NAEB Newsletter (April 1, 1964)

^ Hartford N. Gunn, Jr., general manager of WGBH, Bos¬ ton, was recently awarded a trophy by the New England Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. The an¬ nual award is to “the citizen whose work has made the most beneficial and lasting impact on the region.” Last year Bos¬ ton’s major was the recipient. STATE AND REGIONAL ^ Maine’s ETV network is well under way. WMEM-TV, Presque Isle, became operational February 17, joining WMEB- TV, Orono, which went on the air in October. Both stations are VHF, have effective radiated power outputs of 316,000 visual and 150,000 aural watts. The network’s third station, to be in Calais, will be operational later this year. Production facilities for the three stations are nearing completion in Alumni Hall at the University of Maine. ^ Ohio’s ETV network offices have been moved to Room 301, 21 West Broad Street, Columbus—a state-owned build¬ ing which houses several other agencies and commissions. ^ The Delaware Governor’s Committee on ETV hopes to have a state ETV network by September, 1965. A group of 27 members of the state’s legislative assembly, plus other state officials and educators, visited Columbia in January to study South Carolina’s closed-circuit network. ^ Utah State University inaugurated KUSU-TV last month, to put Utah’s fourth ETV station on the air. GENERAL ^ Gale Adkins, director of radio-TV research at the Univer¬ sity of Kansas, has released a preliminary report on a survey of the FM audience in Lawrence, Kansas. One of his find¬ ings is that the educational station, KANU, is listened to more than twice as much as its nearest competitor. There are a dozen commercial FM stations which can be received in Lawrence. ^ The mayor of Pittsburgh proclaimed the month of February 19 to March 19 WQED Month. During that time the station was seeking $250,000 from local business and residents to help finance its operations for the next year. ^ Leonard Berkowitz, professor of psychology at the Univer¬ sity of Wisconsin, wrote in Scientific American recently that filmed violence is potentially dangerous. He said that his ex¬ periments indicate that aggression depicted in TV and motion picture dramas can arouse certain members of the audience to force or assault. ^ Technical papers discussing the expanding roles of motion pictures and TV in education will be presented April 13 during the 95th SMPTE conference April 12-17 in Los An¬ geles. The University of Oklahoma will host, April 21-25, the fourth annual TV Newsfilm Workshop. Other sponsors are the National Press Photographers Association, Field Enter¬ prises Educational Corporation, and the U. S. Air Force. INSTRUCTION ^ WGTE-TV, Toledo, reports that 1700 7th-graders are vol¬ untarily viewing French courses before school starts in the morning. Interested volunteer teachers assist the students in classroom exercises following the 15-minute telecourses. ^ WFUV-FM, Fordham University, will soon carry a test program of the TuTorTape programed instruction in basic education and vocational training. The hope is that this method of instruction will fight unemployment and give the dropout an opportunity to learn under a different technique than the classic lecture study format, which he rejected once. WFUV- FM was selected for the test because of its years of testing with FM multiplexing. Normal transmission of the station’s programing will not be affected, since the instructional ma¬ terial will be broadcast on four FM subcarrier channels. ^ Cinderella was recently presented in Spanish by some 50 2nd-graders of Lake Silver, Florida. The production was NAEB Headquarters: Suite 1119, 1346 Connecticut Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C., 20036. Phone 667-6000. Area Code 202. staged in conjunction with a beginning-Spanish TV program, and featured costumes, original music composed by a local teacher, and dance routines of a local choreographer. ^ Oregon educational broadcasters hosted the second annual West Coast ITV conference March 23 and 24 in Corvallis. ^ The Tri-County ETV Council has announced a new plan, to be initiated in September, which will provide four channels to transmit ETV courses for Chicago-area pupils. Leaders of the Chicago ETV Association and MPATI helped with the plan. A daily schedule on CETA channels 11 and 20 and MPATI airborne channels 72 and 76 will bring 38 courses of instruction to the schools. PROGRAMS ^ KLRN-TV, southwest Texas, has a weekly program spot¬ lighting local museums. One program featured the life and times of John Wesley Hardin, Texas desperado, using rare photographs and items from the museum at Southwest Texas State College, San Marcos. Another program showed antique cars from a private museum at Geronomo, Texas. Deck Yoes produces the Museum series. ^ WQED, Pittsburgh, is presenting a 13-week TV course in religious studies for the layman. ^ A bulletin from WUNC-TV recently announced “An Al¬ together Engaging and Uncommonly Entertaining Program of Readings of Poems and Essays by one of our most distin¬ guished writers, Mr. Thad Stem, Jr., of Oxford . . . read with a personal note or two by the author himself.” The 53- minute program was shown twice within two weeks—once to be seen and once to be “savored.” ^ Four radio programs on international arms control and dis¬ armament have been developed by the University of Michigan broadcasting service. Interviews with some of the world’s top experts in the field were taped during a symposium at the university, and have been scheduled for rebroadcast over 37 Michigan stations, the English language service of the Voice of America, and other educational stations. PLACEMENT PERSONNEL AVAILABLE (For information, write Miss Julie Hunt, Placement Service, at the NAEB office in Washington.) April I Engineer, BEE degree, 29, married, 2 children, is seeking position as engineer for new ETV station. Pres¬ ently employed. Wide range of engineering experience; color TV design and development, television mainte¬ nance, construction supervision, electronics instructor, FCC 1st class license. Salary required $10,000, location open. April 2 Ph.D., male, age 40, married, wants executive posi¬ tion as educational radio or TV station manager, or as broadcasting service director. More than 25 years ex¬ perience in commercial and educational radio-TV in production and administration, as well as college teach¬ ing and administration in broadcasting. Work anywhere except in South, South-Atlantic, Texas, or Florida. Mini¬ mum salary: $12,000. April 3 Married male, age 33, currently working on Ph.D. in communications, with emphasis in TV and education, is looking for an institutionally-based ITV and/or ETV op¬ eration. July 1964 graduation will mark 13 years of teaching and professional broadcasting experience. Wants to produce televised educational programs and to teach in TV. Would prefer Midwest or West Coast progressive department, with potential for advancement. Asking sal¬ ary of $8000. April 4 Experienced international broadcaster-teacher is search¬ ing for imaginative post in university as director of broadcasting services. Ph.D. late this summer; many ar¬ ticles; one book. Specialties: communications writing and_ international broadcasting (comparative systems). Age 41, presently teaching and on major station. Sal¬ ary: $10,000 level. APRIL 1964 3