Land-Grant College Radio Hour

The Land-Grant College Radio Hour was presented by students, alumni, and faculty of the University of Nevada for the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Broadcasting Company of the NBC National Blue Network, on July 20, 1938. The theme, How the Land-Grant College Aids in Meeting Changing Conditions, was written and directed by Alfred L. Higginbotham, professor of Journalism.

Opening the program was university regent, Silas Ross. Acting as announcer was Jennings Pierce, Director of Agriculture, Western Division National Broadcasting Company, who conducted interviews with J. A. Carpenter, Director, Mackay School of Mines, and Cecil W. Creel, President of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities and Director of the University of Nevada Extension Service. Skits were presented by students on the history and development of the state and the university. Music was presented by university students and faculty, and included University of Nevada songs, and a group of songs identified as typical tunes of the livestock and mining industries, and other native songs. Theodore Post conducted the music and William C. Miller directed the historical sketches.