NAEB Newsletter (Jan 1957)

^ An excellent article in the December 2nd St. Louis Post-Dispatch praised KSLH, the St. Louis Public School radio station. Pictures of personnel and children listening to the programs illustrated the article. Many of KSLH’s programs were singled out for praise. Particularly interesting was the emphasis on world-wide audience, as tapes of different programs are sent to many lands for re-broadcast. Marguerite Fleming, KSLH manager, should be justly proud of her station. ^ Professor Waldo Abbot’s “Handbook of Broad¬ casting,” one of the pioneering and best-known texts in the field of radio-TV, is being published by Mc¬ Graw-Hill in a new edition to be released in January. PERSONNEL ^ Nobel laureate Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg was ap¬ pointed senior advisor in the sciences for the ETRC. Dr. Seaborg is the “star” of the NET series, “T h e Elements,” and professor of chemistry and chemical engineering at the University of California in Berkeley. ^ Chapin Ross is the new Assistant Director of Radio at Abilene Christian College in Texas. He is in charge of their AM wired-wireless station that will go on the air the first of the year. PROGRAMS ► Beginning December 5th, the Mohawk-Hudson Council on ETV in New York is offering a unique TV program called “French Club” on WTRI. These weekly programs are geared' to high school students and adults, and present a variety of things - mostly in French - for the viewer who has studied some French. y Songs for Christmas from major countries throughout the world were presented by James Schwabacher December 14 on KQED, San Francisco. This music festival signified the last live performance before Channel 9 went off the air for 3 weeks to move its transmitter from atop the Hotel Mark Hopkins to San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo County. Schwabacher sang one original selection especially written for the performance. In addition, the song festival included French Noels of the 15th century and German, Austrian, Italian and American Christmas folk-lore. y KQED also is presenting a new TV series “Aero¬ nautics America.” The first program was shown No¬ vember 30th and dealt with overall aviation from the Wright Brothers to supersonic jets. The 13-week series progresses through tests and technical advancements and is designed to interest high school students and adults. ^ WKNO-TV, Memphis, says national magazines Life, Look and TV-Guide are on-the-spot reporting their “Streamlined Reading” telecourse that teaches adult illiterates to read and write. The current enroll¬ ment figure is 751, and many more are following the lessons without texts. The. project was nominated for the Sylvania TV Award. Many congratulations to Memphis! ► “The Shoemaker’s House,” a contemporary hour- long drama, was presented' over WHA-TV, University of Wisconsin, on December 16. Timely in the light of recent European events, the play dealt with 3 days in the life of a Czechoslovakian family under Nazi oc¬ cupation during World War II. The script has won several playwriting awards and has had numerous pro¬ ductions throughout the country. ► Indiana University and WTTV, were given a nice tribute in the December 15-21 TV Guide. The two-page article praised the programs Indiana Uni¬ versity produces over WTTV, saying their Saturday night basketball telecasts top all other TV enter¬ tainment in their vicinity. y The Rev. Harold Rigney, recently repatriated Catholic priest, was interviewed on “Campus Tour” December 9, over WILL, the University of Illinois radio station. Father Rigney answered questions con¬ cerning his experience prior to going to China where he was imprisoned by the Chinese Reds, what he did in the West African Gold Coast region, his work as a Divine Work Missionary, his plans for the future, and h i s work in geology - the field in which he holds a doctorate. —'N A E B— RADIO GRANTS ANNOUNCED The 1956-57 Radio Grants-in-Aid were made re¬ cently by the ETRC upon recommendation of the NAEB Grant-in-Aid Committee. Seven different institutions were granted $44,920 to aid in radio pro¬ duction. The NAEB Committee that made recommenda¬ tions consisted of Edward J. Rosenheim, Jr., Uni¬ versity of Chicago, Chairman; James Miles, Purdue University; R. Edwin Browne, University of Kansas; and Larry Frymire, Michigan State University. —N A E B— The Canadian Broadcasting Company has an¬ nounced the establishment of 5 new TV stations in Canada, to be located at Medicine Hat, Alberta; Kamloops, British Columbia; Argentia, Newfound¬ land; Quebec and Rouyn, Quebec. Page 6 NEWSLETTER