NAEB Newsletter (Dec 1957)

versity of New Mexico and the Board of Education of Albuquerque to operate a new noncommercial educational TV station at Albuquerque on channel 5. OSU AWARDS Entries for Ohio State University’s 1958 American Exhibition of Educational Radio and Television Pro¬ grams will close Jan. 2, 1958, according to Dr. I. Keith Tyler, director of the University’s Institute for Education by Radio-Television. Purpose of the exhibition is to further the broad¬ casting of significant educational programs by sing¬ ling out for special honors outstanding series broad¬ cast in the U. S. and Canada. Judging will be done in cooperative evaluation centers located throughout the nation, with each center being responsible for the evaluation of all programs in a particular class. Radio awards will be made in 10 program classes and the TV awards in seven. Winners will be announced May 12, 1958. The prize-winning programs will be available for review at the annual Institute meeting in Columbus May 12 through 15. Entry blanks and additional information may be secured by writing to Dr. I. Keith Tyler, Institute for Education by Radio-Televison, Ohio State Uni¬ versity, Columbus 10, Ohio. Nth ANNUAL RADIO AND TELEVISION CONFERENCE Delegates from seven western states will meet at Bellevue Hotel in San Francisco for the 11th annual Western Radio and Television Conference Feb. 13 through 15, 1958. Organized in 1947, the Conference was established to provide an annual meeting on the West Coast for an exchange of ideas among broadcasters, educators and students who share an interest in the greater use of cultural and public service aspects of broad¬ casting. The 1958 Conference will feature informal provoca¬ tive sessions pinpointing the problems, needs and current developments of public service programming for radio and TV. In addition, a prominent panel of experts will discuss the pros and cons of pay-TV. Additional information on the Conference can be obtained through Ronald L. Hunt, 3712 Starr King Circle, Palo Alto, Calif. NAEB FORUM Starting with the January Newsletter, our readers will be given an opportunity of discussing pertinent educational broadcasting problems and ideas in a column titled the NAEB Forum. Readers who are interested in sharing their ideas, experiences or suggestions with other educa¬ tional broadcasters, are hereby invited to write us about them for the purpose of publication. Contributions will be edited to meet space re¬ quirements. NARTB CHANGES TO FORMER NAME Members of the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters voted on Nov. 15 to revert to the organization’s former name, the National As¬ sociation of Broadcasters, effective Jan. 1. A count of the mailed ballots showed 1,227 mem¬ bers favoring the shorter name with 35 opposed. The business association of the broadcasting in¬ dustry was organized in 1922 as the National As¬ sociation of Broadcasters. This remained the name until 1951 when the name was changed to National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters following a merger with the Television Broadcasters Association. Membership of the organization currently is com¬ posed of 1,727 radio stations, 319 television stations, the four national radio networks, and the three national television networks. In addition there are 117 associate members from fields allied to the broad¬ casting industry. GOVERNMENT ETV PROPOSED A proposal that the government buy top quality, commercial TV time for educational programs was made by Garnet R. Garrison, University of Michigan director of television. Garrison, while addressing the Ann Arbor Rotary Club, suggested the government might exercise the right of eminent domain to reach mass audiences through the regular channels and thus further the de¬ velopment of the nation’s scientific and intellectual processes. Educational programs on commercial stations, Garrison feels, are ineffective because they are usually scheduled when few persons are watching. Neither does he believe that the few existing educational sta- DECEMBER, 1957 5