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 #:
00086
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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6— TELEVISION DIGEST FEBBUABY 18, 1963 Personals David Schoenbrun promoted to CBS News chief European correspondent, a new post, succeeded as Washington news mgr. by Bob Allison; Bill Small succeeds Allison as Washington news dir. . . . Ralph O. Briscoe promoted to CBS controller . . . Robert S. Smith promoted to WOR-TV & WOR vp & station mgr. . . . Ray M. Stanfield promoted to Peters, Griffin, Woodward vp in charge of radio. Dan Markham promoted to KTVR Denver gen. mgr. . . . Edward E. Benham, ex-Crowell-Collier Bcstg. engineering mgr., rejoins KTTV Los Angeles as chief engineer . . . Bob Sprou.se promoted to WBNS-TV Columbus, 0. national sales mgr. Henry A. Gillespie promoted to CBS Films midwestern div. mgr.. Carter Ringlep to southwestern div mgr., both new posts . . . Herbert R. Banquer promoted to UA-TV & UA Assoc, foreign operations v^p, succeeding Manny Reiner, who assumes similar post with Four Star TV. Sidney Kaufman promoted to CBS-TV network operations mgr., Washington. Byron E. Harrison, ex-asst. chief, FCC Domestic Radio Facilities Div., Common Carrier Bureau, becomes an associates of Washington TV-radio attorney John H. Midlen. Ron Maines, ex-WBAL-TV Baltimore acct. exec., appointed WTAP-TV & WTAP Parkersburg, W. Va. gen. mgr Jack Dunn promoted to WDAY-TV^ & WDAY Fargo gen. mgr., succeeding Thomas Barnes, who remains exec. vp. . . . George Diab promoted to WTRF-TV Wheeling asst. gen. mgr. David J. Kelly promoted to KDKA-TV Pittsburgh news dir. . . . Alan Barrows, ex-J. Walter Thompson, named WFAA-TV Dallas sales development representative, a new post. Albert Floersheimer Jr,, ex-Theatre Owners of America PR dir., rejoins Walter Reade-Sterling Inc. as advertising & publicity dir. . . . Nicholas J. Pope Jr. named WAVY-TV & WAVY Portsmouth, Va. public affairs dir. . . . Sidney B. Dexter resigns as educational WHYY Philadelphia administration & development \i), no plans announced. Albert Warren, editor & publisher of Television Digest, co-founder of new Independent Newsletter Assn., Washington, elected to its board. Obituarji George M. Nixon, 56, NBC engineering development dir., died Feb. 10 in Hollis, N.Y. He joined network in 1928, helped design its early radio studios, recently was active in color TV development. His widow, 2 sons survive. ■ Tightened transfer rules are proposed by FCC to cover cases where parties have full quota of stations. Operator with 7 stations would no longer file to buy & sell simultaneously; he’d have to dispose of one before filing for acquisition of another. Same procedure would apply to anyone seeking to buy & sell stations in same market. Proposal would amend Sec. 1.307 of rules. Syncom Satellite Goes Astray: High expectations for sophisticated new Syncom high -altitude Communications satellite (Vol, 2:42 p4) received setback last week when it went AWOL shortly after launching. Hughes-developed satellite was boosted into hovering orbit 22,300 miles above earth from Cape Canaveral by NASA, was to be used for transatlantic teletype & phone tests. Radio contact was lost after Syncom went into orbit; NASA failed to restore communications. Launch of 2nd Sjmcom, equipped to transmit TV, scheduled for May, may be postponed if experts fail to discover source of Syncom I’s trouble. Other space communications developments: (1) Senate Commerce Committee hearings on operations of Telstar & Relay were scheduled to begin Feb. 18. Opening day witnesses will include FCC Comrs. Hyde & Craven, top NASA officials & representatives from AT&T and RCA. (2) Confirmation hearings on incorporators of new Space Communications Corp. before Sen. Pastore’s (D-R.I.) Communications Subcommittee have been postponed from March 4 to March 11. (3) FCC authorized the 12 incorporators to buy one share each of organization’s stock, and ITT announced that it has applied to Commission to purchase shares. ■ TV audience characteristics & program preferences are analyzed in new study prepared by ARB’s John R. Thayer. Age, sex and education of viewers and income & size of viewers’ family was traced in relation to 25 different program types. Among findings: (1) Same program gets substantially different audience at different hours. (2) Male-female \newer ratio is about same during daj-time or evening. (3) Members of large families watch TV more than members of small. (4) Most “educational” tj"pe programs attract persons from smaller families. Copies available from University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Mich. Worldwide ETV system patterned after U.S. setup is suggested as method of impro^'ing international understanding & educational opportunities — by Earl of Bessborough, an Associated TY' director. He told meeting of National Assn, of Secondary School Principals in Pittsburgh that U.S. ETV leads rest of world, could offer quickest & most economical opportunity to expand learning throughout w’orld. “Decency code” for theatres & motion pictures wrill be imposed by Congress if industries don’t establish one themselves. Rep. Kyi (R-Ia.) warned. He introduced resolution calling on the industries to set up "code of taste, decency, and morality,” which is “at least as high” as Hays code of 1930. Resolution is H. Res. 255. Renewal of network 0-&-0 licenses, delayed by FCC’s consideration of ancient payola problems, has been ordered by Commission. Other 0-&-0 renewals remain pending because of other questions — e.g., NBC-Philco dispute in Philadelphia, now near resolution (Vol. 3:1 pi). Spot TV gross billings in 4th quarter 1962 were $197,759,000, up 11.2% from same 1961 quarter’s $177,827,000, TvB reports. Preliminary annual spot T\^ total for 1962 was $721,212,000, 17% above 1961’s $617,398,000. Fancy brochure celebrating 5th anniversary has been issued by WFGA-TV Jacksonville. Hard-cover 24-page booklet includes color photos, statistics & commentary on growth of station & Jacksonville market since 1957.