NAEB Newsletter (Nov 1958)

is forthcoming to finance the programs.” He added that the big problem therefore, is to get the money to build and equip a station. Rogers is a member of the House Commerce Com¬ mittee, which considers legislation affecting the Fed¬ eral Communications Commission. Observing that the FCC has set aside a share of the TV channels for educational purposes, and that a number of those channels remain unused, Rogers said: “The failure to use these reserved channels is not the result of lack of interest. Numerous problems must be met in activating the channels, and it has been necessary in most local situations to organize different segments of the community—civic, cultural and educational—to bring about operation of these educational stations.” He said ETV is gaining prominence for two pri¬ mary reasons: “The almost unlimited audience which can utilize a televised classroom, and the growing realization of the people of an ever-increasing need for a broader education.” Rogers noted there are 256 TV channels set aside over the nation for non-commercial educational pur¬ poses. This comprises 12.7% of the VHF channels and 11.3% of the UHF stations. Thirty-three ETV stations presently are in operation. WERS CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY WERS (Boston, Massachusetts), the FM station operated by Emerson College, begins its tenth year of educational broadcasting this month. Going on the air on November 2, 1949, with a power of 10 watts, WERS now enters its tenth successive year, pro¬ gramming classical music, news, sports, educational and public service programs. Manned entirely by students of broadcasting at Emerson College, WERS programs nine hours a day, 2:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The primary function of the station is to give Emerson’s broadcasting students on- the-job training under actual broadcast conditions. PLACEMENT SUPPLEMENT November I - Production Director: Six years experience in tele¬ vision and film production. Thorough background in producing-directing studio and remote operations. 29, vet, single, willing to relocate. $300 - 435 per month. November 2 - Young man, age 24, interested in the production and direction of ETV programs in the field of science. Harvard graduate, two years experience as assistant producer. Cornell Ph.D. in Biology. Available June, 1959. Single. Over $3000. November 3 - Married man, 26, with BA, desires work in ETV or educational radio. Two years experience. Can do camera, air or film work. Available in March, 1959. Southeast preferred. $95 - $125 per week. BOX SCORE NEW MEMBERS IN NAEB The last month has seen many new stations and institutions joining the NAEB. The staff at Head¬ quarters and all members of NAEB would like to welcome these new members, who are listed below. Active KVIE (TV) Sacramento, California WEDK (FM) Amherst, Massachusetts KNME-TV Albuquerque, New Mexico WYSO (FM) Yellow Springs, Ohio KUT-FM Austin, Texas KERA-TV Dallas, Texas Associate University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut Flint Junior College, Flint, Michigan Affiliate Chicago City Junior College, Chicago, Illinois Woodstock College, Woodstock, Maryland The Chelsea School, New York, New York Transvision, Inc., New Rochelle, New York NEWS OF MEMBERS GENERAL ► Keith Engar at KUED, Salt Lake City, Utah, was recently visited by Mr. Mohamed Benali of Mor¬ occo, who is in the United States under the auspices of the U.S.I.S. Mr. Benali said that it might be very useful for Morocco’s plans in educational radio and television to have printed texts of some of our school and university programs. If you have any materials you would like to send, address them to Mr. Mohamed Benali, 86 Avenue de Temana, Ra¬ bat, Morocco. ► With the acquisition of a new $50,000 Ampex Video Tape installation, believed to be the first on a college campus, the University of Texas will have one of the best-equipped ETV plants in the U. S., R. F. Schenkkan, Radio/TV director predicted. The installation was made around the first of October. Video tapes are twice as good as kinescope films, which reproduce only half of the 525 lines on the TV screen. Tapes are more expensive than “kine” film, but they can be erased and used again. The Univer¬ sity will use the tape both for closed-circuit teaching and distribution of programs to commercial stations. ► Could you give us a hand? Many people ask us for a list of institutions which give courses in Ed¬ ucational radio and television. This includes courses for teachers who are in classrooms, as well as edu¬ cational production, etc. If your institution offers any such courses, please let us know so we may compile a list. NOVEMBER, 1958 7