NAEB Newsletter (Oct 1957)

NETWORK NEWS —Bob Underwood I am looking forward to the Convention this month with great anticipation since it will provide an op¬ portunity for me to meet with many of you to discuss common problems plus presenting the opportunity for a pleasant social visit in good old St. Louis. As I understand it, there will be two days by which we may meet to conduct such discussions. Dur¬ ing the first business meeting of the Convention, the annual network report will be presented. If at that time anyone has either a question or a comment or a constructive criticism regarding the network service, that is the time for him to stand up and speak out. Frankly, I hope some people do stand up and offer some comments regarding the service we have been trying to provide over the years. We can’t give you what you want unless we know what it is. I’ll do my best to answer your questions, and if I don’t know the answer. I’ll try very hard to find it. The other way by which we meet is informally. Please feel free to aproach me at any time, even if it's just to say hello. The Convention isn’t all business. The 4th quarter, 1957, programs are now being distributed, and we wish to take this opportunity to thank all stations for getting their orders in before the deadline date. This type of cooperation really helps us to work efficiently in your behalf. Now in preparation is the offering for the 1st quarter of 1958. This offering will appear earlier than usual due to the fact that my vacation and the rush of pre-convention activities make it imperative that the offering be done now; otherwise it would appear after the Convention, and that would be much too late. This is an offering containing many new series including grant series on the American theater today, mental health and aspects of eurrent penal systems. We believe you’ll find these and all of the other series in the offering of interest. We are prepared to receive all of the 1958 in-school orders, so those of you who have not done so please send in your order before the appointed deadline date, November 4. See you all in St. Louis! PLACEMENT SUPPLEMENT October I - Young psychologist, Ph. D., with skill in writing, as well as interest in problems involved in promoting bet¬ ter standards in mass communication field, desires position in which he may contribute talent while learn¬ ing practical aspects of production and programming. Prefers East or West Coast. Salary open. NEW EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING DEVELOPMENTS Two stations, KTCA-TV, St. Paul-Minneapolis, and WHYY-TV, Philadelphia, which opened’ their regular broadcasting schedules Sept. 16, have brought the number of ETV stations now operating in the country to 27. KTCA-TV, intended for use by the Twin Cities’ public school systems, local civic groups, the state’s 14 private colleges and the University of Minnesota, will operate about 40 hours weekly. WHYY-TV, which is owned by a corporation con¬ sisting of local educational and cultural institutions, had been delayed one year by financial difficulties before it could go on the air. ^ Activation of two new ETV stations at Florida State University, Talahassee, and the University of Florida, Gainesville, has been approved' by respective state and’ school authorities. Approval of the two stations paves the way to a proposed microwave network that will link univer¬ sities, junior colleges and eventually high schools of the state. Florida State University’s FM radio station WFSU will increase the power of its transmitter from TO to-1,TOO watts, Raymond D. Cheydleur, manager of the station, announced. The power boost, estimated to cost about $10,000, is expected to extend the station’s signal radius to 40 miles from the campus. ^ FCC Examiner Millard F. French has recom¬ mended that Texas Technological College at Lub¬ bock be authorized to operate an ETV station on Channel 5. TTC plans to build its station with public donations, which will include about $30,000 from each of the two Lubbock commercial stations KCBD- TV and KDUB-TV. y The Kewanee (Ill.) Board of Education has applied for an FCC permit for operation of a noncommercial educational FM radio station. —N A E B— OCTOBER, 1957 5