NAEB Newsletter (Dec 1957)

AWRT SCHOLARSHIP INCREASES TO $750 The American Women in Radio and Television, Inc., has announced the opening of its fourth annual competition. The scholarship has been increased from the previous $500 to $750 in order to meet rising tuition costs. The deadline for entries is Feb. 1, 1958. The winner will be announced at the annual spring convention for the national professional women’s organization, according to Betty Ross West, NBC, Chicago, chair¬ man of the Scholarship Committee. Established to encourage outstanding young wo¬ men to enter the broadcasting field, the AWRT Scholarship Competition is open to all women stu¬ dents in their junior year at an accredited American college or university who study toward a degree in radio or TV. Applicants will be judged on scholar¬ ship, character, personality, stability, cooperation and adaptability. In addition to the scholarship, the winner will be honor guest at the national AWRT convention, April 23 through 27, 1958 at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, with all expenses paid. For detailed information contact the American Women in Radio and Television, Inc., 501 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N. Y. PLACEMENT SUPPLEMENT December I - Single man, 30, BM, seeks job with progressive, expanding educational TV outlet. Worked 3 years with CBS in various phases of radio/TV administration and production (staff director, program director of mobile color TV unit). Wide experience with all types of visual aid development and construction, film production and editing. Experienced in all types of script and promotion writing. Location, West or East Co^st, Texas, Denver (Colo). Salary open. December 2 - Broadcasting and speech instructor in junior college seeks ETV or teaching position for Sept. 1958. A.B., M.A. in TV and speech, 3 years with major metropolitan daily, 5 years in commercial broadcast¬ ing, one year in ETV. Also experienced in dramatic script writing, production for TV and film. Prefers metropolitan location. Salary open. December 3 - Single man, 28, B.A. in communications, graduate work in public relations, journalism and government, seeks educational broadcasting position that can utilize his background. Location and salary open. TV TECHNICAL TIPS —Cecil S. Bidlack Engineers at the University of Illinois have been busy this past month trying to beat the arrival of Old Man Winter. They’ve been making field strength mea¬ surements of both WILL-TV and WILL-FM. Their measurement method is patterned after TASO tech¬ niques which call for a 100-foot mobile run every two miles along the radial at an antenna height of 30 feet. Our pictures this month show the unique and inexpen¬ sive way in which the measuring dipole is raised to the 30 foot height. An RCA BW-7A VHF Field Intensity Meter and Test Set was used. The mast used is the same sec¬ tional 1^4" seamless tubing used for TV antennas. The measuring dipole is mounted normally on the insulating mast section which is furnished with the meter. This insulating rod is inserted in the mast tubing and clamped so as to place the an¬ tenna 30 feet above ground. A 4" channel is bolted on the back of the truck and the mast pivoted (as shown) at the top of this channel. For normal travel, the mast is tied down horizon¬ tally at the front end of the panel van. When a measurement is to be made, these ropes are untied and the mast is raised by pulling down on the section extending beyond the rear of the truck. This end fits into the channel bolted to the rear of the truck and is fastened in the channel with wire or rope. A NEWSLETTER