NAEB Newsletter (July 1957)

pistol grip which turns the meter on when it is picked up and turns it off when it is put down. The meter measures an approximate three degree angle of view although an area several times that being measured is seen through the eyepiece surround¬ ing the black dot which indicates the measured area. Spectral response closely matches the C.I.E. lum¬ inosity curve. Full scale readings of 50, 500, 5000 or 50,000 footlamberts can be obtained by the use of a range control on the side of the instrument. Its cost is slightly less than $400. * * * * * RCA tube engineers are working on a new one- inch vidicon tube similar to existing types but which will have much higher sensitivity. The new tube can be operated at higher signal electrode voltages than current types and thus provide an appreciable in¬ crease in sensitivity. The new tube can be used for color or monochrome TV and also in industrial cam¬ eras. Samples have been provided to equipment man¬ ufacturers. FCC ACTION The FCC issued a grant, authorizing the Centenary College for Women, Hackettstown, N. J., to operate a noncommercial FM radio station on Channel 220. (► Butler University in Indianapolis, Ind., has ap¬ plied to the FCC for permission to set up a TV sta¬ tion. The station is to operate on commercial Chan¬ nel 39. A REMINDER TO EMPLOYERS Since the NAEB established its free Placement Service, many qualified persons in the field of ed¬ ucational broadcasting have benefited by this Service through gainful employment in suitable positions. Not only has this Service helped ap¬ plicants, but employers have benefited equally through obtaining qualified personnel for their or¬ ganizations. We at the NAEB would like to remind em¬ ployers who lack information about our Placement Service that it is to their interest to take advantage of the opportunities which it provides. So far, our available placement facilities are far from being fully used. Employers who would like to make use of our free placement Service have the assurance that all job applicants who seek placement through the NAEB are carefully screened by us before we in¬ clude them in our files. Only persons with experi¬ ence and suitable educational backgrounds are con¬ sidered. HURLBERT REPORTS ON EUROPEAN TRIP TV in the U. S., both ETV and commercial, is far advanced in production quality as compared with its European counterparts, according to Raymond Hurl- bert, Alabama ETV Commision general manager. Hurlbert returned recently from a 4-week vacation in Europe where he visited the BBC in London, and the French, Swiss and Italian TV centers in Paris, Zurich and Rome. Raymond Hurlbert, General Manager of the Alabama ETV Commission “England, France and Italy,” Hurlbert com¬ mented, “are in the midst of a huge construction pro¬ gram of massive TV studios as if to rival old Holly¬ wood film studios.” After questioning those Europeans “who could af¬ ford to buy TV sets and pay the annual tax on them,” he found that they were as critical of TV program¬ ming as TV viewers in this country. —NAEB— Following a request by one of our readers who became confused, we would like to point out that the story and picture featured on page 5 of the June Newsletter under the heading “NEWS OF MEMBERS,” in¬ volves two separate institutions, the University of Miami in Florida and Miami University in Ohcford, Ohio. —Editor JULY, 195.7 7