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 #:
000212
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 APRIL 29, 1963 Television Digest PUBLISHED BY TELEVISION DIGEST, INC. HEADQUARTERS: 2025 Eye St., N.W., Washington 6, D. C. Phone: 965-1985. TWX: 202-965-0979 EDITORIAL NEW YORK OFFICE ALBERT WARREN, 580 Fifth Ave. Editor & Publisher New York 36, N. Y. JONAH GITLITZ, Circle 6-2215 Managing Editor, TWX: 212-640-6938 Television Digest DAVID LACHENBRUCH, PAUL STONE, Editorial Director Editorial Director, CHARLES SINCLAIR, Television Faetbook Contributing Editor VIRGINIA SNOWDEN, Managing Editor, PHILADELPHIA OFFICE Television Faetbook 1 1 1 Beverly Rd. BUSINESS Overbrook Hills EDWARD M. KELLY, Philadelphia 51, Pa. General Manager Midway 2-641 1 RUDOLPH SAPPER, HAROLD RUSTEN, Circulation Manager Associate Editor TELEVISION DIGEST. Published Mondays. Services: $75-$150 annually. For group rates & other subscription services, write Headquarters. TELEVISION FACTBOOK TV & AM-FM ADDENDA Published Annually Published Saturdays AM-FM DIRECTORY Published Annually Personals Thomas H. Dawson, CBS-TV vp-network sales, promoted to vp-sales, succeeding William H. Hylan, who joins J. Walter Thompson as vp in charge of TV & radio . . . Carl Tillmanns, CBS-TV vp-eastern sales, promoted to vpgen. sales mgr. William G. Porter , promoted to exec, editor, CBS News-TV . . . John Dragomier promoted to TV sales mgr., James Fox to radio sales mgr., Chicago office, Venard, Torbet & McConnell. Clark Ramsay promoted to exec. asst, to pres., in charge of marketing, MGM, N.Y.; Dan Terrell promoted to exec, dir., advertising, publicity, promotion . . . Tom T. Miller, ex-movie theatre owner, appointed gen. mgr.. Muscle Shoals TV Cable Co. (CATV). Robert S. Haft promoted to international business affairs dir.. CBS TV Stations Div. . . . Leonard J. Patricelli promoted to vp & gen. mgr., WTIC-TV-AM-FM Hartford, succeeding late Walter C. Johnson; Robert S. Tyrol, vp-radio sales, named secy. & a dir. Robert Storer, youngest son of Storer Bestg. Chnin. George B. Storer, named sales promotion dir., WAGA-TV Atlanta, coming from similar post at radio KGBS Los Angeles. Graydon R. Powers Jr., ex-Porcelain Enamel Institute information services, Washington, named asst. exec, dir.. Assn, of Maximum Service Telecasters . . . Daniel D. Calibraro, WGN-TV Chicago public relations mgr., adds duties as exec, admin, asst. Frank H. Nowaczek Jr. promoted to research dir., newly-formed research & development council. National Community TV Assn. . . . Robert G. McHendrix, ex-pro ducer-dir., WRCV-TV Philadelphia, named production mgr., WRC-TV Washington. Gerald C. Gross, International Telecommunications Union secy.-gen., to retire when term expires in 1965. Barclay Powers promoted to WLBW-TV Miami advertising & promotion dir. . . . Juan C. Chiabrando, ex-ITA Electronics chief engineer, named exec, vp-engineering dir., CCA Electronics. Quentin L. Harvcll promoted to vp-administration, Mae Keenan to club service administrator. Advertising Federation of America . . . Serge T. Popper elected vp, Mort Bassett & Co. John Mankin, mgr., promoted to vp-gen.mgr., Tyler & Jacksonville, Tex. CATV systems . . . Billy I. Ross, So. 111. U., elected pres, of Alpha Delta Sigma, professional advertising fraternity. Obituary David B. Stillman, 57, Seven Arts Productions pres., died April 25 of heart failure at Westport, Conn. home. Prominent theatrical attorney, he was named to Seven Arts post when company was reorganized in 1960. He served as general counsel for numerous motion picture & TV ventures, including late Mike Todd’s “Around the World in 80 Days.” He is survived by wife, son, brother, 2 sisters. George Foster Peabody awards for 1962 : Walter Cronkite, CBS News, news; Carol Burnett, CBS-TV, & Du Pont Show of the Week, NBC, entertainment; “A Tour of the White House With Mrs. John F. Kennedy,” CBS News, public service; “San Francisco Pageant,” KPIX San Francisco, & Elliott Norton Reviews, ETV WGBH-TV Boston, locally produced program; William R. McAndrew, NBC News exec, vp, special award; Exploring, NBC News, youth & children’s series; Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, NBC, for “outstanding contributions” to youth & children’s programming; Adlai Stevenson Reports, ABC, contribution to international understanding; Books of Our Time, ETV WNDT N.Y.; Biography, David Wolper & Mike Wallace, education. TIO & NAB received special award for study of children’s programming that led to book, “For the Young Viewer” (McGraw-Hill). Broadcast Pioneers Pres. Ward Quaal, WGN-TV Chicago, announced special citation to Rep. Harris (D-Ark.), House Commerce Committee chmn., for “firm and fair leadership” overseeing “America’s system of free broadcasting.” Closer ties between broadcasting & psychiatric-psychological professions, to eliminate misconceptions about mental health, were called for by Stockton Helffrich, N.Y. mgr., NAB Code Authority. He spoke during April 22-23 conference co-sponsored by NAB & National Assn, of Mental Health at West Point, N. Y. New Westingbousc series on art appreciation, America: The Artist’s Eye, will be seen starting in May on WBC stations and on sjmdication. Narrated by Fredric March & Florence Eldridge, 15-part series includes 9 segments in color. Highlight is 15-min. telecast of White House paintings; others are less than 5 min. Ch. 5 Boston application of Hub Bestg. has been returned as incomplete, FCC denying waiver seeking delay in submission of details.