U. S. Radio (Jan-Dec 1961)

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RADIO FOCUS/ideas Agencies Hy Schneider, an associate director of merchandising ;ii Lennen & Newell, New York, since I *>r>K. named an account executive on the Benrus Watch Co. accounl .... Louis Meisel moves to the Charles Jay Co. New York, as executive v.p. in charge of a new package snoods division spc cializing in the food and drug field. . . . Donald Daigh appointed writerproducer in the creative radio and television department of the D'Arcy Advertising Co., New York. . . . John E. Sutton, formerly of Grant Advertising, joins BBDO, New York, as an account executive on the New York Telephone Co. account. . . . Keith Holden promoted to the post of assistant director of the radio and television department at W. E. Long Advertising, Chicago. . . . Jane M. Sarin elected a v.]). of Eldridge Advertising, Trenton, New Jersey. . . . Robert M. O'Brien moves over from BBDO to join DCS&S as a field account exec on the Jackson Brewing Co. account. O'Brien is based in Dallas. . . . James F. Ryan, a v.p. and account supervisor at Donahue & Coe, New York, elected a member of the agency's board of directors. . . . Al Cosentino, formerly at Benton 2c Bowles, named traffic manager at Papert, Koenig, Lois, New York. Representatives Robert L. Stricklin terminates his asociation with the Kenyon Brown Stations and takes over as manager of the Los Angeles Western Sales Division of Forjoe & Co. . . . Roger Sheldon promoted to the position of mid-western radio sales manager of Adam Young, Chicago. ... In another move at Adam Young, Peter S. LaBruzzo joins the firm's radio sales staff. . . . William L. Lauer appointed manager of the Detroit national sales office for WNEW New York. . . . Bill Meyer added to the sales staff of Torbet, Allen & Crane's Los Angeles office. . . . Four new sales executives added to the new RKO General national sales division: Edwin C. Metcalfe and Robert L. Fox set up shop in Los Angeles and Calvin Copsey and Alfred Racco did likewise in San Francisco. . . . Thomas P. White appointed ac count executive ol Adam Young, New York. . . . Richard E. Charlton named manager of the ( !hi< ago offic e ol (he Henry I. Chiistal Co. . . . James M. McMullin appointed a radio accounl executive in die New York office ol Advertising Time Sales. . . . S. James Matchett joins the sales staff of Robert E. Eastman & Co's Chicago office. Stations Sam Sherwood, air personality at KDWB Minneapolis-St. Paul, appointed program director of the outlet. . . . Three changes at KNX Hollywood, flagship station for the CBS Radio Pacific Network: Frank Oxarart Jr. promoted to the position of national sales representative for both the Pacific network and KNX; Sherril Hops becomes promotion and merchandising manager for the station; and Hank Weiss, national sales representative for KNX and the Pacific network, moves to the post of account executive. . . . James A. Beatty takes over as manager of merchandising for WNBC New York. . . . W. Emerson Rhodes joins WSAI Cincinnati as community relations director. . . . Arthur Sobelman joins KLIV San Jose as sales manager. . . . Robert A. Hinners takes over as v.p. and station manager at WWIL and WWIL-FM Fort Lauderdale John E. Donofrio moves in as general manager of WPFM Providence. . . . George W. Cyr appointed director of programing and operations for WGBI Scranton-Wilkes Barre. . . . Herbert W. Crosby promoted to the position of sales manager of WCSH Portland, Me. . . . Gerry Desmond, air personality at WEOK Poughkeepsie, N.Y. named program director of the station. . . . Two changes at WMGM New York: Arthur J. Wander named assistant to the director and Rick Sklar appointed program director. . . . Murrell Foster named manager of KFMN-FM Abilene. . . . Bill Jones appointed program manager of KRAK Sacramento. . . . W. W. Connell named program director at KXOK St. Louis. . . . Arthur H. Simmers moves from WWIZ Lorain, Ohio to the post of commercial manager at WQSR Syracuse. . . . Gene Reynolds appointed manager of KFSA Fort Smith, Ark. . . . Three changes at KNUZ and its affiliate KQUE-FM: Jim Scott named commercial manage] ol tin im out let ; Foi i est Patton, Eoi met commi i c ial manager for KNUZ and KQUE, appointed to the post ol directoi ol sales loi both stations; and Wccb Hunt, progri lire< toi foi die fm stations, named to the post ol pro gram directoi lot MM ' E Hal Hirschmann named s;des manage! of KROI) El Paso. . . Robert Knox moves into the newly created post ol director ol broadcast standards and public affairs at WIBG Philadelphia. . . . Phil Leopold trots ovci from WINS New York to take over as director of sales development and advertising at WABC New York. . . . Gene Roper appointed headquarters program advisor for RKO General Inc. Industry William J. Callahan Jr. of SSC&B re-elected president of the Marketing Research Trade Assn. . . . Grafton P. Tanquary, director of marketing for the Component Group of Litton Industries at Los Angeles, named chairman of the RF Trans mission Components Section of the Electronic Industries Assn. . . . George Woolery, director of public relations for Playhouse Pictures, named publicity chairman of the second annual International Broadcast inf Awards competition, sponsored by the Hollywood Advertising Club. . . . Robert W. Bledsoe and Eugene L. Reilly started Marketing Strategy Inc., a new market and consumer research organization with office in Detroit, New York and Los Angeles. . . . David A. Negrey appointed western regional sales manager of the Olympic Radio and Television Sales Corp. . . . Robert Mensch appointed national supervisor of sales for the Sony Corp. of America. . . . Robert W. Carr appointed manager of product development at Shure Brothers Inc., Evanston, 111. . . . Two new executive positions created at ITA Electronics Corp.: Joseph Novik becomes a v.p. and ITA's executive representative in Washington, D.C.. and Eliot S. Baker also becomes a v.p. and the firm's industrial and government sales manager. . . . Quentin L. Harvell, formerly director of market research and promotion for the Indian Jute Mill Assn., named assistant to the president of the Advertising Federation of America. ■