NAEB Newsletter (March 1, 1964)

NEWSLETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS VOL. 29, NO. 3 MARCH, 1964 Radio Station Division Gets Up Steam Some 50 radio leaders met at the NAEB seminar iti Chicago January 29-31 to consider educational radio’s future. The group was unanimous in its support of a plan for the NAEB Radio Station Division to establish its own full-time execu¬ tive in W ashington. Those in attendance also endorsed the proposed Educa¬ tional Communications System, a plan for which has been submitted to the USOE for NDEA funds for a feasibility study. Jerrold Sandler, production manager of the University of Michigan’s WUOM, has been tentatively named coordina¬ tor of the study. Colby Lewis to Edit Journal Walter Emery has resigned from his post as editor of the NAEB Journal, because he expects to be out of the country much of the time during the next academic year, on sabbati¬ cal leave from Michigan State University. Effective April 15, Colby Lewis, coordinator of CCTV at MSU, will become the Journal editor. Correction on Samoa In the January Newsletter, which carried an item on person¬ nel going to Samoa to work on the NAEB project there, H. Eugene Larson was listed as being from KVIE, Sacramento. Actually, though he worked for the station at one time, for the three years prior to his leaving for Samoa he had been TV engineer for Sacramento State College. Penn State Offers ITV Story on Film Pennsylvania State University offers for loan a 38-minute 16mm film, “Instructional Television at The Pennsylvania State University: 1954-1963.” A print is available without charge except for return postage from: Audio-Visual Aids Library, Pattee Library, Pennsylvania State University, Uni¬ versity Park. New Institutional Members RADIO DIVISION AND NETWORK Boston University, Station WBUR (FM) ; Cousino High School, Station WPHS (FM), Warren, Michigan. INSTRUCTIONAL DIVISION University of Akron (Ohio); University of Cincinnati; De¬ troit Board of Education; University of Illinois; Kent State University (Ohio); University of Minnesota; New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn; University of Oregon; San Diego State College (California); South Carolina Educational Television Commission; Southern Illinois University; Uni¬ versity of Tennessee; University of Texas; Twin City Area Educational Television Corporation, St. Paul; Wayne State University, Detroit; WGBH Educational Foundation, Cam¬ bridge, Massachusetts. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS During the last three months, 92 new Individual Members have joined the NAEB. Indiana to Host Region III NAEB Region Illers will meet at Indiana University March 22, 23, and 24. Among the attractions will be tours of I.U.’s new $2.5 million radio-TV building featuring eight studios, one of which is said to be one of the largest between New York and Los Angeles. Tours of the building and registration for the conference are scheduled to begin Sunday afternoon about 3 o’clock. The conference will 0lose shortly after noon on Tuesday. Among sessions in the proposed schedule are those deal¬ ing with: what the TV producer needs to know about educa¬ tional methods; visual effects in relation to production equip¬ ment ; planning CCTV facilities; ITV and the school ad¬ ministrator; programing the small radio station; ITV and school design; what the educational broadcaster needs to know about law; the ETV station and public controversy; and new developments in equipment. Program details and registration material will be mailed from I.U. to Region III NAEBers. Free Films for TV Stations A new series of five 27 1 / £-minute films, “Painting and Finish¬ ing Tips,” produced especially for TV has been released for free use by TV stations. Write: National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association, 1500 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., Wash¬ ington, D.C., 20005. Competition Opens for Cinema Awards The Society of Cinematologists announces two $1,000 awards in creative cinema, one for the best original shooting script, and the other for the best film. Competition is limited to American citizens under 25. Further information from: Prof. Robert Gessner, New York University, Washington Square, New York City, 10003. Wisconsin Announces Kaltenborn Scholarship Broadcasting graduate or upperclass undergraduate students may apply for the Kaltenborn $1200 scholarship for the 1964- 65 school year at the University of Wisconsin. Selection of the student is on the basis of: scholarship, special aptitudes and interest in some phase of broadcasting, evidences of plan¬ ning for a career involving the use of radio-TV media, and financial need. Application deadline is April 1. Applicants should furnish: transcript of all college-level credits; letter of application, presenting his interests, experience, and ambitions; and three supporting letters. Write to Prof. H. B. McCarty, Radio Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Anne Bradley Leaves NAEB Mrs. Anne Bradley resigned from the NAEB staff last month. She was coordinator of the NAEB Sudan Project and for the past two years had served as coordinator for the national convention. She is now working in the banquet sales depart¬ ment of the Marriott Motor Hotels. 1