NAEB Newsletter (June 1, 1963)

r v ■n aeb NEWSLETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS VOL. 28, NO. 6 JUNE, 1963 ACBB to Convene at IERT The annual convention of the American Council for Better Broadcasts will be June 12 in Columbus, Ohio, coinciding with opening day of the IERT. Main topics of the day will be: “The Place of the Local Newscaster in the Community,” “The Case of the High-Brow Program,” “Citizens’ Efforts to Improve Programing,” “How Radio and TV Improve World Understanding” and “Satellites: Window on the World? or Pie in the Sky?’” Robert D. Swezey, director, Code Authority of the NAB, will speak at the noon luncheon, on “Safeguarding the Rights of the Public in Broadcasting.” For luncheon reservations, send a check for $2.75 to Leslie Spence, Nationwide Inn, Columbus, Ohio. Journal to Inaugurate Production Forum “Production Forum” is the name of a column which will debut in the July-August issue of the NAEB Journal. The column will be devoted to an exchange of production tips for educational television and radio. Michael Ziegler, who sug¬ gested the column, will compile the copy for each issue, based on contributions received from production personnel across the country. Write to Michael J. Ziegler, TV Production Spe¬ cialist, 111C Carnegie Hall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. Over 200 Attend IB Conference Some 211 persons from across the United States (Canada, Israel, and the island of Truk were also represented) met May 13-15 at the University of Illinois to attend the NAEB conference on instructiqnal broadcasting. The main topics under consideration were: “Application of Principles of Learning to Instructional Broadcasting,” “Uses and Utiliza¬ tion of Television,” “Creative Production for Instruction,” “The Role of Radio in Instruction,” “Faculty Rights and Compensation,” and “Manpower and Training.” There were special technical sessions concerning on-air and closed-circuit, portable TV tape recorders as instructional tools, and the telephone industry’s role in ITV. Attendees split into three groups to discuss TV councils and networks; the classroom teacher’s role, teacher training, utilization; and utilization in higher education. I'heodore Conant, of the Ford Foundation, delivered an address on creative ideas from abroad for ITV programing. NAEB President William Harley, together with James Miles, Region III Radio Board member, presented a plan for re¬ organization of the NAEB. Miles said the plan was still in a formative stage—but that hopefully it will be ready for submission to the membership for approval prior to the na¬ tional convention in November. Proceedings of the instructional broadcasting meeting will n be printed as soon as possible, for distribution to those who registered for the conference. A limited number of copies will be available for sale to others, and the Newsletter will carr^ an announcement when these are ready. Gemutlichkeit to Pervade Convention Word comes from Milwaukee that the Gemutlichkeit (Mer- riam-Webster: “Geniality; easy-going kindliness and good nature . . .”) for which that city is famous will be ever¬ present during the NAEB convention there November 17-21. NAEB staffers Harold Hill and Mrs. Ann Bradley were in Milwaukee in May to work on convention plans, and they re¬ port the following: • Format for NAEB business sessions will be the same as last year. There will be a general business session on Monday, at which members will hear and discuss problems which will be voted on at the final business session. On Tuesday, there will be regional meetings at which members can query their representatives on the Board. The final, “voting” business session will be on Wednesday. Main item to be considered will be the structural reorganization of the NAEB. • Every session will have a “producer,” something new this year. • Following the suggestions of those who answered the ques¬ tionnaire re the 1962 convention, there will be more opportuni¬ ty for concurrent group meetings for those interested in radio stations, TV stations, and formal instructional broadcasting. • The always-popular special-interest sessions will be on in full force this year. Some of the topics scheduled are: in¬ structional radio, graphic arts, music for radio, public affairs broadcasting, legal problems, technical session for nontechnical people, instructional television, TV teacher training, school broadcasting in developing nations, etc. 9 Registration will begin at noon on Sunday, November 17, with Gemutlichkeit, free to convention registrants, from 6 to 10 p.m. Gemutlichkeit Revisited is on the program for Tues¬ day evening, and the convention will end with the banquet on Wednesday evening. 0 Engineers will have an all-day technical session running concurrently with one day’s convention activities. [See item on page 2.] Network Offers Exclusives on Birmingham “Dick Gregory in Birmingham” and “Birmingham: Testament to Non-Violence” are two specials currently offered to NAEB Radio Network stations. The former is an exclusive, recorded by personnel of Riverside Church Station WRVR, New York City, as Gregory spoke on May 10. The latter is a series of six hour-long documentaries containing material from on-the- spot recordings as events occurred during the Birmingham crisis. WRVR men who were on the scene are: Jack Summer- field, general manager; Walter Nixon, news and public af¬ fairs director; and the Reverend Robert L. Polk, minister to youth at the Riverside Church. Institutional Directory to be Revised Work has started on the NAEB Directory of Institutional Members. Any changes or corrections should be sent to the Urbana NAEB office by July 1 in order to be included. Send to Mrs. Dorothy Templeton, NAEB, 119 Gregory Hall, Ur¬ bana, Illinois. 1