NAEB Newsletter (February 1, 1966)

VOL. 31, NO. 2 WASHINGTON, D.C. FEBRUARY, 1966 Plan National Communications Center Thirty of the nation’s leading communi¬ cations specialists from industry, education, science and government met in Denver in December to draft the final structure, func¬ tion, and operational timetable for the pro¬ posed National Center of Communication Arts and Sciences. Plans call for a $10 million computerized center which will gather, analyze, and disseminate communi¬ cations knowledge for industry, education, and government. The center will be estab¬ lished in Colorado and will house a per¬ manent staff, libraries and research labora¬ tories. John Witherspoon, director of NAEB’s ECS project, was one of the thir¬ ty persons invited to attend. Enclosure Tells of 4th ITV Conference Enclosed with this Newsletter is a bro¬ chure describing the NAEB’s 4th annual ITV conference, to be April 3-5, 1966, at the University of California at Santa Bar¬ bara. Gary N. Hess, coordinator, ITV de¬ partment, at the university, will coordinate the conference and has geared the program to the question: Why is television not in the mainstream of education? Fellowships & Awards • SEATO is offering a limited number of fellowships for 1966-67 for research, teaching, or training in subjects concerned with various problems, including education¬ al, in Southeast Asia or the Southwest Pa¬ cific. These are for established scholars, preferably at the doctorate level. February 15 is the deadline for applications. Info and forms from: Committee on Interna¬ tional Exchange of Persons, Conference Board of Associated Research Councils, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418. • March 1 is the deadline for entries in the 12th annual American Baptist Radio- TV Awards. Info from 1966 TV-Radio Awards Committee, American Baptist Con¬ vention, 6515 Sunset Blvd., Suite 403, Hol- / " lywood, California, 90028. • The SREB and six southern universi¬ ties are offering seminars and fellowships for southern journalists for the spring of 1966. News and editorial personnel may at¬ tend seminars or receive grants for study at one of the universities. Applications should be submitted immediately. Obtain from: Reed Sarratt, Director, Journalism Project, SREB, 130 Sixth St., N.W., At¬ lanta, Georgia 30313. • February 15 is the deadline for com¬ pleted applications for the University of Southern California NDEA Graduate Fel¬ lowships in instructional technology (in¬ cluding ETV). Info from Greg Trzebia- towski, Dept, of Instructional Technology, School of Education, U. of Southern Cali¬ fornia, Los Angeles, California 90007. • Applicants for the University of Utah summer NDEA institute for advanced study in the educational media have until March 21 to apply. Dates are June 20 to August 12. Info from W. D. Brumbaugh, 210 Bennion Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112. • March 15 is the deadline for entries in the 18th annual Alfred P. Sloan radio- TV highway safety awards. Blanks and info from the Alfred P. Sloan Radio-TV Awards, 200 Ring Building, Washington, D.C. 20036. FCC Denies MPATI Request On December 13, the FCC released its denial of MPATI’s petition requesting re¬ consideration of the Report and Order of July 2, 1965. That Order had denied MP ATI’s request for regular airborne operation to provide educational program¬ ing on Channels 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, and 82, but permitted experimental airborne opera¬ tions to continue on Channels 72 and 76 for five years. The NAEB had opposed the petition for reconsideration, saying that oth¬ er means could be better employed to achieve the common goal of a viable nation¬ wide system of ETV. "Right to Tape" Forms Wanted Michael F. Harkins, coordinator of ITV, Board of Public Instruction, Jacksonville, Florida, is looking for information and sam¬ ples of “right to tape” agreements for ITV teachers. Readers willing to share their ex¬ periences on this may write him at the above address. McBride & Robertson Join TV Board Newly elected to the NAEB Board of Directors by members of the Television Division are Jack McBride, general man¬ ager, KUON-TV, University of Nebraska, and manager, Nebraska ETV Association, and James Robertson, general manager, KCET, Los Angeles. Other new Board members were announced in the January Newsletter. ITI Project Offers Consultant Service Schools and colleges which use or plan to use either radio or TV as part of their regular instruction program may seek help from the new field consultant service of the NAEB’s project for the Improvement of Televised Instruction. Teams of one to five persons, tailored to fit specific needs, will visit requesting institutions for three to five days. The core group of 80 experienced pro¬ fessionals from which the first teams will be selected represents these areas: instruc¬ tion, curriculum development, resource util¬ ization, institutional administration, instruc¬ tional television teaching, and production. The chief adminstrative officer of a re¬ questing institution, or anyone seeking in¬ formation, should contact the ITI Project, NAEB, Washington. Western Radio-TV Group to Meet The Western Radio and Television Asso¬ ciation will meet in San Francisco Febru¬ ary 2-4 for its 19th annual conference. Among the speakers will be FCC Commis¬ sioner Robert E. Lee, NAEB President William Harley, Tedson Meyers of the Peace Corps, and Edwin G. Cohen, execu¬ tive director of the National Center for School and College Television. Sessions will cover national and regional educational and instructional TV, foreign broadcasting, gov¬ ernment support of ETV, new technical de¬ velopments, space communications, and UHF broadcasting. 1