25th Birthday

Broadcasting celebrated its 25th anniversary year last week. Kiwanis International, which tactfully considers all success deserved, gave every broadcasting station in the U.S. and Canada an impartial, luncheon-hour backslap. But Ohio State University's Institute for Education by Radio took a long look at the birthday boy and handed him a lemon.

In the field of education, the Institute announced, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.'s "cultural" programs were "by far the finest submitted"--were, in fact, "radio at its best." CBC gives the public "radio drama of originality, emotional appeal and intellectual integrity. . . ." CBC's dramatic programs show "courage and leadership in attacking vital, current human problems." The three judges said sadly of radio in general: "Frankly ... we felt no great surge of pride. . . . There was a surprising lack of1) freshness of approach, 2) imagination, 3) virility, 4) objectivity [in] both writing and production."

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