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 #:
000224
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 MAY 6, 1963 Television Digest PUBLISHED BY TELEVISION DIGEST, INC. HEADQUARTERS: 2025 Eye 5t., 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 SiNCLAlR, Television Factbook Contributing Editor VIRGINIA SNOWDEN, Managing Editor, PHILADELPHIA OFFICE Television Factbook 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 FAaBOOK TV & AM-FM ADDENDA Published Annually Published Saturdays AM-FM DIRECTORY Published Annually Personals Lawrence White, ex-Goodson-Todman program administration dir., rejoins CBS-TV as program development dir. . . . Len Chaimowitz, ex-Newsday (L.I.) feature writer, named WCBS-TV N.Y. press representative for public affairs programming. William Firman, ex-CBS Radio asst. gen. sales mgr., named ABC-TV dir. of sales for news & public affairs; James T. Shaw Jr., ex-Miller-Shaw Productions, appointed asst, daytime sales mgr.; Irv Wilson named dir. of sports & special programs sales. Sid Garfield promoted to CBS-TV network exploitation dir. . . . Harry J. Feeney promoted to associate dir., trade & business news, CBS-TV press information; James J. Kane to associate dir., affiliate press relations. William A. Corley, editor, NBC Radio’s World News Roundup, named NBC News mgr., Chicago, for network & WNBQ-WMAQ; Malcolm R. Johnson, NBC News program service mgr., named night mgr., succeeding Samuel Sharkey, appointed exec, news mgr., KING-TV Seattle. William E. Goetze, ex-vp & gen. mgr., KOGO-TV-AMFM San Diego, appointed pres., A. H. Meyer Co., San Francisco RCA distributor . . . William Cooke, ex-CBC TV sales mgr., named to represent CBS-TV network sales in Canada, hq in Toronto. Lawrence J. Pollock, ex-WABC-TV N.Y. research & advertising services dir., appointed gen. sales mgr., WTEN Albany . . . Marvin W. Grieve, ex-Video Craft sales vp, appointed United Artists Associated national spot sales mgr. Serge Bergen, Washington consulting engineer, planning to attend May 20-25 International TV Symposium, Montreux, Switzerland . . . Tod Moore, exTed Bates asst, vp & account exec., named spot TV sales development dir., Katz Agency. Charles Woodard Jr,, vp & asst, to pres., Westinghouse Bcstg., appointed Peace Corps associate dir. for public affairs . . . John C. Doerfer, ex-FCC chmn., appointed gen. counsel-exec, secy., Maryland-D.C. Bcstrs. Assn. Jack Kuney, ex-CBS-TV, appointed Westinghou.>-e Bcstg. exec, producer . . . Joseph Fusco Jr., ex-Official Films, named to new post of sales promotion dir., 20th Century-Fox TV. Guy Cunningham, TvB creative dir., elected vp . . . Rick Chapman, ex-Ted Bates print procurement supv., named sales dept, admin, asst.. Videotape Productions. Richard Hill, ex-film producer & salesman, appointed Video House western div. mgr., L.A.; Gerald S. Corwin, exNTA regional sales mgr., named central div. mgr., Minneapolis. Howard Duncan elected vp-sales dir., WEHT Evansville & KGUN-TV Tucson; William flight elected vp in charge, WEHT . . . George W. Bowe promoted to asst, program mgr., WTIC-TV Hartford. WBKB Chicago promotes Carl Tubbs to exec, producer, Bob Rhodes to sports dir., Lynne Walker to women's dir . . . Robert E. Ame, KTVU San Francisco-Oakland chief engineer, elected vp. Obituary Leon Pearson, 63, NBC News, died April 29 at Roosevelt Hospital, N.Y., after heart attack suffered April 18. He joined NBC in 1947 after working with brother. Drew, producing “Washington Merry-Go-Round” column & radio program, and later working for INS. Recently, he was NBC entertainment critic. He is survived by wife, brother, 3 sons, one of whom, Andrew, is NBC correspondentcameraman in New Delhi. New anti-payola rules finally have been adopted by FCC, will be released this week. It’s understood that feature films will be exempted, but that Commission concludes they’re covered by law, that FCC will keep eye on industry practices and remove exemption if & when abuses develop. “Telebi,” as it’s called in Japan, gets clever treatment in article by William J. O’Neill in May Show Magazine. Ben Casey is top show, and the late-night erotica would curl your hair: ‘“Even the commercials would have made a Minsky blush.” Televising of Senate debates on major issues will be urged by Sen. Javits (R-N.Y.) in resolution he will introduce this week, according to by-line story in May 11 issue of TV Guide. He says Rules Committee would set times & conditions for coverage. Macabre suggestion: Resolution proposing telecast of 4 Cal. gas-chamber executions was proposed by Assemblyman Lester A. McMillan, opponent of death sentence. FCC Chmn. Minow will be featured in June 3 Brinkley Journal. Program was filmed in Minow’s office May 3.