Yearbook of radio and television (1964)

RADIO & TV INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS BRANCH OFFICES 235 Montgomery St., San Francisco 4, Calif. Phone: 986-2200 1 E. Wacker Dr., Chicago 1, III. Phone: 329-9114 FUNCTIONS The A.A.A.A. is the national association of the advertising agency business, through which member agencies work toward the following aims: To foster, strengthen and improve the advertising agency business. To advance the cause of advertising as a whole. To give service to members. AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION 5 Beekman St., New York 38, N. Y. Phone: COrtlandt 7-1374 OFFICERS President Joseph P. Selly Secty.-Treas. .William Bender BRANCH OFFICES Eastern Branch, 1737 Chestnut Street, Phila. 3, Pa. Phone: LO 4-1251. Mort Borrow, President, Local 1. FUNCTIONS Independent Union, Broadcast Department devoted to organization of all employees In the Radio Broadcasting Industry, excepting Musicians and Actors. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS 425 Park Ave., New York 22, N. Y. Phone: PLaza 8-0600 OFFICERS President Herman D. Kenin Vice-Pres William J. Harri Secretary Stanley Ballard Treasurer George V. Clancy EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Hal C. Davis, C. H. Kennedy, Alfred J. Manuti, Walter M. Murdoch, Lee Repp. BRANCH OFFICE 220 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Newark 4, N. J. Phone HUmboldt 4-6600. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION & RADIO ARTISTS (AFTRA) 742 Fifth Ave., New York 19, N. Y. Phone: COIumbus 5-3267 NATIONAL OFFICERS President .Vicki Vola 1st Vice-President Tyler McVey 2nd Vice-President .Arwin Schweig 3rd Vice-President. David H. Schnabe! 4th Vice-President .William H. Deal 5th Vice-President. . ............ Evelyn Freyman 6th Vice-President. Larry Ward 7th Vice-President .John Milton Kennedy Treasurer Ray Heatherton Recording Secretary Jud Conlon BRANCH OFFICES 1551 N. LaBrea, Hollywood 28, Calif. Phone: Hollywood 4-5123. Claude L. McCue, Western Regional Director. 102 E. Hubbard St., Chicago 11, III. Phone: WHifehall 3-1344. Raymond A. Jones, Central Regional Director. FUNCTIONS Union affiliated with A, F. of L., representing radio and TV performers (actors, singers, announcers), for collective bargaining purposes. AMERICAN GUILD OF AUTHORS AND COMPOSERS 158 W. 55th St., New York 19, N. Y. Phone: PLaza 7-8833 OFFICERS President Burton Lane Vice-President Edward Eliscu 2nd Vice-President Jay Gorney Treasurer Jock Segal Secretary Dorothy Fields Executive Director Miriam Stern Copyright Dept's. Head Margaret Thiele Counsel Leon Kellman COUNCIL Abel Baer, Chairman; Stanley Adams, H. C; Richard Adier, Louis Alter, Clinton Ballard, Jr.; Walter Bishop, Johnny Burke, Edward Eliscu, Duke Ellington, Jay Gorney, Edward Heyman, Alex Kramer, Burton Lane, Jack Lawrence, Edgar Leslie, H.C.; John Jacob Loeb, Bob Merrill, Joseph Meyer, Vic Mizzy, Arthur Schwartz, H.C., Jack Segal, Virgil Thomson, Charles Tobias, Pete Wendling, H.C.; Leonard Whitcup. H.C.: Honorary Council. BRANCH OFFICE 6331 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, Calif. Phone: Hollywood 2-1108. Harold Spino, Chairman, West Coast Comm, FUNCTIONS The objects of this Association are and shall be: To cultivate and establish harmony and unity of action and understanding among the members of the Association, and between them and corporations, firms or individuals with whom they have or may have business dealings, and to promote the equitable adjustment of all matters relating to the professional work of the members. AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS 1841 Broadway, New York 23, N. Y. Phone: COIumbus 5-3687-8-9 NATIONAL OFFICERS President Joihn Srownlee 1st Vice-President Walter Cassel 2nd Vice-President George London 3rd Vice-President Frank D'Elia 4th Vice-President Elizabeth Hoeppel 5th Vice-President. Robert Ackart Treasurer Lawrence Davidson Recording Secretary .Ann Ayars National Executive Secretary Hyman R. Faine BRANCH OFFICES 6636 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Cal. Phone: HO 2-2334. Lee Harris, Rep. 215 S. Broad St., Philadelphio, Pa. Phone: Kl 5-4310. Edward Davis, Rep. 1 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, III. Phone: Fl 6-6677. Sanford Wolff, Rep. 704 Bellevue N., Seattle 2, Wash., Phone: CA 0438, George Peckham, Rep. 436 O'FarreM St., San Francisco 2, Cal. Phone: PRospect 5-3070. Mrs. Diane Fivey, Rep. 621 La Barre Rd., New Orleans, La. Phone: VErnon 3-2248, Earl Von Hoven, Rep. 519 Jarvis St., Toronto 5, Ont., Canada. Phone WA 4-6532. Larry H. McCance, Rep. FUNCTIONS A labor organization having jurisdiction ifl the fields of opera, concert, ballet and dance; a branch of the Associated Actors and Artists of America. Its scope is noitionwide, covering the United States and Canada, and its activities consist of protecting the interests and working conditions of its members in the above fields as well as the furthering and expansion of opera, concert and ballet institutions and performances throughout the United States and Canada. AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS (AGVA) 551 Fifth Ave., New York 17, N. Y. 651