Year book of motion pictures (1951)

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General Manager John M. Outler, Jr. Commercial Manager Frank Gaither Program Director Marcus Bartlett Promotion Director Vincent Piano Dir. of News & Spec. Events lames Bridges Production Manager Mark Toalson Publicity Director Wayne Anderson Film Director Jean Hendrix Chief Engineer C. F. Daugherty ILLINOIS WB K B CHICAGO— 1940— CBS Channel: 4 AP: 7.5 Kw VP: 11 Kw. Owned-Operoted By. . . .Balaban & Katz Corp, Bus.-Studio Address 190 North State St. Phone Number RAndoIph 6-8210 Transmitter Location 33 North LaSalle St. Air Time 112 hours weekly News Service UP. INS Representative Weed Membership TBA General Manager John H. Mitchell Comptroller Mathew E. Vierocker Program Manager S. C. Quintan Dir. of News & Spec. Events Ulmer Turner Publicity Director John Davis Production Manager William Ryan Film Director George Rice Dir. of Remotes Phil Ruskin Chief Engineer William P. Kusack WENR-TV CfflCAGO— 1948— ABC Chonnel: 7 AP: 2.4 Kw VP: 4.35 Kw. Owned-Opercrted By American Bcstg. Co. Business-Studio Address .... 20 N. Wacker Dr. Phone Number ANdover 3-7800 Transmitter Location Atop Opera Bldg. Air Time 77 V* hours weekly News Service AP, INS, UP Representative ABC Spot Sales Membership NARTB V.P. in Chg John H. Norton, Jr. General Manager James Stirton Sta., Comm. Mgr Roy McLaughlin Program Director Fred Killion Promotion Director Dean D. Linger Dir. of News & Spec. Events .Cornelius O'Dea Publicity Director EUiotl Henry Film Director Polly Thompson Chief Engineer Edward C. Horstmcm WGN-TV CHICAGO— 1948— DuM Channel: 9 AP: 7.3 Kw VP: 11.2 Kw. Owned-Operated By WGN, Inc. Business Address 441 N. Michigan Ave Phone Number SUperior 7-0100 Transmitter Location Tribune Tower Air Time 100 hours weekly Newspaper Affiliation Chicago Tribune News Service AP, UP Representative Keenan & Eickelberg President Col. Robert R. McCormick General Manager Frank P. Schreiber Director of Operations Vernon R. Brooks Commercial Manager. .William A. McGuineas TV Sales Manager George S. Harvey Program Director Jay E. Faraghan Director of News Spencer Allen Facilities Manager George F. Petterson Promotion Director Charles A. Wilson Publicity Director James Honlon Film Director Elizabeth Bain Director of Remotes Donald Cook Chief Engineer Carl J. Meyers W N B Q CHICAGO— 1 949— NBC Channel: 5 AP: 11.8 Kw CP: 21.8 Kw. Owned-Operated By Notional Bcstg. Co. Business-Studo Address. .. .Merchandise Mart Phone Number SUperior 7,8300 Transmitter Location Civic Opera Bldg. Air Time 82 hours weekly News Service AP. INS. UP Representative NBC Spot Sales Membership NARTB President of NBC Joseph McConnell V.P. & Gen. Mgr I. E. Showerman Station Manager Jules Herbuveoux Commercial Manager John J. McPartlin Program Director Arthur Jacobson Promotion Director John Keys Dir. of News & Spec. Events. . .William B. Ray Publicity Director Jack Ryan Film Director Isabel Cooney Chief Engineer Howard C. Luttgens W H B F-T V ROCK ISLAND— 1950— ABC-CBS DuM Channel: 4 AP: 5.5 Kw VP: 11.0 Kw. Owned-Oper. By Rock Island Bcstg. Co. Bus.-Trans. Address. . .Telco Bldg., 231 18th St. Phone Number R. 1. 6-5441 Air Time 43 hours weekly News Service INS Representative Avery-Knodel, Inc. Membership NARTB President Ben H. Potter Gen., Sta. Mgr Leslie C. Johnson Commercial Manoger Maurice Corken Program Director Forest W. Cooke Promotion Director (Miss) Fern Hawks Prod. Mgr., Dir. of News and Spe. Events Charles F. Harrison Publicity Director (Miss) Fern Hawks Film Director Bunny Smith Chief Engineer Robert J. Sinnett Consulting Engineer E. C. Page INDIJlHa WTT V BLOOMINGTON— 1949 ABC-CBS-NBC-DuM Channel: 10.... AP: 3.31 Kw VP: 6.38 Kw. Owned-Oper. By Sorkes Tarzian, Inc. Address 535 S. Walnut St Phone Number 2-3366 779