NAEB Newsletter (Aug 1957)

from the cable, comb out the shielding, then cut it off so that it extends about %" from the inside of the outer jacket. After folding the combed shielding back over the outer jacket, force the cable into the reduc¬ ing adapter. Next strip the inner polyethylene jacket from the inner conductor, insert inner conductor in the center pin of PL259 plug, and screw adapter into plug. Solder inner conductor.” Mr. Lewis states that he has used this method for years and has never experienced a mechanical or elec¬ trical failure. It facilitates the re-use of coax con¬ nectors since it is a simple matter to unsolder and clean the solder only from the center pin of the plug. * * * * The New Castle, Henry Township School Cor¬ poration of New Castle, Indiana, has a 10 watt Gen¬ eral Electric FM transmitter for sale. If you are in¬ terested in its purchase, contact Mr. Bernard T. Han¬ ley, A-V Director. NEWS OF MEMBERS GENERAL Western Michigan University’s radio station, WMCR, reports the extension of its services to include the formerly “silent period” of August and the first two weeks of September. ^ The St. Louis Board of Education Station, KSLH, can be picked up within a 90-mile radius, a recent field check revealed. Two radio specialists, Ernest H. Vogel, station engineer, and Hilliard Mueller, Jr., from the Board’s Electronic Shops, set up test equipment in various Missouri and Illinois towns. They found the KSLH beam strong in every direction from the city, but ad¬ vised that beyond 40 miles an outdoor antenna might be needed to obtain a satisfactory signal. The NAEB recently chose four KSLH program series from among the nation’s best educational pro¬ ductions for national distribution next year. ^ To keep from operation “in the red,” WCAL radio station of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., has ap¬ pealed to its listeners for financial support. WCAL has been on the air as a noncommercial station for 38 years. PERSONNEL ► Two faculty members of the University of South¬ ern California’s Department of Telecommunications received promotions. Kenneth Harwood, chairman of the department, advanced to the rank of professor, while Robert Summers, editor of the Journal of Broad¬ casting, became an associate professor. \ Former Deputy Asst. Secy, of Defense Philip K. Allen of Massachussetts, has been named assistant 6 general manager for finance of Boston’s noncom¬ mercial educational stations WGBH-TV and WGBH- FM, according to an announcement by Ralph Lowell, president of the WGBH Educational Foundation and Trustee of the Lowell Institute. Prior to his resignation from the Defense Depart¬ ment on July 1, Allen served as chief clerk for the Armed Services Committee of the U. S. House of Representatives. \ Phil Melone, former transmitter supervisor of the commercial station WHTN-TV, has been added to the staff of the Alabama Educational Television Net¬ work as studio chief engineer. He is a native of Des Moines, Iowa. ^ Lawrence Creshkoff, former assistant director of programs at Boston’s educational stations WGBH-TV and WGBH-FM, has been appointed as director of the Chelsea Closed Circuit Television Project, New York City’s pioneer experiment in school-community TV education. Starting in the fall, the project will bring ETV to 608 families into the Lovejoy Elliot Houses, West 26th St., and to Public School 33. ^ Prof. James E. Lynch, program supervisor of the Indiana University Radio and Television Service, will be given a one-year leave of absence starting in Sept¬ ember to replace Prof. Edward Stasheff of the Uni¬ versity of Michigan Speech Department. Prof. Stasheff recently accepted an appointment as program associate with the Educational Radio and Television Center. ^ Dr. Keith M. Engar, who represented the NAEB in France during 1956-57 while a Fulbright research scholar, has been appointed as program director for ETV Station KUED, University of Utah. Dr. Engar began his broadcasting career at Radio Station KSL in 1939. Eventually he rose to produc¬ tion manager of KDYL-TV. He also directed and produced ETV programs for several years on Salt Lake City commercial stations. Presently Dr. Engar is an associate professor of speech and theater arts at the University of Utah. ^ Dr. Marvin Alisky, who recently accepted a posi¬ tion at Arizona State College, will be replaced as news director of the Indiana University Radio and Tele¬ vision Services by Richard D. Yoakam. Yoakam’s additional duties at the IU will be those of an assistant professor of journalism in the area of broadcasting. PROGRAMS ► A series of 13 recorded radio programs on in¬ dustrial research in Indiana, recently prepared by a mobile unit from the Indiana University Radio and Television Service, will be available to any state radio station for use as a public service, according to Prof. NEWSLETTER