Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1959)

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WCSH-TV 6 NBC Affiliate Portland, Maine HUNTLEY BRINKLEY GERAGHTY WHO? Geraghty — Larry Geraghty. He is our news director. His team teams with their NBC counterparts from 6:30 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. to beat Station "B's" news a walloping 3.6 to 1* on average homes reached daily. Yes, the good news is on "6" where you get a bigger more receptive audience. Remember, too, you save an extra 5% when you buy a matching spot schedule on Channel 2 in Bangor. A MAINE BROADCASTING SYSTEM STATION *Source ARB WCSH-TV Portland (6) WLBZ-TV Bangor (2) WCSH Radio— Portland WLBZ Radio— Bangor WRDO Radio-Augusta BROADCASTING PUBLICATIONS INC. President Sol Taishoff Vice President Maury Long Vice President Edwin H. James Secretary H. H. Tash Treasurer B. T. Taishoff Comptroller Irving C. Miller Asst. Sec.-Treas Lawrence B. Taishoff BROADCASTING THE BUSINESS WEEKLY OF TELEVISION AND RADIO Executive and publication headquarters: Broadcasting • Telecasting Bldg., 1735 DeSales St., N.W., Washington 6, D.C. Telephone: Metropolitan 8-1022. Editor and Publisher Sol Taishoff Managing Editor Edwin H. James Senior Editors: Rufus Crater (New York), J. Frank Beatty, Bruce Robertson (Hollywood), Fred Fitzgerald, Earl B. Abrams, Lawrence Christopher. Special Projects Editor . David Glickman Associate Editor Harold Hopkins Assistant Editor: Dawson Nail; Staff Writers: George Darlington, Malcolm Oettinger, Jim Thomas, Leo Janos; Editorial Assistants: Bob Forbes, Rita Cournoyer, Patricia Funk; Secretary to the Publisher: Gladys L. Hall. BUSINESS V.P. & General Manager . Maury Long Sales Manager. .Winfield Levi (New York) Southern Sales Manager Ed Sellers Production Manager George L. Dant Traffic Manacer Harry Stevens Classified Advertising Doris Kelly Advertising Assistants: Merilyn Bean, John Henner, Ada Michael. Comptroller Irving C Miller Assistant Auditor Eunice Weston Secretary to Gen. Mgr Eleanor Schadi CIRCULATION & READERS' SERVICE Manager John P. Cosgrove Subscription Manager . . . Frank N. Gentile Circulation Assistants: Charles Browne, Gerry Cleary, David Cusick, Christine Haia geones, Marilyn Peizer. BUREAUS New York: 444 Madison Ave., Zone 22, Plaza 5-8354. Editorial Senior Editor Rufus Crater Bureau News Manager. . . Donald V. West Associate Editor David W. Berlyn N. Y. Features Editor . . . Rocco Famighetti Assistant Editor Jacqueline Eagle Staff Writers: Richard Erickson, Valli Farhi, Janet Lantz. Businesi Sales Manager Winfield R. Levi Sales Service Mgr. . Eleanor R. Manning Eastern Sales Manager. .Kenneth Cowan Advertising Assistant. . . Donna Trolinger Chicago: 360 N. Michigan Ave., Zone 1, Central 6-4115. Midwest News Editor John Osbon Midwest Sales Mgr. Warren W. Middleton Assistant Barbara Kolar Hollywood: 6253 Hollywood Blvd., Zone 28, Hollywood 3-3148. Senior Editor Bruce Robertson Western Sales Manager Bill Merritt Assistant Virginia Strieker Toronto: 11 Burton Road, Zone 10, Hudson 9-2694. Correspondent: James Montagnes. BROADCASTING* Magazine was founded in 1931 by Broadcasting Publications Inc., using the title: BROADCASTING* — The News Magazine of the Fifth Estate. Broadcast Advertising* was acquired in 1932, Broadcast Reporter in 1933 and Telecast* in 1953. * Reg. U. S. Patent Office Copyright 1959 by Broadcasting Publications Inc. 26 BROADCASTING, October 5, 1959