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Public Broadcasting Timeline: 1940-1949
- Association of Educational Radio begins
- Marcus Cohn: Staff member, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) (1940-1944)
1941:
- WILL-FM then (WIUC) starts with first FM license issued to a university
- WNYC applies for 93.9 frequency of FM - gets antenna two years later
1942:
- Ohio University's School of Dramatic Arts and Speech starts a "wired-wireless" station on the Athens Campus - (early WOUB (Athens, OH) history)
1944:
- Frank E. Schooley: President, National Association of Educational Broadcasters (1944-1945, 1955-1956)
1945:
- The National Education Association (NEA) establishes its Division of Audio-Visual Instructional Service (early history of AECT)
- Oscar Reed: Headed Jansky & Bailey Broadcast and Television Department (1945-1960): work included supervising design of AM, FM and television broadcast facilities
- Ralph W. Steetle
- Helped build WLSU (Louisiana State University)
- Regional Director, National Association of Educational Broadcasters
1946:
- Pacifica Radio is founded by Lewis Hill, Eleanor McKinney and others
- Bremer Broadcasting Corporation starts station WATV to serve the Newark, NJ area (early history of WNET)
1947:
- Department of Visual Instruction (DVI) changes its name to Department of Audio-Visual Instruction (DAVI) (early history of AECT)
- William M. Brish serves as Superintendent of Schools, Washington County, Maryland (1947-1973)
- Frank E. Schooley: Board of Directors, National Association of Educational Broadcasters
- WHA-FM (Madison, WI) begins
1948:
- Edwin G. Burrows: Program Director, WUOM (Ann Arbor, MI)
- Dean W. Coston: Chief Engineer, WUOM (Ann Arbor, MI) (1948-1961)
- Frank E. Schooley: Station Manager, WILL-FM (1948-1972)
1949:
- Allerton House Seminar on Educational Broadcasting at the University of Illinois, July 1949
- John C. Crabbe: Station Manager, KUOP-FM
- Ralph W. Steetle: Participant, Allerton House conference on status and future of educational broadcasting
- WOI-FM becomes one of the first stations in Iowa to transmit with FM: December 1, 1949
- WOUI-FM (precursor to WOUB-FM (Athens, OH)) becomes the first FM station on any Ohio campus and the third FM station in the nation
