Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1963)

DATEBOOK A calendar of important meetings and events in the field of communications •Indicates first or revised listing OCTOBER Oct. 6-8 — Annual convention of the Nebraska Broadcasters Association, Town Park hotel, Scottsbluff. Les Hilliard, president of KOLT Scottsbluff, is convention chairman. Oct. 7 — ASCAP symposium for young composers and lyricists, 8 p.m., Lytton Center of Visual Arts, Hollywood. Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer will discuss conducting and motion picture songs. Oct. 7-8 — Radio Advertising Bureau management conference at the Town House motor hotel, Omaha. Oct. 7-9 — Annual fall meeting of the Kentucky Broadcasters Association, Owensboro Downtown motel, Owensboro, Ky. The program begins at 5 p.m. Oct. 7 with a meeting of the board of directors. Oct. 7-Nov. 8 — International Radio Conference on Space Allocations, Geneva. The conference is sponsored by the International Telecommunications Union. Chairman of the U. S. delegation is Joseph H. McConnell, president of Reynolds Metal Co., Richmond, Va. Other members of the U. S. delegation include Jacob D. Beam, former ambassador to Poland; T. A. M. Craven, former FCC commissioner; Lt. Colonel Edward N. Wright, U. S. Air Force: Senators Norris Cotton (R-N.H.) and John O. Pastore (D-R.I.); Representative Oren Harris (D-Ark.), and FCC Chairman E. William Henry. Oct. 8 — Broadcast Advertising Club of Chicago luncheon, 12 noon. Speaker is Donald H. McGannon, Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. president-chairman. SheratonChicago. Oct. 8 — Ninth Wisconsin FM Station Clinic, Center Building, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Harold A. Engel, chairman. Oct. 8-10 — International Film Festival, Barbizon Plaza hotel, New York. Oct. 9 — Hollywood Press Club, dinner meeting at the Beverly Wilshire hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif. Paul Adorian, general director of Associated-Rediffusion Ltd., London, will make the main address. Oct. 10-11— Television— Its Role in the Democratic Process, conference sponsored by Reed College, Portland, Ore. Speakers include Senator Warren G. Magnuson (DWash.); Frank Stanton, president of CBS Inc.; Robert Kintner, president of NBC; FCC Commissioner Kenneth A. Cox; Robert D. Swezey, director of NAB code authority; Lawrence Laurent, radio-TV critic, The Washington Post. Oct. 10-12 — Annual fall conference of Alabama Broadcasters Association, Hotel Stafford, Tuscaloosa. Registration begins 3 pjn. Oct. 10, followed by social hour and meetings of board of directors and past presidents. Part of the program on Oct. 11-12 will be held in the Union Building on campus of University of Alabama, with members attending the Alabama-Florida football game on afternoon of Oct. 12. Oct. 11-13 — American Women in Radio and Television west-central area conference. Holiday Inn South, Des Moines, Iowa. "Oct. 12— Annual fall meeting of UPI Broadcasters of Michigan. Ann Arbor. Oct. 12-13— Fall meeting of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association, de Ville Motor hotel, St. Louis. Oct. 12-13 — Meeting of Missouri Associated Press Radio-TV Association, Arrowhead Lodge, Lake Ozark. Oct. 13-18 — Second Advanced Advertising WTV, Ne« V^f;^,, "VIEW FROM THE BRIO* as lhe preceding ad insert went to press. Results it wed M m.9% auiiwe wn ■ WOR-TV 20.2 WPIX 10.0 WNBC-TV ...13.7 WABC-TV ... 8.4 WCBS-TV ...13.0 WNEW-TV .. 3.9 Walter Reade/Stenling/ Inc 241 East 34th Slreet, New York 16, N.Y. • MU 3-6300 United Press International news produces! BROADCASTING, October 7, 1963 17