These recordings featured highlights from the National Association of Educational Broadcasters 40th Annual Convention in 1964.An online collection of early educational public radio content from the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB).
https://www.unlockingtheairwaves.org/programs/national-association-of-educational-broadcasters-40th-annual-convention-1964/
National Association of Educational Broadcasters Convention Keynote (2nd half) and General Business Session (Part I)
This session features a welcome by Austin mayor Lester E. Palmer as well as remarks by psychologist and filmmaker Lester F. Beck and William McCarter, the manager of WETA in Washington, D.C. NAEB president William G. Harley discussed the importance of dues to the organization's functions.
National Association of Educational Broadcasters Convention Educational Broadcasting and NDEA
This session provides an overview of the National Defense Education Act of 1958. This far-reaching program provided such things as student loans, fellowship grants, guidance programs, programs for the purchase of equipment; and, last but not least, a twofold aspect to support research and experimentation in the uses of television, radio, motion pictures, and related media for educational purposes—and to disseminate this information by all appropriate means.
National Association of Educational Broadcasters Convention Industrial Session Part 2
This session continues a discussion on technical and equipment issues concerning studio design and sharing educational television programming with students.
National Association of Educational Broadcasters Convention Second General Session
The second general session of the 40th annual convention, featuring a speech by Dr. James Finn, professor of education and head of the department of instructional technology at the University of Southern California, as well as a lecture by FCC commissioner Robert T. Barley.