Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1963)

10— TELEVISION DIGEST FEBBUABY 4, 1963 RCA dealers who engage in fictitiovis was-is advertising get hit where it hurts — in the co-op ad fund. Under new RCA Sales Corp. policy, dealers who use comparative prices in ads must furnish affidavit to their distributors, for relay to RCA, that they have sold sets for the "was" price advertised. Unless dealer con prove that "was" part of ad is as was, RCA won't okay co-op ad claim, spokesman told us. Trade Personals John L. Utz resits as Emerson vp & asst, to pres. . . . John P. Prymack, ex-Westinghouse tube dept., joins Du Mont Labs divs. of Fairchild Camera as product ad mgr. Joseph B. Elliott, onetime RCA consumer products head, named chmn. of Borg-Wamer’s York Div., succeeded as pres, by Gerald V. Patrick. O. John Hayles appointed operations vp of Sylvania’s Home & Commercial Electronics Div., a new post. Kenneth A. Jackson appointed mfg. engineering supervisor, Sylvania Microwave Device Div., Williamsport, Pa. Thomas P. Collier, Motorola Overseas Corp. pres., joins International GE Feb. 15 as consumer & commercial electronic liaison, a new post, with hq in N.Y. John S. Sturgeon retires as Magnavox hnancial vp. . . . Dr. Seymour S. Kremen appointed Hawley Products research & development dir. Marvin L. Bruckner, Oxford Electric’s Speaker Div. sales mgp*., named chmn. of EIA’s Loudspeaker & Loudspeaker Parts Section, succeeding William H. Bingham, asst, to pres, of Hawley Products, who becomes chmn. of Sound System Components Subdivision of EIA's Parts Div. Irving Rossman, former Pentron Electronics pres., resigns as Universal Audio pres, to activate his Ionic Industries & transfer this maker of portable phonographs from Evanston, 111. to 1823 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, Cal. Corbin A. McNeill, industrial relations dir., & Frank P. Barnes, telecommunications mktg. dir., elected ITT vps. Ralph W. Jones, Fairchild Publications’ Chicago Bureau chief, will join Motorola as Consumer Products Div. PR mgr., succeeding Dude Hubka, resigned ObUuary Sir Isaac Shoenberg, 82, TV pioneer & a dir. of Electric & Musical Industries Ltd., died in London. He headed EMI Research Labs team that developed 405-line TV system used by BBC. Distributor Notes: Sylvania appoints R & R Electronics Supply Co., 914 W. 7th St., Amarillo, distributor for Texas, New Mexico & part of Oklahoma • Admiral & Lone Star Wholesalers, Dallas, have terminated their distributor relationship • Sylvania will occupy around June 1 a 60,000sq.-ft. distributor center in Seattle to serve 4-state Northwest area with TV picture & receiving tubes, complete line of home lighting products • Fleetwood appoints Loman .Associates, Detroit, sales rep for stereo consoles in Michigan, western Ohio, eastern Indiana; Meyer-Cotlar & Associates, St. Louis, for Missouri, Kansas, southern Nebraska; S. I. Lasner Co., Pittsburgh, for western Pa. & eastern Ohio; Henry Fine for Florida; J. H. Souther for Georgia, Alabama, North & South Carolina; Southern Associates, Nashville, for Kentucky & Tennessee • Westinghouse .Ap pliance Sales appoints 3 new district managers: Harry A. Cheney for Dallas district, succeeding R. L. Wagner, resigned; A. B. (Bud) LeCrone, for Oklahoma City, succeeding Cheney; Hal H. Wilkins, St. Louis, succeeding Richard W. Sanford, resigned. “Employer of the Year” award has gone to Ace Electronics, Somerville, Mass. Award is sponsored by NAM, given annually to outstanding employer of the handicapped. “Logical & progressive” introduction of color in Canada was proposed to Board of Broadcast Governors by RCA Victor Co. Ltd. Pres. John D. Houlding suggested this program at color-TV hearings in Ottawa: (1) Establish technical standards for color transmission. (2) Permit stations to broadcast local color immediately if they wish to. (3) Establish planned program with target date for start of national color-casting within 2-year period. Houlding said there are about 4,500 color sets in use now in Canada (in U.S. border areas), and estimated that onethird of them were purchased in 1962. New sets: Du Mont introduced nine 23-in. TVs, including 2 consolettes, priced below company’s previous 23-in. sets at $199.95 & $219.95, and consoles at $249.95 & $349.95. GE announced 21-set portable radio line, including 3 carryover models. Line begins with 6-transistor miniature at $16.95 with gift pack (replacing former non-gift pack unit at $14.95); includes 8-transistor miniature with gift pack at $19.95, new 2 & 3-band sets at $29.95 & $49.95 and 7transistor full-size set at $29.95. Tung-Sol Electric has sold one million compactrons, a company spokesman said last week, predicting growing market for this multi-element tube design. Tung-Sol was among first manufacturers to produce 12-pin tube types, and has been making & selling them since 1960. Statement was made in comment on our recent report which indicated that only 2 companies w’ere making compactrons (Vol. 3:2 plO). Actually, at least 4 tube makers are in the field. We regret the error. GE will team with Reynolds Metals to finance portion of Louisville, Ky. urban renewal project. Major Appliance Div% v'p-gen. mgr. William H. Dennler said “it is expected that GE will become a co-venturer with Reynolds” in financing an all-electric, 250-unit apartment building. Rejmolds plans to build in Louisville a $24 million redevelopment project embracing 4 buildings with total 1,000 apartments, a 250-unit motel, shops. Seeking dealers for his Auto-Stereo system, Earl W. Muntz is now advertising in retail trade press, offering “exclusiv'e territories.” Headquartered in Beverly Hills, Cal., Muntz’s new operation offers cartridge tape player (using continuous-loop design found in broadcast & background music systems) designed for installation in automobiles & boats. There is also version for home use. List price is $129.