American education in the current television allocation proceedings, recently filed a statement with the Federal Communications Commission emphasizing the importance of a rapid development of television service in the Ultra High Frequency band. One hundred and twenty- seven of the 209 channel assignments proposed for education by the Commission last March are in the higher frequency band, and the JCET is looking out for the inter¬ ests of hundreds of educators already planning for the utilization of those chan¬ nels. At the same time, JCET reminded the Commission, a complete nation-wide television service is possible only with the use of the UHF band. The seven Commissioners, now considering evidence in support of educational reserva¬ tions in both VHF and UHF broadcasting bands, besides statements from those who want to operate the proposed 1800 commercial television stations, must also plan for the processing of applications which will be filed after the "freeze.’ 1 It is in this connection that the JCET presented its argument strongly opposing combined hearings for UHF and VHF applicants. The "one-pot" theory advanced by the Federal Bar Association, says JCET, would put both types of applicants in the same hearing; the best qualified to receive VHF assignments, the lesser qualified, UHF. Hearings may take two or more years, during which time no grants w>uld be made to anyone in the cities involved. Such a delay at this critical period would discourage educators to move toward the utilization of their reserved UHF channels, according to JCET. "The only effective way of removing the experimental tag from the UHF band is to have as many UHF stations as possible on the air as quickly as possible. The oper¬ ation of such stations, particularly in the large cities, will also give manufac¬ turers the necessary incentive to produce and market UHF converters and all-band television receivers. For an educational station in the UHF band to do a signifi¬ cant educational job, it must have a large audience equipped with sets capable of receiving educational programs." The educators state that since the demand for UHF facilities is not as great as that for VHF, "it is conceivable that in large cities a number of UHF, grants could be made without hearing, thus stimulating earlier development of the UHF service." VHF channels in the Very Hi$i Frequency band are numbered 2 through 13. UHF chan¬ nels in the Ultra High Frequency band are numbered lU through 6£. VHF channel No. 1 has been deleted from television service and turned over to the mobile radio ser¬ vice. The 108 television stations now in operation are in the VHF band.