NAEB Newsletter (June 1957)

do not take Network service then. Naturally, your comments on our summer programming will be ap¬ preciated. I really am sorry I didn’t get a chance to meet and talk with more Network people at the recent IERT meeting in Columbus, but if you were there you know how fast the time passes. I truly hope at least one representative from each Network station can manage to come to the NAEB convention in St. Louis this fall. Make plans for it now; the dates are October 29 - November 1. I’ll be seeing you there. With the summer offering now in distribution, our thoughts are turning to the fall offering for this year and the winter offering for 1958. We could stand some more submissions for these offerings; so if you have one or more good program series scheduled for either or both of these periods, be sure to send them in. There are a lot of submission forms; don’t hesitate to write for some. RADIO MEN REPORT Henry Bartkowski of WSPE, Griffith Institute and Central School in Springville, N.Y., sent a program of his FM station’s activities. The station serves the community with a signal of 15-25 miles and is the focus of activity for the high school radio-speech pro¬ gram. Students have an opportunity to work and give speeches in a professional radio atmosphere. Harry Brawley, of WCHS in Charleston, W. Va., wrote to tell about the WCHS-Morris Harvey College Radio Classroom. They are now completing their 7th year offering credit courses over radio. Latest station figures are: Number of courses offered 25 Total enrollment 1186 Average per class 47.45 Let’s have some more response from active radio men for the Newsletter! HAIL AND FAREWELL —Mrs. Judith Stevens, Editor This Newsletter marks my last session as Editor, and I’m taking this opportunity to thank all of you for your comments and criticism of my work. My successor, Hans Massaquoi, who is taking over the Editorship this summer, will undoubtedly appreciate your interest as much as I have. Be sure to keep the news coming; and pictures, please! Thanks again for all the help and encouragement you’ve given me. It’s been a rewarding experience, and a very pleasant one. REPORT FROM REGION II The NAEB Region II meeting was held in Columbus May 7. Several topics were discussed, among them the idea of a regional radio program exchange among and between Region II stations. The problems of radio-TV relationships, cooperative multi-station pro¬ gram series production for the tape network, and NAEB membership status were also discussed. Members present were: Vernon Bronson, Dade County Board of Public Instruction; Ed Wegener, Alabama Polytechnic Institute; Raymond Cheydleur, Florida State University; Stephen Buell, Marshall College; Rae Weimer, University of Florida; Kenneth Wright (ETRC), University of Tennessee; John Young, University of North Carolina; Graydon Aus- mus, University of Alabama; Lucille Ruby, Louisiana State University; and Robert Schenkkan, University of Texas. The meeting was also attended by: Harold Hill, Bob Underwood and Cecil Bidlack of NAEB, Ralph Steetle of JCET, and Seymour Kreiger of the Wash¬ ington legal staff of JCET. UNESCO AND TV UNESCO became interested in TV in 1951, and called an Advisory Committee of TV Experts from 8 countries to help in its work. The Committee rec¬ ommended UNESCO enter the TV field because of the widespread influence TV was gaining and its possibilities of serving the cause of world peace. UNESCO is now serving as a clearing house for TV information, promoting the use of TV for educational purposes, and promoting international co¬ operation among TV organizations and producers or distributors of educational films. It also assists countries planning or starting TV broadcasting and promotes the production of TV programs on UNESCO and UN teams. In short, UNESCO serves as a world source of TV information, as a source of ideas about its cultural or educational use, and as a source of material for cultural program production. AWARDS ► Two educational broadcasting stations won the Alfred P. Sloane Radio-TV Awards for 1956, given for the best traffic safety programs. WKAR, Michigan State, produced “You Are the Jury,” a distinguished radio series combining audience participation with expert technical analysis to clarify many common traffic programs. WTTW, Chicago’s ETV station, telecast a 15- week series called “The Man Behind the Wheel.” The program represented a successful pioneering effort to teach techniques and principles of good driving over TV. 4 NEWSLETTER