Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1963)

Record Details:

Title:
Weekly television digest
Date:
Jan-Dec 1963
Publisher:
Washington D.C. : Television Digest, Inc.
Volume:
Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1963)
Leaf #:
00038
Language:
English
Subjects:
Television -- Periodicals, Television broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals.
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
A weekly digest of brief reports tracking recent developments in the U.S. television marketplace. Published out of Washington, D.C. with much more focus on the retail of TV sets than the other D.C.-based trade paper, BROADCASTING. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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(>— TELEVISION DIGEST JANUARY 21, 1963 Personals Donald H. McGannon, Westinghouse Bcstg. pres., reappointed chmn. of “Broadcasters for Radio Free Europe” committee . . . J. W. Knodel, Avery-Knodel pres., appointed an SRA dir. Louis Dorfsman, CBS-TV sales promotion & advertising creative dir. & art. dir., receives Printing Industries of Philadelphia Gold Medal Award for CBS-TV promotion booklet “It Was an Unprecedented Seven Days of TV.” Neal K. McNaughten, former NAB engineering dir., ex-RCA & Ampex, recently operator of own management consultant firm in Los Altos, Cal., rejoins FCC as engineering asst, to Comr. Bai'tley. George Patrick promoted to ABC-TV program & commercial production mgr., Edward Audrey to ABC art mgr. . . . Frank Browne promoted to KTTV Los Angeles N.Y. sales & marketing dir. Larry LeSueur, CBS News correspondent, granted year leave of absence to join USIA in broadcast & administrative post in Washington. D. G. Sraee promoted to Marconi Co. asst. gen. mgr. . . . Gene Malone promoted to H-R TV asst, sales mgr., Western stations. Stanley Lichtenstein, ex-KTVU San Francisco-Oakland, appointed TV programming development dir. for Kaiser Industries’ uhf stations. Jack Frazier, Crosley Bcstg. corporate advertising & sales promotion dir., also named head of merchandising & publicity; Andy Niedenthal promoted to merchandising dir.; William J. McCluskey advances to “50-50 Club” client service dir., a new post. Frank Parrish promoted to Gates Radio sales promotion mgr. . . . Richard Schaller promoted to WGR-TV Buffalo local sales mgr. Robert N. Vendeland promoted to Giannini Controls Conrac Div’. sales mgr., a new post . . . Leo Willette promoted to WWL-TV New Orleans public affairs dir. Jack E. Krueger, WTMJ-TV-AM-FM Milwaukee news editor, elected Milwaukee Press Club pres. . . . Hugh Smith, ex-WHAS-TV & WHAS Louisville news editor, named KVTV Sioux City news dir. Robert Kennedy promoted to KNBC Los Angeles advertising & promotion mgr., succeeding Michael W. Gradle . . . Donald F. Barton, ex-Rodgers, Newman & Barton agency, Columbia, S.C., appointed WIS-TV PR & promotion dir. John T. Bradley promoted to H-R TV vp . . . Tom Burkhart promoted to WTVJ Miami local sales mgr., succeeding Frank Boscia, who becomes senior account exec.; Jim O’Rourke succeeds Burkhart as asst, national sales mgr. Sam Zelman, ex-KNXT Los Angeles & CBS TV Pacific Network news dir., appointed KTLA news & public affairs dir., succeeding Irwin Rosten, who returns to KTLA as documentary dept, dir.; Roy Heatley promoted to Zelman’s KNXT post. Lawrence P. Fraiberg elected WTTG Washington vp & gen. mgr., succeeding Donn Colee, resigned to negotiate for purchase of own TV station . . . Ian N. Wheeler promoted to educational WETA-TV Washington operations mgr. TAC Takes Off Strong: State-of-th e-Union is healthy at TV Affiliates Corp. (Vol. 2:34 p3), TAC vp Robert Weisberg reported last week in N.Y., with net profit of $31,000 due to be returned to local stations which were producers of TAC-disti’ibuted sjmdicated TV shows during 1962. One station (WBNS-TV Columbus) will receive $2,300 for showing of its “Strategic Air Command” documentary. Weisberg also announced addition of 2 major industry names to TAC advisory committee: Sylvester L. (Pat) Weaver Jr., McCann-Erickson International chmn., and Gordon Gray, pres, of WKTV Utica-Rome. Advisory committee now consists of 9 men, mostly veteran broadcasters. Subscriber list of stations stands at more than 50, with 1963 renewal rate of 90%. TAC is shooting for mid1963 level of 75 stations, plans to take on some 52 programs for its library during year. Among other TAC plans for year: (1) Interchange between stations of examples of women’s and children’s shows, as well as local weather & newscasts, as idea generators. (2) Expansion into foreign syndication market. A top management post in new Space Cximmunications Corp. (Vol. 2:53 p5) may go to Air Force Undersecretary Joseph V. Charyk. Spokesman for group confirmed that Charyk, a top Air Force authority on technical research, is being considered. NAB Pres. Collins & spokesman for space organization both denied reports that Collins was being considered for post. Rochester Telephone Corp. recently became first common carrier to file with FCC for authorization to purchase stock in new' firm. Tele-Beam projection TV system, developed by Waltham Precision Instrument Co. (formerly Waltham Watch Co.) will be demonstrated 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 22-23 in N.Y.’s Summit Hotel by Tele-Measurements Inc., distributor of the system. Tele-Measurements Pres. J. R. Poppele is plugging system for “programming, advertising & promotion uses by broadcasters, exhibitors, independent TV producers & packagers, advertising agencies and public relations firms.” Bob Hope will receive 2 top broadcasting awards at ceremonies this Spring. NAB Distinguished Service Award will be presented by Pres. Collins at annual convention in Chicago March 31-April 3. International Radio & TV Society’s 1963 Gold Medal will be aw'arded to the NBC comedian at group’s 23rd annual banquet in N.Y. March 6. Fifth annual KMTV Omaha TV Award will be presented at dinner at Blackstone Hotel Jan. 28. It goes to Omaha person or persons who performed “most outstanding service to the public through TV” during 1962. NBC News White House Correspondent Ray Scherer wall speak. Broadcast Pioneers 1963 “Mike Award” banquet will be held Feb. 25 at Americana Hotel, N.Y., radio WSB Atlanta receiving the award. Tickets are $25, proceeds going to Broadcasters’ Foundation. Mich, legislature will be covered regularly by WOODTV & WOOD Grand Rapids. News Dir. Dick Cheverton announced newsman will be assigned to Capitol Bldg, to feed direct report to stations. New CBS News Washington hq will be established at 2020 M St., N.W. Dept, will move from present location at affiliate WTOP-TV’s Broadcast House in early 1964. KTEN Ada, Okla. & KTTS-TV Springfield, Mo. name Select Station Representatives national rep.