NAEB Newsletter (May 1, 1964)

n A E B m NEWSLETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS VOL. 29, NO. 5 MAY, 1964 NAEBers Attend International Conference William G. Harley, Richard Hull, and Vernon Bronson offi¬ cially represented the NAEB at the recent international edu¬ cational broadcasting conference in Tokyo. They were invited to participate by the hosting Japan Broadcasting Corporation. Harley talked on ITV in the U. S. at the plenary session; Hull served as president of the commission on correspondence courses through broadcasting; and Bronson reported on the NAEB Samoan project at the session on technological aid to developing countries. Other NAEBers who were conference observers were Tedson Meyers, Jack McBride, Paul Rickard, Harold Wig- ren, and R. C. Williams. No NAEB funds were used by either participants or observers. NAEB President Harley, along with Basil Thornton and Jack White, met two days more at the request of the U. S. Department of State concerning a U. S.-Japanese information *— v exchange center on ETV materials. Divisions Will Have "Day" at Convention Members of various NAEB Divisions will meet in sessions divided along Division lines on one day of the coming con¬ vention in Austin. Members should notify their Board mem¬ bers of topics they would like covered. Radio Seminar Booklet for Sale National Educational Radio: A Blueprint for the Future, the report of the NAEB seminar in Chicago January 29-31, 1964, may be obtained for $1.50 a copy from the NAEB publica¬ tions office in Urbana. ACBB Announces May 26 Program Again this year the American Council for Better Broadcasts will meet in conjunction with the IERT. Among those on the program will be Edward Stanley, director of public af¬ fairs for NBC, who will speak on problems of programing. Those who will discuss his speech are Garnet Garrison, di¬ rector of broadcasting, University of Michigan; Warren R. Ebinger, from Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Louise Walker, supervisor of schools, Montgomery County, Maryland; and Frederic Heimberger, vice president of Ohio State University. Burton Paulu, director of radio and TV broadcasting, Uni¬ versity of Minnesota, will speak at the luncheon—a first-hand observation of how European newscasters regard American newscasters. Other topics slated for the day concern local programing (WAGA-TV, Atlanta), the broadcaster’s influ¬ ence on the use of words, and team teaching. The ACBB will convene at 8 a.m. May 26; the IERT begins that evening and continues for two days. Registration for ACBB is free (except for the luncheon, which is $3) for IERT participants, $1 for others. Meetings will be at the Columbus Plaza, 50 North 3rd Street, Columbus, Ohio. ETV Division Names Appy VP Gerard L. Appy has been appointed vice president of the ETV Stations Division of NAEB, effective May 1. Appy comes to the NAEB from the University of Georgia, where he was associate director of the Center for Continuing Education. GUNN JOINS TV BOARD Hartford N. Gunn, Jr., has been appointed to the NAEB TV Board replacing Appy. Gunn is general manager of the WGBH Educational Foundation, Cambridge, Massachusetts. New NAEB Institutional Members RADIO DIVISION Marshall University, WMUL (FM), Huntington, West Vir¬ ginia ; Western Illinois University, WWKS-FM, Macomb, Illinois. SUSTAINING The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, New York INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE The Instructional Television Trust, Tel Aviv, Israel. This is the first member in this category. INDIVIDUALS In the last two months, there have been 88 new Individual Members. Region VI Forms Networking Committee A regional committee is studying radio networking affairs for NAEB Region VI. Core members of the group were ap¬ pointed by John Witherspoon, the region’s Radio Board rep¬ resentative, when Region VI met in conjunction with the 1964 Western Radio & TV Conference in late February. There were two sessions at the regional meet—one for all members, primarily to discuss the NAEB reorganization, and another for the Radio Division. Films and Tapes Available • Stations may obtain free films for sign-on or sign-off— featuring the Salt Lake City Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Mt. Rushmore singing “America the Beautiful” (2 minutes) and the National Anthem (1 minute). Write: Publicity Di¬ vision, South Dakota Department of Highways, Pierre, South Dakota. • Radio stations can obtain a series of programs in Spanish about Spain for a $2 handling charge per program. The 20- minute programs, entitled Espana es Asi, are being produced by professional talent and feature the history, art, amusements, food, and music of each of the 52 Spanish provinces. Write G. L. Vazquez, Jr., Educational Programs, Musica de Fondo Motivacional y Para Deleitar, Belmusic, Jose Antonio, 57, Madrid 13, Spain. 1