NAEB Newsletter (April 1, 1965)

Service Committee. That organization has asked KWSC to release its tapes and films for national distribution on other stations and networks. y In its radio broadcasts of away-from-home basketball games this year, KWSC has tried something different. In¬ stead of taking a feed from another station, a play-by-play report came to KWSC via leased Western Union service. As the telegraphed report came in, a production crew went to work to “recreate” the image of the game being played else¬ where. Listener reaction has been favorable. y WEDU, Tampa, has produced three 90-minute specials on Ybor City, Tampa’s historic Latin Quarter. The first half of each program is a drama on videotape, with a mid-program switch to a live studio interview. y The Art Forms of the Organ is a 21-program radio series prepared at WILL, University of Illinois, which traces the historical development of the principal forms of organ com¬ position. ^ In a series on Mythology, telecast over KLRN-TV, the relevance of Greek myths to modern life is examined—relat¬ ing an Atlas missile to the myth of Atlas, for instance. y Exclusive hi-fi tapes from Moscow are being heard for the first time in this country over WNYC-FM. The tapes were obtained through the East-West Cultural Exchange Agreement. Through a special arrangement with the Insti¬ tute of International Education and the Moscow Art Theater, WNYC-AM obtained exclusive rights to record and broad¬ cast Moscow Art Theater seminars, resulting in a series called Seminars in Drama, broadcast during the last three months. y The South Carolina ETV Network recently broadcast an hour-long program on moonshining in the state. ^ WOUB-TV, Ohio University, recently broadcast an orig¬ inal half-hour TV play for children, The Princess and the T ailor. Publications & Films • NBC has provided the NAEB with some copies of the 24-page election manual which NBC used during the 1961 campaign. NAEBers may obtain copies as long as the supply lasts by writing to the NAEB Urbana office. They are prob¬ ably most useful to institutions which have schools or depart¬ ments in communications. • Helps for Radio Station News Correspondents is a leaf¬ let by Wilbur Peterson, head of media management at the University of Iowa journalism school. Write to the school for copies; price: $1 for 10 copies. • KDTH, Dubuque, Iowa, has released a comprehensive study of radio information broadcasting in portions of Illi¬ nois, Iowa, and .Wisconsin. If interested, write to Bob Wood¬ ward, Jr., station manager, at KDTH. • Eight filmed episodes from the TV series Profiles in Courage will be available for classroom viewing next year. They will be available in two 25-minute reels for each sub¬ ject at $300 per subject, purchasable under NDEA Title III For information about the films or NDEA procedures, write to Profiles in Courage, Robert Saudek Associates, Inc., 630 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10020. • Available for $1.75 each from the University of Pitts¬ burgh Book Center is The Professional Education of Media Service Personnel, giving recommendations for training of media service personnel for work in schools and colleges. Here and There Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow, speaking at Stanford University January 28, said that both political parties should receive free TV time during the last month of national election campaigns. He proposed that the national committees of the Democrats and Republicans each receive one free hour per week, with third parties receiving smaller amounts. • Newscaster David Brinkley, in an interview broadcast over WAER (FM), Syracuse University, advised those who want to be TV newscasters to have a broad education. He said they should “stop wasting their time with speech courses be¬ cause it doesn’t matter that much,” and suggested they take courses in American history, political science, economics. • Zenith has asked the FCC to authorize subscription TV on a nationwide basis. • At a series of weekend seminars beginning in April, Sigma Delta Chi members will focus on such current professional problems as the conflict between bar associations and the press over pre-trial publicity. • The University of Illinois extension division will off el¬ an institute in programed instruction and language learning July 5-August 14, 1965. April 15 is the deadline for applica¬ tion. Forms may be obtained from: Director, Summer In¬ stitute, Training Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, 8 Lincoln Hall, Urbana, Illinois 61803. • Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. has offered to give $2,000 worth of transparency-projection equipment and other teach¬ ing aids to teacher-training institutions. Colleges graduating a dozen or more teachers a year are eligible for the grant. May 31 is the deadline for requests, to be sent to: Bertrand Y. Auger, manager of the visual products department, 3M, 2501 Hudson Road, St, Paul, Minnesota. PLACEMENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE (For information, write the Placement Service, at the NAEB office in Washington. In order to be considered through these channels, the reader must be an Individual Member of the NAEB, with credentials on file with the NAEB Placement Serv¬ ice. Non-members can save time by sending the $10 annual dues and $10 Placement registration fee at the time of in¬ quiry.) A-l Midwestern university seeks instructor or assistant pro¬ fessor for broadcasting courses within speech. Salary and rank determined by experience in broadcast production and college teaching. Ph.D. preferred. Supervision of as¬ pects of FM station operation and CCTV. Academic year appointment, September I, 1965. A-2 Producer-director and visual materials designer needed by new CCTV at upper Midwest university. Experience in ETV or ITV installation preferred. A-3 Experienced cinematographer-editor, preferably but not necessarily with producer-director capabilities and am¬ bitions, thoroughly competent in all techniques of 16mm film production and editing, sought by east-central ETV station. Position open immediately. Salary based on ex¬ perience and skills. A-4 Producer-director for large eastern university with rapid¬ ly expanding ITV division. Duties will include direction of CCTV programing in new studio and possibly some open-circuit direction of telecourses. M.A. and two years of experience required. Position to begin July I, 1965. Salary: $6,000 to $7,000. A-5 TV engineer, experienced in all phases of station opera¬ tion, needed to teach college accredited communica¬ tions course plus limited assignment in major ETV sta¬ tion operation. Midwest; salary open. A-6 Northwest public school system seeks producer-writer for ETV department; salary open. Candidates should be male, 25-35 years old and hold a degree in education and/or professional communication areas. Position open September, 1965. A-7 Staff production positions (not assistantships) in radio- TV for qualified students working on M.A. degree in journalism. B.A. and academic acceptance to graduate school necessary. Ten-month contract for half-time or quarter-time position, renewable for second year if de¬ sired. 4 NEWSLETTER