NAEB Newsletter (Jan 1958)

versity of Minnesota’s educational radio station. The purpose of the workshop is to familiarize, participants with the history, principles and opera¬ ting problems of educational broadcasting and TV. Equipment to be used includes image orthicon and' vidicons, cameras, kinescope recorders and the U. S. C.’s FM radio station. EARLY ON-THE-AIR OPERATION PREDICTED FOR N.M. TV STATION A prediction that channel 5, the new TV station being set Up by the University of New Mexico and Albuquerque Public Schools, will be on the air early next year, was made by Dr. Harold 0. Hied, director of extension, summer session and community services. Detailed information concerning the workshop may be obtained by writing Mr. Harwood at the above address. DIRECTORY CHANGES P. I 96 Associate Members 63 Affiliate Members P. 2 Delete: Vice President: Mr. Richard Hull Stations WOSU-AM-FM-TV The Ohio State University Columbus 10, Ohio Add: Vice President: Mr. Jack McBride Station KUON-TV University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska Delete: Secretary: Mr. Jack McBride Station KUON-TV University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska Add: Secretary: P. 21 Add: P. 30 Add: P. 32 Add: Mr. Haskell Boyter, Dir. Radio and TV Education Atlanta Board of Education 740 Bismarck Rd., N. W. Atlanta, Georgia Duvall County Board of Public Instruction Mr. O. P. Kidder, Jr. Television Coordinator 605 Ocean Street Jacksonville, Florida Telephone: EL-6-7121 Compton College Mr. Foster Davidoff I I I I East Artesia Blvd. Compton, California Cranbrook Academy of Art and Institute of Science Marion H. Bemis, Director Public Relations Cranbrook Institutions Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Montana (Region VI) Montana State College Dr. Erling S. Jorgensen Acting Director University Studios Missoula, Montana Dr. Ried said that the station expects to be oper¬ ating shortly ofter the second semester begins Feb. 3. Latest step in the studio’s progress toward going on the air was the, FCC’s approval of installation of the studio transmitter link carrying the micro-wave from the studio to the crest of Sandia Mountains. The necessary equipment has been promised about the middle of January. Dr. Bernarr Cooper, professor of speech and di¬ rector of TV and radio, said approval of the com¬ munication circuit between the transmitter and the studios is still pending. He added that several other applications are pending, including two with the forestry service that supervises occupancy of govern¬ ment lands on the crest. RECOMMENDED READING Television in Education, an excellent reference booklet as well as an excellent story of the role both radio and TV can play in U. S. education, has just been published by the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Co-authors of the work are Dr. Franklin Dunham, chief, educational uses of radio and television, Dr. Ronald R. Lowdermilk, specialist for technical phases of educational radio-television; and Mrs. Gertrude G. Broderick, specialist for program research phases of radio-tele vision. “What is being done in Educational Television,” “How a Community Can Plan for Educational Tele¬ vision” and “Exploring the Practicability of Direct Teaching by Television” are among the subjects dis¬ cussed in the booklet. In addition, the, work’s appendixes bulge with vital information ranging from a listing of closed circuit ETV installations to one of foundations making grants to ETV stations. Also included are a number of “Typical ETV program schedules.” The booklet is now available for 55 cents through the Superintendant of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. 10 NEWSLETTER