U. S. Radio (Jan-Dec 1960)

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names and faces Noting the Changes Among The People of the Industry AGENCIES George C. Reeves, manager, J. \\ allei liioiiipson Inc., Chicago elected vice-president. Radford Stone. Har^ey M. LaTerre, formerly of NliC, and Ken Shaw, Paul Bines, ])reviously with J. Walter Thompson Inc., New York, appointed to media department, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather Inc., New York. Roy Pa.ssman, dir. of radio, tv and motion pictmc dcpt., and Alvin Kracht, former associate media director, both named vice-presidents by J. M. Mathes Inc., New York. Also at Mathes. M. J. Holmes Jr., formerly asst. merchandising manager with Rheem Manidacturing Co., appointed media buyer. Harold Miller, formerly v. p. in charge of media, Benton & Bowles Inc., New York, elected v. p. and associate media director by Grey Advertising Inc., New York. Samuel B, Vitt, v. p. at Doherty, C^lidord, Steers Sc Shenfield Inc., New York, appointed media director; Jane Haeberly appointed producer, radio and tv department. William M. Schmick, formerly director of new prothu ts, Colgate-Palm<)li\e hu.. named v. p. and dir. of marketing at Donahue ^v; Coe Inc., New \'ork. Agency also appointed Lawrence D. Gibson, former niarkciing research director with .\mcrican Molasses Co., to \.p. and research director. James \. Jordan, lormerly with Bartell Broadcasting Co. Inc., San l-ranc is( o, and J. C. Danielson, form new agency. |orilan Danielson .\dvertising, San Francisco. Jack Cantwell moves from Compton ,\dvertising Inc., New York, to Sullivan, Stauder, Colwell 8: Bayles Inc., New York, as vice president. STATIONS Cal Culver, former station manager, KF\R-T\' Bismarck, N. D., named station manager by KBOM, Bismarck-Mandan. Dwight Ca.se, formerly gen. sis. mgr., KRAK Sac rameiuo; ^V'illiam Hoftyzer, previously with KFRC; San Fiancisco; Sam Posner, formerly gen. mgr., KB.W-FM San Francisco, named account executives at k(,)B\ San Francisco. Stuart C. Burr, salesman for Edwards Co., Inc., named sales account exec, at KRLA Los .\ngeles. Dick Stone, account exec, .\very-Knodel Inc., New York, and Don Huber, account exec, Cintis .Advertising Co., New York, named to sales staff, W.\BC New ^'ork. Janet Byers, previously advertising and sales promotion mgr., KYW Clcvelancl, appointed advertising manager for Crowell-Collier Broadcasting Inc. and KFWB Hollywood. George S. Dietrich, formerly with NBC Spot Sales, appoiiucd station manager, ^VNBC New York. Donald R. Rupert, account exec, WRIT Milwaukee, promoted to sales manager. John Rhys Evans, previously account exec. KIRO .Seattle, becomes national sales manager, KBCS-FM .Seattle, to general manager, KRIB Mason City, la. Mrs. Shirley M. Ott, formerlv sales manager, promoted to general manager, KRIB Mason City, la. Edward R. Rooney, formerly with Cincinnati Sidjurban Bell Telephone Co., named account exec, at WKRC Cincinnati. Sheldon Engel named general manager, K\l\' Phoenix. Ari/. Judith Lawton, formerlv asst. dir., radio-tv, \'aiue-Fawcett Associates, Hawaii, becomes station manager, KNDI Honolulu. E. C. Hughes, account exec, with KIEV Glendale, Calif., named account exec, at KLAC Los .Angeles. (^^^^I^ Rooney Byers 70 REPRESENTATIVES John Falcetta, previously asst. dir., sales jjromotion, H-R Representatives Inc., New York, named to head promotion-publicity department, Fhe Boiling Co. Inc., New Wnk. John S. Hughes ])roni()tc(l lioni sales staff to asst. sales mgr. lor radio, and Donald F. McCarly, formerly with S. E. Zubrow Inc., Philadelphia, named to radio sales staff, .\very-Knodel Inc., New York. James .\. Gunn, previously with ZIV I V^ Films, named v.p., Feltis/Gimn Inc., Portland, Ore., ofhce of Feltis/ Dove Dever/Cannon Inc., Seattle. John \. Garland moves from New York retail sales division, Scott Paper Co., to sales staff, Denvey-O'Cionnell Inc., New York. Mort Bassett, formerly with For joe &: Co., New York, named exec v.jj., Broadcast Fime Sales Inc. NETWORKS Craig Rogers, KNX Los Angeles account exec, becomes Pacific Coast Network Sales Manager, CBS Radio. INDUSTRY-WIDE John Boe.sel, loiinerly accoimt exec, promoted to vice pres., broadcast div., ,\. C. Nielsen Co., Chicago. Dale Wcmk1.s, lormerly regional manager witii Radio Advertising Bineau, New Yoik, named div. mgr., R.\B member service department. Eliot S. Baker, formerly with engineering ])roducts div. of RCA, named marketing manager, industrial and governmental broadcasting div., Intlustrial Transmitters & .Anteiniae Inc., Lansdowne, Pa. George C. Wetmore, formerly staff engineer. Page, Creutz, Steel and Waldschmitt consulting firm, appointed broadcast consultant coordinator by Collins Radio Co., Dallas. Rupert Cartwe U. S. RADIO We+more No\ ember 1960 i