NAEB Newsletter (June 1957)

NEWSLETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS 14 GREGORY HALL URBAN A, ILLINOIS NAEB and the OHIO STATE AWARDS NAEB member’s radio programs walked off with many of the Ohio State Radio Awards this year. The University of Chicago won a first award in the special interest group of programs heard na¬ tionally for “The Sacred Note,” a program of religious music. “To Make Men Free,” produced by WUOM, University of Michigan, won first in the special in¬ terest programs heard regionally. “America On Stage,” produced by WHA, University of Wisconsin, won honorable mention in the cultural category. NAEB members almost made a clean sweep in the field of in-school programs. First award for primary programs went to WYNE, New York’s Board of Ed- ucation Station for “Tales from the Four Winds.” Two honorable mentions in the same class went to “Story Time,” by WOSU, Ohio State, and “Old Tales and New” by Minnesota’s School of the Air and KUOM, University of Minnesota. The latter also won a first award for in-school intermediate programs with “Let’s Take a Look at Our Minnesota and It’s People.” For local stations, first award in the special in¬ terest category went to “In Spirit and In Truth” by WAER, Syracuse University. Honorable mention in cultural programs was given to “Behind the Scenes in Music” by WNYC, New York, and the National Orchestral Association, Inc. Winning first in the children’s out-of-school pro¬ grams was the University of Michigan’s Department of Speech and WWJ, Detroit, for “Down Story Book Lane.” Honorable mention in the same class went to “Little Orchestra Society Children’s Concerts” by WNYC and the Little Orchestra Society. For locally aired in-school programs for primary grades, “Just Why Stories,” KSLH of the St. Louis Board of Education, and “Fun and Fancy - Listen Awhile,” by the Stanislaus County Schools in Mo¬ desto, California, and KBEE, won honorable men¬ tions. NAEB Newsletter Vol. XXII, No. 6 June, 1957 NAEB Newsletter, a monthly publication issued by the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, 14 Gregory Hall, Urbana, III., $5 a year, edited by Mrs. Judith Stevens. Application for 2nd class mail privileges pending at Urbana, Illinois. First award in the intermediate grade category went to “What’s News” produced by the School Dis¬ trict of Philadelphia and WFIL. Honorable mention went to “Music for You,” by the South Dakota School of the Air and KUSD, University of South Dakota. “Out of the Past - Listen Awhile,” produced by the aforementioned Stanislaus County Schools, won first award for in-school programs for junior and senior high level. Honorable mention went to “Tales from Medicine Lodge and Kiva” by the Indiana School of the Sky, Indiana University. Many of these fine programs can be heard now over the NAEB Radio Network. We were also pleased to note the many awards won by NAEB members in TV. Leading all stations as top winner was KQED, San Francisco, for “Hop, Skip and Dance,” “The American Economy,” and “Personal and Social Adjustment.” The University of Wisconsin’s “Friendly Giant” won its third first place award. Other NAEB TV stations winning Ohio State Awards were: WOI-TV, WGBH-TV, WQED, WKNO-TV, WTTW, and KETC. —NAEB— The Fund for Adult Education has announced the 1958-59 fellowship and scholarship program for the mass media. Applicants write for further information to: Leadership Training Awards (Mass Media), The Fund for Adult Education, 320 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, New York. 1