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WALKER URGES PROMPT FILING ACTION IN OKLAHOMA SPEECH FCC Chairman Paul A* Walker recently spoke before the Education Committee of the Okla¬ homa State Legislative Council pointing out the need for legislative support of uni¬ versity and college applications for educational television construction permits* Only ten months remain of the original one year educational channel reservations. Reviews Oklahoma Statements After a summary of the history of the FCC and JCET activity in setting up 22*2 educa¬ tional television reservations. Commissioner Walker went on to say: "Now, as to the siutation in Oklahoma* As you know, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the State Legislature of Oklahoma adopted a concurrent resolution point¬ ing out that radio and television are instruments of communication and means of ex¬ pression like writing, printing and speaking^ that television as a means of broad¬ casting pictures has already proved to be an effective tool for the use of education* The concurrent resolution then urged the Federal Communications Commission to reserve such channels as would adequately serve the interests, uses and needs of education now and whenever they may be desired in the unforeseeable future# Quotes State Superintendent "The State Superintendent of Public Instruction declared that his department would be interested in seeing channel assignments irade for the principal cities of the state# The University of Oklahoma at Norman submitted a sworn statement which said in part: •The University of Oklahoma has been a pioneer in the field of educational radio broadcasting in the southwest — with AM broadcasting since 1922 and with FM broadcasting since 19l*9.«.We are convinced that non-commercial education¬ al television stations have much to offer in the field of education* 1 "The Oklahoma Baptist University supported the application of the University of Okla¬ homa* The Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College at Stillwater stated that it firmly believed that certain frequencies should be reserved for educational pur¬ poses. The Northeastern State College at Tahlequah supported the proposal for a reservation at Muskogee. Oklahoma City Also Supported Reservations "The Oklahoma City Board of Education in its statement submitted to the FCC, had this to say: *Wfe are very anxious that a TV channel be reserved for this purpose in our locality* We feel it will be a very grave loss to the proper education of our children if commercial use of the TV spectrum eliminates completely educa¬ tional television broadcasting. We are thus requesting you to reserve such a TV channel for Oklahoma City educational broadcasting.* "In consideration of these claims and the general claims made for non-commercial edu¬ cational television broadcasting, the FCC reserved seven channel assignments for educational institutions in Oklahoma. The channel a ssignments are located at Enid, Lawton, Muskogee, Norman, Oklahoma City, Stillwater and Tulsa* Stations built in those communities could serve the majority of the children and adults in the whole state of Oklahoma. And assignments in other areas may be applied for if needed. WIVES ARE WELCOME TOO AT THIS YEAR’S CONVENT ION—MINNEAPOLIS —NOVEMBER