NAEB Engineering Newsletter (June 1, 1958)

a major portion of the workshop program will be de¬ voted to kinescope recordings of television programs, a comprehensive technical description of the Ampex Videotape Recorder will be given, followed by a demonstration of the equipment at WGN-TV, The Chicago Tribune station, where installation has just been completed. The possibility of a change to record¬ ing programs on magnetic tape is one that has in¬ trigued educational station administrators since the initial announcement of this process two years ago. Over one hundred of these video tape recorders will be in service at network centers and commercial sta¬ tions by the end of this month. Highlighting the five-day program will be talks and' demonstrations by representatives of broadcast¬ ing networks, equipment manufacturers, and allied services, as well as a number of speakers drawn from the ranks of education TV broadcasters. The program of the workshop covers studio prac¬ tices affecting kinescope recording, camera adjust¬ ment procedures, kinescope set-up procedures, stand¬ ardization and control measures, film characteristics, densitometry, printing and processing quality control, as well as film laboratory practices. Other topics to to be discussed are calibration and measurement equipment, sound pick-up, monitoring, equalization, and film editing. Several periods have been set aside for group discussion of problems arising from chang¬ ing film stock and processing laboratories, unusual techniques and equipment modifications, experiences in dealing with film laboratories and the economics of kinescope recording. The Workshop has been arranged and participants selected by the NAEB Engineering Committee whose chairman is Carl H. Menzer, director of WSUI-KSUI. Program details have been arranged by Duane Weise, director of engineering for WTTW and' Cecil S. Bid- lack, NAEB TV Engineer, coordinator for the work¬ shop. The following persons are scheduled to attend: Nelson Alquist, kinescope recording engineer, WKNO-TV, Memphis Community TV Foundation; Samuel A. Barbour, chief engineer, WHYY-TV, Metropolitan Philadephia Educational Radio and Televi¬ sion Corporation Corp.; Rob R. Beldon, chief engineer, WILL-AM- FM-TV, University of Illinois; William Boehme, School of Journalism §nd Communications, The University of Florida; John L. Boor, director of engineering, KTCS (TV), University of Washington; John Cullen, chief engineer, KRMA-TV, Denver Public Schools; Roderick Davis, chief engineer, TV Center, The University of Kansas; Adolph S. Dvorak, chief engineer, KUON-TV, University of Nebraska; Herbert Evans, chief engineer, WTHS-FM-TV, Dade County Board of Public Instruction, Miami; Edward W. Furstenberg, WHA-TV, University of Wisconsin; Harold D. Gorsuch, TV technical super¬ visor, WOSU-TV, Ohio State University; Edward Graham, Jr., chief engineer, WGTV, Georgia Center for Continuing Education, University of Georgia; Lawrence R. Griewski, studio technical supervisor, University of Michigan; James R. Leonard, chief engineer, WCET, Greater Cincinnati TV Educational Foundation; Floyd Malott, chief television engineer, Radio and Television Communications, Indiana University; Joseph Martel, recording supervisor, META, Inc., New York; Vorce C. McIntosh, chief engineer, University TV and Radio, The University of New Mexico; George L. Murphy, chief engineer, Educational Television, Auburn Polytechnic Institute; Robert Nissen, studio supervisor, KQED, Bay Area Educational Television Assn., San Francisco; C. D. Phillips, chief engineer, Television Center, State University of Iowa; Merlyn D. Rawson, chief engineer, Department of Tele¬ communications, University of Southern California; Edward Reed, KTCA-TV, Twin City Area Educational Television Corp.; R. Taylor Rogers, WUNC-TV, The University of North Carolina; Ralph Seitle, kinescope supervisor, WTTW, Chicago Educational Television Assn.; John Soergel, chief engineer, Radio and Television Center, Syra¬ cuse University; Glen Southworth, chief engineer, KWSC, The State College of Washington; Joseph E. Stuckey, chief engineer, Broadcasting Services, University of Alabama; Linn Towsley, chief engineer, WKAR-TV, Michigan State University; James Wulliman, chief engineer, WMVS-TV, Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools; Paul Yacich, kinescope supervisor, WDSU-TV (representing WYES- TV), New Orleans. ***** The NAEB Engineering Committee met in Chi¬ cago March 17 and 18. Many subjects were discussed and among them was the promotion of interest among engineers in NAEB and attendance at the NAEB national convention. This year, the convention is being held in Omaha, Neb., October 14 - 17. A number of NAEB stations are within easy driving range of Omaha. If we were to schedule a meeting of technical personnel for an afternoon, many of you could drive there in the morning, meet in the afternoon and drive home that evening. It would give us a chance to get together, get acquainted, have a special program planned at the convention, or if you choose, no program—just a talk session. It’s also been suggested that we could do the same thing at regional meetings or, in the absence of a regional meeting, we could get together on our own. Such a meeting was held at WBEZ in Chicago on June 10, 1954. We don’t have any figures on who at¬ tended or how many; however from the August, 1954 Newsletter, this meeting was adjudged a success and it was suggested that similar meetings might be held on an annual basis. We’d like to get an expression of opinion on hold¬ ing such a meeting either at the NAEB convention or on a regional or even a state basis. We hope the per¬ son who receives this Newsletter will call this to the attention of his technical staff and give us its reaction. ***** Another item discussed at the engineering com¬ mittee meeting concerned NAEB Educational Televi¬ sion Scholarships. (See article on p. 5) A grant from the Ford Foundation permits us to offer scholarship awards from $75 to $300 to employees of operating ETV units (stations or production centers) to per¬ mit attendance at workshops, summer sessions or regular university sessions. To date, no technical employee has been granted one of these scholarships for the simple reason that none has applied. We can’t go into the details of the application or other requirements here, but we have the information all compiled in a four-page leaflet and if you’re interested JUNE 1958 3