National Association of Educational Broadcasters Records, 1925-1977 (bulk 1950-1970) | Membership, Correspondence, 1943-1954 (Box 067, Folder 03)

Harwood, Kenneth

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Flynn, Roy

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WRUL (Radio Station : Boston, Mass.)

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WRUL was the call sign for the radio station that began as W1XAL in Boston, Massachusetts, which was founded on October 15, 1927. Four days after Britain and France declared war on Germany, on September 7, 1939, the Federal Communications Commission assigned call letters WRUL (for World Radio University Listeners) to the station. As it had a large worldwide listening audience, which regularly corresponded with the station and a high power transmitter it was seen by British Security Co-ordination...

Dunn, John W., 1903-1991

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John W. Dunn was born on December 2, 1903. For much of his career, he worked at the University of Oklahoma, at WNAD radio station from at least 1947 to at least 1955, and as Director of the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority and Director of Radio and Television at the University of Oklahoma in 1954. Dunn held many positions in the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. From 1944-1946, he was a member of the NAEB Board of Directors. From 1947-1948, he was the NAEB Vice President...

WNAD (Radio station : Norman, Okla.)

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WNAD, the University of Oklahoma's radio station, was founded in September 1921 and was a member of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. In 1936, it was producing about 45 programs per week, 95% of which were educational and 5% of which were entertainment. Its program types were 50% music, 33% speaking, 10% dramatics, and 7% miscellaneous. That year, it also added academic courses taught by university professors and engineering lectures given by university students to its radio ...

KFDY (Radio Station : Brookings, SD)

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KFDY was the South Dakota State College (now South Dakota State University) radio station and a member of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. It was founded on April 23, 1923 in Brookings, South Dakota, and in its early years, had a focus primarily on agriculture-related programs. In 1936, it was producing about 39 programs per week, about 70% of which were educational and 30% of which were entertainment. Also in 1936, about 40% of its total programs were music, 40% were speaki...

Miles, James S.

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James Southard Miles was born on September 22, 1916 in Ohio. Miles attended Ohio State University and worked at WOSU, Ohio State's radio station. From 1936-1943, he worked in Charleston, West Virginia, Columbus, Ohio, Dayton, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Indiana as a commercial announcer. In 1939, 1941, and 1943, he served as a Reading Clerk for the Ohio House of Representatives. In 1943, he began working at Purdue University's WBAA radio station in various roles over the years including manager and pr...

KUSD (Radio station : Vermillion, S.D.)

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KUSD was the name of a former AM radio station run by the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota, and a current FM radio station run by South Dakota Public Broadcasting. KUSD AM's call letters and its first license for regular programming were granted on May 27, 1922, although the station held earlier licenses dating back several years. One of its original call signs was WEAJ. Student E.O. Lawrence (who later won a Nobel Prize in Physics) and USD Dean Lewis Akeley were largely re...

WCAT (Radio station : Rapid City, S.D.)

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WCAT was the first campus radio station at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota. It first broadcast in September 1922. The AM station was founded by students from the Electrical Engineering department. The station was licensed to broadcast at a wavelength of 485 meters at a power of 750 watts. Later, the station operated on 1200 kilohertz at a power of 100 watts. The station's call-letters, WCAT, were an abbreviation for "Wildcat Radio." Originally, the stu...

WBAA (Radio station : West Lafayette, Ind.)

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WBAA was licensed April 4, 1922 and is owned and operated by Purdue University. A frequent broadcaster of educational radio programming, WBAA was a member of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters and put particular emphasis on producing programs for both a general audience and public school students. Some of WBAA's produced programs as part of the NAEB covered subjects ranging from atomic energy to racism in the United States.From the combined records of the National Association ...

Ausmus, Graydon, 1911-1978

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Graydon Ausmus (1911 - 1978) was a radio broadcasting executive who formerly ran The University of Alabama’s Radio Broadcasting Service Extension division at WUOA-FM starting in the late 40s. In addition to his leadership role at WUOA, he became involved with the NAEB very early on in the 40s, serving first on the Board of Directors (1947-49), then at different times as President (1952-54), Vice President (1950-51), and Treasurer. Through the 50s he oversaw many flagship documentary series at WU...