NAEB Newsletter (May 1957)

in” was evident in 15 seconds. Visual Electronics manufactures this equipment which sells for $2400, It is impossible to mention all the equipment shown and manufacturers represented. They ranged from 10 watt TV translators to a new 50 kw GE AM transmitter with only 16 tubes, and included every¬ thing from antennas and audio equipment to micro- wave equipment, rear screen projectors, test equip¬ ment and' a new monochrome AGC video amplifier. * * * * More details on Videotape operation will be found in the April 1, 1957, issue of Broadcasting-Tele¬ casting, “VTR—Out of the Lab, onto the Firing Line.” More details on the NARTB Convention are in the April 15, 1957 issue of the same publication. A great deal of interest has been aroused by papers presented at the recent IRE Convention in New York and the NARTB Broadcast Engineering Conference in Chicago, which covered TV test signals transmitted during the vertical blanking interval of the TV signal. These signals have been transmitted on an experimental basis by the networks. The FCC on April 4, 1957, authorized all stations to transmit these signals without further specific authority as long as they do not interfere with syn¬ chronization, nor degrade the quality of the picture. Copies of this notice are being sent to all ETV op¬ erating stations through the cooperation of Cy Braum of JCET. * * * * Dr. George R. Town, executive director of the TV Allocations Study Organization, expressed hope at the NARTB convention that a major portion of the work of his organization will be completed within a year. TASO consists of 5 basic panels now at work, with 131 engineers from 67 organizations serving as members, alternates or observers. One of the basic and immediate needs of the FCC is comprehensive and accurate engineering informa¬ tion on which to base TV allocations decisions. Panel 4, of which I am a member is at work in an attempt to secure new propagation data. The second meet¬ ing of this panel was held in Washington on April 17, and preliminary reports of the Committee 4.1 on Measurement of Service Fields and Committee 4.4 on New Factors were presented and discussed. While many educational institutions are repre¬ sented on TASO panels, only Robert C. Higgy of WOSU-AM-FM-TV represents an operating TV station. It would be desirable to have more repre¬ sentation from ETV stations. If some of our chief engineers could serve as panel members, alternates or observers, I would appreciate hearing from you. As a matter of information, TASO is sponsored by the Assn, of Maximum Service Telecasters, the Committee for Competitive TV, the JCET, the NARTB, and the Radio-Electronics-TV Mfrs. Assn. The 5 sponsoring organizations underwrite the ad¬ ministrative expenses of TASO, while the companies for which individual panel members work pay the expenses of operating the panels. PLACEMENT SUPPLEMENT May I - A graduate of Yale University (B.A. English), the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A. International Relations), and the University of Paris (certificate), de¬ sires position as writer or public relations officer in the ETV field. He has written scholastically and as an historian with the U.S. Army. Male, 25, married. Location open, $3500-5000. May 2 - Male, married, 35, M.A. and 2 years of study beyond, desires writer or producer-writer position in TV with addi¬ tional teaching duties preferred. 8 years college teaching (composition, literature, speech, writing) and 5 years broadcasting—including I year commercial. Has pub¬ lished in professional and popular magazines. Currently assistant professor in large university^ Location open. $5500. May 3 - Female, 27, single, B.A. and I year toward M.S., desires position in radio-TV programming, production, or public relations. Has 2 years experience combined se¬ condary teaching and producing ETV features for school over commercial outlets. I year commercial TV writing, programming and air experience; I year university teach¬ ing. Location open. $4-5000. May 4 - U.S. State Department officer, 27, married, A-B. and 5 years experience in international affairs, desires public relations or producing position in educational broadcasting. Has had diplomatic service in Korea, some teaching and managerial experience. Prefers Northeastern, Northcentral or Mid-Atlantic areas. $5000. The ETRC again will make individual awards of from $500 to $5,000 each to help qualified research groups in studying uses for education during 1957-58. Last year the Center awarded grants totalling $35,000 in partial support of 10 research projects. —N A E B— Martha Gable, Director of Radio-TV for the Board of Education, Philadelphia, was chairman of a panel on public relations problems in schools and colleges at the APR A National Convention the last part of April. —N A E B— Well, they’ve done it! The English have developed a flat TV tube, only 4 inches deep and 20 inches diagonally across—comparable to a 14-15 inch tube in the U. S. Dr. Gabor, of Imperial College, London University, described his invention (the tube is known as the “Gabor-NRDC”) in the March-April issue of the European Broadcastion Union Bulletin. —N A E B— Programs from 3 NET series have been selected as among the outstanding films of the year by the Film Council of America. They were screened in competi¬ tion at the Council’s Golden Reel Film festival April 22-26 in New York. NEWSLETTER