A discussion of an experimental project in Nicaragua using limited resources--the radio, a worksheet, a teachers' guide, and some simple materials--to teach mathematics effectively. (Author/HB)

Data collected by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting indicate that more than 70 percent of all institutions of higher education make some use of television. Ten percent use it only for noninstructional purposes such as promotion, recruitment, or staff development; 61 percent use it for instruction; and 36 percent use it to supplement existing…

Activities of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in its fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, are described in terms of telecommunications activities, planning and research, human resources development, satellite technology, and general financing of public broadcasting. Other information includes a CPB assessment of its goals and…

This article reports on the progress of Dahomey's educational radio project, which is being assisted by the Office de Cooperation Radiophonique in Paris. The three radio program formats currently in use are described, and the project's future hopes and prospects are considered. (LS)

The pamphlet is a collection of four articles. "Tuned-in" Blind People, by C. Stanley Potter, describes at length the Radio Talking Book program of the Minnesota State Services for the Blind and Visually Handicapped and the work of the Communications Center, charged with coordinating all facets of programing and airing. A Private Sonic Boom…

The radio study campaign combined elements of listening group and study group traditions and added group leaders trained in democratic leadership principles, a text book, and a study guide. It was hoped that the campaign would create a deeper sense of national awareness and, by highlighting the achievements since Tanzanian independence, give…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigns segments of the radio spectrum to categories of users, and specific frequencies within each segment to individual users. Since demand for channel space exceeds supply, the process is complex. The radio spectrum can be compared to a long ruler: the portion from 10-540 kiloHertz has been set aside…

Several hundred audio tapes and cassettes that are available from the Pacifica Tape Library, Berkeley, California, are listed in this 60-page catalog. The tapes are available to schools, colleges, libraries, and educational organizations; however they may not be used for broadcasting except by Pacifica Affiliates. Tapes are classified according to…

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) continued to grow in fiscal year 1971, its third year of operation. Fourteen new public television stations began broadcasting, bringing 7.9 million more persons within receiving range, and bringing the total number of TV stations to 207. Income increased 18 per cent to $14 million due largely to more…

It is not surprising that the interactivity affects radio and its applications. Besides, after radio began its first broadcasting, new inventions affected its development two ways: 1) the first one was the technological developments of sciences. For instance, the invention of transistors made it possible to create very small radio machines, and…

A description of the services provided by KCMW-FM and CMS-TV, educational radio and television, at Central Missouri State University, Warrenburg Missouri. (HB)