NAEB Newsletter (June 1, 1963)

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Angeles; Dr. Alexander Piper Runciman, St. Louis; Gregg N. Sallee, Sr., Anaheim, California; Saul N. Scher, Brook¬ lyn; Louise Schwandt, Pell Lake, Wisconsin; William M. Shimer, Albuquerque; Richard Wayne Shoemaker, Colum¬ bus; Jack D. Sipe, Miami; Capt. Charles P. Stephens, Ran- toul, Illinois; George F. Thoma, Escanaba, Michigan; Mich¬ ael Vidor, Santa Monica; Philip Weinberg, Peoria, Illinois; Bernard Weisberger, New York; James C. Wulliman, Mil¬ waukee. News Notes PERSONNEL ^ Russell L. Casement has been appointed executive director of KRMA-TV, Denver, effective July 1. ^ Robert P. Crawford, director of broadcasting at Queens College, has been granted a Fulbright award for the fall semester at the University of Glasgow in the field of educa¬ tional television. ^ Three of the eight CBS Foundation News Fellows for 1963-64 hail from educational stations. They are: Will I. Lewis, news director, WUFT (TV), University of Florida; Donald C. Miller, program supervisor, KUSD-AM-TV, Uni¬ versity of South Dakota; and Robert Richter, manager of special projects, KOAP-TV, Portland, Oregon. ^ Kenneth Harwood, professor of telecommunications at the University of Southern California, has been elected to two posts in the AAUP recently. He was elected to the governing board for a three-year term, by nationwide competitive ballot of the 54,000-member association. At the 49th annual meeting of the organization in late April, he was elected chairman of the Assembly of State and Regional Conferences. Harwood has served on the NAEB Board of Directors and is presently on the Membership Committee. ^ Mrs. Fannie Mason Steve, conductor of the Wisconsin School of the Air’s “Rhythm and Games,” has received the first special McCall’s Golden Mike Award for “outstanding service to the youth of America.” Mrs. Steve has been broad¬ casting over WHA, Wisconsin’s state radio station, since 1931. WHA also received a citation for making Mrs. Steve’s work- possible. ^ Another teacher in the educational broadcasting field, Mme. Anne Slack, won a McCall’s Golden Mike for “outstanding service to the American future by a woman broadcaster.” Her program, “Parlons Francais,” is carried by 46 TV stations in the U. S. and Canada. ^ Colonial Williamsburg’s Hugh DeSamper has been promoted to director of the press bureau and will now have responsibil¬ ity for newspaper and magazine liaison as well as radio and TV. ^ Herbert Howard, manager of the University of Tennessee tape network, has been named editor of the Tennessee Asso¬ ciation of Broadcasters Newsletter. GENERAL ^ Looking forward to the target date (September 1964) for its own station, Central Florida ETV announces considerable growth in the use of ETV through donated air time by three commercial stations in Orlando—Channels 2, 6, and 9. Be¬ ginning in 1961 with only two programs in conversational Spanish, the eight-county ETV development has grown from 24,000 pupils viewing each school day to 81,000 pupils view¬ ing six in-school programs. Added to the two Spanish pro¬ grams have been two elementary science programs, one in American history, and a series on “Americanism vs. Com¬ munism” loaned by WEDU, Tampa. ^ RCA has announced three new sound distribution systems suitable for school use. They include a low-cost consolettc with 10-watt program amplifier and up to 16 paging or sound distribution areas, and a larger 20-watt unit with up to 26 paging areas. The third system is identical with the 20-watt unit, with the addition of an AM-FM radio tuner for back¬ ground music. Iraq Needs Experienced Professors The Fine Arts Institute in Baghdad, Iraq, wants experienced American professors to fill the following vacancies for the academic year 1963-64: radio and television production; mo¬ tion picture production; and stage design, lighting and man¬ agement. Salary will be paid in local currency; travel allow¬ ances and housing benefits are stated in the contract. For further details, write Mr. Patrick K. Robbins, The American Friends of the Middle East, 1607 New Hampshire Avenue, N. W., Washington 6, D. C. PLACEMENT PERSONNEL AVAILABLE (For information, write Mrs. Jacqueline Swain, Placement Serv¬ ice, at the NAEB office in Washington.) June I—Imaginative young man, 27, seeks ETV writing/pro¬ duction position demanding multiplicity of talents. M.A. in radio-TV; over 5 years professional experience in all phases of ETV-radio (including writing-producing-direct- ing for Armed Forces Radio and TV Service); strong background in film, theatre, acting, and in education research. Prefers new station. Salary open. June 2—Desires to relocate summer or fall in administrative and/or creative role. M.A. in radio-TV; currently direct¬ ing all radio-TV activities for major university, including program planning, production, writing, liaison for inter¬ national and network broadcasts. Male, 33, wife and child. Location open; salary negotiable. June 3-—Newsman with special emphasis on writing, producing and narrating documentaries and special feature for radio/TV. M.A. in TV, Northwestern U.; commercial ex¬ perience in writing and producing for radio and TV; additional experience in business administration. Salary range $6,000-$ 10,000 depending upon responsibilities. June 4—Radio-TV and speech instructor and producer. M.A. in radio-TV; 4 years ETV experience as producer-director. Age 26, married, veteran. Prefers Pacific coast; mini mum $6,500. June 5—Producer-director. B.S. in radio-TV; 3 years experience directing over 2200 live instructional television programs with CCTV school system. Age 30, married, veteran. Location open. June 6—ETV director available. Ed.D. (administration & ETV). Solve your ETV problems: surveys, organization, imple¬ mentation, evaluation, workshops, "telephone tieback," airborne. Male, age 44, married. U. S. or abroad; sal¬ ary $14,000. June 7—Single man, 21, will obtain B.A. in September, 1963, from Wayne State U. and desires full-time work after graduation in directing-producing area. Willing to work toward M.A. Location open but Southwest or western U. S. preferred; salary $5,000-$5,500. June 8—ETV production manager. B.S. in broadcasting; M.A. in public relations; 2 years experience. Male, 28, single. Location, except for Southwest, open; salary $6,000. POSITIONS AVAILABLE (In order to be considered by these institutions, the reader must be an Individual Member of the NAEB, with credentials on file with the NAEB Placement Service. Non-members can save time by sending the $10 annual dues and $5 Placement registration fee at the time of inquiry.) J-l — Producer-director experienced with live and taped pro¬ grams. Must have had responsibility for producing and directing full series. Location: East Coast. J-2—Staging and lighting manager. Responsible for studio set¬ up, lighting and supervision of set construction; new, exceptionally well-equipped large university, two-studio TV unit. M.A. desired. Salary determined by qualifica¬ tions. Location: East Coast. J-3—TV visuals and graphics artist. Experience in lettering and cartooning; knowledge of photography helpful; new, ex ceptionally well-equipped large university, two-studio TV unit. M.A. desired. Salary determined by qualifications. Location: East Coast. J-4—Producer-writer. Alert, mature, production-teaching or¬ iented male who wants to grow with a UHF in-school ETV station. Preferable that candidate be certified to teach; M.A. desired. Location: West Coast. 4 NEWSLETTER