NAEB Newsletter (April 1, 1966)

r CBS-TV, addressed a recent seminar on set design at the South Carolina network. This was the third in a series of seminars to keep personnel up-to-date in the latest production techniques; others have dealt with directing and lighting, and engineering and production are scheduled for this spring. ^ In its March program bulletin, WGBH, Boston, invites viewers to come to the studio to watch The French Chef produce one of her programs. Tickets are $5 each. ^ When WGBH’s sister station, WGBX, goes on the air, it Will devote part of Sun¬ day nights to “experimental” programs. The station will also supply color programing to NET stations, and plans to buy three live color cameras and two color tape re¬ corders. ^ KRMA-TV, Denver, is modifying its transmitter and purchasing equipment to allow it to telecast films, slides and video¬ tape programs in color. Completion is ex¬ pected in about a year. ^ During March, WMHT, Schenectady, is phasing out much of the off-air pickup from Boston because of persistent trans¬ mission difficulties. The station has tried a variety of ways to correct the problem, in¬ cluding putting up a microwave link to pick up the signal 40 miles closer to Bos¬ ton, but it still is not good enough. ^ In a recent program bulletin editorial, John C. Crabbe, general manager, KVIE, Sacramento, talks about the problems of broadcasting in an election year. He points out to his station’s audience that broad¬ casts of press conferences of the governor and legislative majority leaders can create impossible demands for “equal time” from opposing candidates—and asks his readers to express their feelings to those in gov¬ ernment who can help resolve the dilemma. ^ Minnesota’s fourth ETV station— KWCM-TV, Appleton—'began broadcasting the first week in February. Programing of KTCA-TV, St. Paul, is available to the Appleton station via a microwave relay system. ^ WQED, Pittsburgh, and WMHT, Schenectady, have both begun Saturday programing. ^ The Jerrold Corporation is doubling its production capacity; offices will move from 15th & Lehigh to 401 Walnut St., Phila¬ delphia. STATE AND REGIONAL ^ Kentucky expects to have instructional programs reaching every school and home in the state by 1968, with foundations of the state’s proposed ETV network to be laid this summer. The net will include twelve transmitters and eight production centers. Unlike other ETV systems, the Kentucky network will not charge schools for programs they receive. ^ Plans have been authorized for the sev¬ enth transmitting station of the Alabama ETV network. It will allow seven additional counties access to the net, which now covers over 85 per cent of the state. INTERNATIONAL ^ Natives of such countries as Holland, Israel, Yugoslavia, West Germany, and Britain now living in New York City will soon be able to hear a day of radio pro¬ grams from their native land in their na¬ tive tongue. WRVR (FM) will devote a day to each country that participates (over 30 have been invited), suspending its regu¬ lar programing from noon each day. Wal¬ ter P. Sheppard, WRVR program director, conceived of the project, for which WRVR has designated May as International Broad¬ casting Month. The station formed a panel of leaders in international communications to advise it on its unique project, and NAEB President William G. Harley is among the panel members. \ The Technological Institute of Monter¬ rey, Mexico, is moving ahead with ETV operations. The latest additions are two courses in accounting and one in psychol¬ ogy. ^ Wilbur Schramm, director of Stanford University’s Institute for Communication Research, predicts that in 10 to 20 years, it should be possible to broadcast TV direct¬ ly from satellites to home receivers. \ AID has sent a three-man team to Uganda and Kenya to study educational facilities with an eye toward improvement through the use of radio, TV, and exten¬ sion teaching. On the team are William G. Harley, NAEB president; Harold B. Mc¬ Carty, director, WHA, University of Wis¬ consin; and L. H. Adolfson, chancellor of the Center System of the University of Wisconsin. ^ Jerrold Sandler, NER executive direc¬ tor, reports that in recent weeks he has had a number of visitors concerned with development of educational radio as a ma¬ jor resource for a number of Latin-Ameri- can and African countries. Publications • UNESCO publishes a magazine cover¬ ing such topics as “My First Steps in Space” (by Aleksei Leonov), “Women in the New Asia,” “Water and Life,” “Re¬ birth of the Eskimos,” “Birth of a New Vaccine.” Subscriptions to the Unesco Courier are $5 a year, from: Unesco Pub¬ lications Center, 317 East Thirty-fourth Street, New York, N.Y. 10016. • The University of Washington Press has published the third edition of Say It Safely: Legal Limits in Publishing, Radio, and Television, by Paul P. Ashley. $3.95. • Dalton Levy, audiovisual director for the Plainedge schools, Massapequa, N.Y., tells readers of a recent issue of Nation’s Schools “What an ETV Manager Can Do for Your School.” He talks about a man¬ ager’s mastery of equipment, imagination in camera work, ability to ease tensions of nervous performers, and his help during planning sessions. • In a booklet being distributed by the TIO, Charles Winick reports on a study of data obtained from 287 general managers of TV stations. He says the representative manager is in his early forties, has been in his present position for five years, and is active with more than 40 community so¬ cial and welfare groups. • ITwIo new catalogs of 16mm films have been issued. The College Film Center cata¬ log lists over 1400 titles; copies free from: College Film Center, 332 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60604. “Feature Films on 16” contains information on 6,000 features; $5 each, payment must accompany order, from: Educational Film Library Association, 250 West 57th S,t„ New York, N.Y. 10019. • Robert M. Diamond and Eleanor C. Taylor have written “Classification Index for a Search and Retrieval System for Media Libraries.” Published by: Office for the Study of Instruction, University Col¬ lege, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla. • Two recent items distributed by NAB’s Television Information Office are a 26- page booklet, “How Good are Television Ratings?” and copies of an address by Burns W. Roper to the American Bankers Association. In the latter, usihg the Xerox UN programs and another example, Mr. Roper concludes, that “. . . the risks of sponsoring television shows with serious, even controversial content, are generally less than supposed, and are heavily out¬ weighed by the probable public relations Igain. . . .” • Scholastic Teacher for February 18 carries a lead story called “Educational TV and the Classroom Teacher,” in which sev¬ eral NAEB officials and news releases are quoted. • The Atomic Energy Commission has issued a new catalog of 16mm films avail¬ able for free loan, many of which are cleared for ETV stations. • A compilation of 1000 “Films Relat¬ ing to Communism” is obtainable at $4 each from: Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda, School of Inter¬ national Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90007. • Communications Research and School- Community Relations, a 238-page seminar report edited by Leslie Kindred, may be obtained at $2.40 each, prepaid, from: Tem¬ ple University Book Store, Temple Uni¬ versity, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122. • The Penn State Reporter for January 24 carries a feature story on “Atop the Lonely Mountain,” the transmitter site for WPSX-TV. • The Wall Street Journal for January 4 carries an article by Glynn Mapes about ETV across the country and headed “Mid¬ dlebrows Wanted: ETV Offers More Shows with Broader Appeal.” • Dean Archie N. Jones of the Con¬ servatory of Music of the University of Missouri at Kansas City, writes about cul¬ ture in a recent Conservatory bulletin. He APRIL, 1966 3