Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1963)

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6-TELEVISION DIGEST Personals DECEMBER 30, 1963 William Dozier resigns as Screen Gems senior vp in charge of production, will reactivate Greenway Productions, which has non-exclusive agreement with SG. . .Ken Croee, sales mgr., KERO-TV Bakersfield, promoted to acting mgr., succeeding Art Mortenson, resigned. Lewis M. Marcy, ex-McCann-Erickson vp, named Subscription TV Inc. vp at N. Y. hq, 60 E. 56th St. . .Alvin A. Dann, ex-ANA, joins Infoplan (PR service) as account dir. with responsibilities for Infoplan' s parent McCannErickson Inc. Warren L. Braun, asst. gen. mgr., WSVA-TV-AMFM Harrisonburg, promoted to gen. mgr., post relinquished by Pres. Hamilton Shea, who continues as chief exec, officer; Robert Lee, program & operations mgr., succeeds Braun. Krleger & Jorgensen, Washington law firm, moves to 1926 Eye St. NW. . . John Griffin promoted from account exec, to national sales mgr., Roger O'Connor Inc. Ed Reis, ex-consultant, named special TV representative, Precision Instrument Co., for use of firm's portable TV recorder in closed-circuit & educational TV; C. Robert Paulson, ex-national sales mgr., Anqsex Professional Products Div., appointed special TV sales representative. Marlon (Hank) Trlbley, operations mgr. & asst. gen. mgr., WNCT Greenville, promoted to acting gen. mgr.; John G. Clark Jr., sales mgr., to gen. sales mgr.; A. Hartwell Campbell, vp & gen. mgr., resigns to develop own broadcast interests, awaits FCC approval to purchase of radio WGTM Wilson, N. C. Gene O'Dell promoted to production mgr., WTVN-TV Columbus, Roger Johnson to commercial operations dir. . . Don Whlteley, ex-promotion dir., KTAL Shreveport, named asst, promotion mgr., KTVI St. Louis. HEW has received 6 new applications, totalling $1,110, 859, for ETV construction grants: Rhode Island State Board of Education, $172,397 to activate Ch. 36 Providence; Alabama ETV Commission, $295, 661 to activate Ch. 44 Huntsville & $220, 918 to start Ch. 42 Mobile; U. of Washington, $231,770 to expand KCTS-TV Seattle; Yakima School District No. 7, $79, 277 to expand KYVE-TV; Tacoma Public Schools, $110, 836 to expand KTPS-TV. So far, 10 grants have been approved, totalling $1, 552, 294. Total of 38 applications, including above 6, remain, requesting $7, 072, 780. "Debate" between broadcasters and FCC Comrs. Cox & Loevinger, at 19th annual Georgia Radio-TV Institute, adds Washington attorney W. Theodore Pierson. Institute takes place at Athens Jan. 21-23, co-sponsored by Georgia Assn, of Bcstrs. & U. of Georgia's Henry Grady School of Journalism. Former FCC Chmn. Newton Mlnow, exec, vp of Encyclopaedia Britannica, discussing "The Law and Lee Oswald" with Harvard Law School professor Paul Freimd, was scheduled for Dec. 29 on CBS-TV. "Super-power" petition of radio WWL New Orleans, to permit certain stations to go above 50 kw, was opposed last week by Assn, on Bcstg. Standards; it charged that power boost would adversely affect present radio service. Television Digest PUBLISHED BY TELEVISION DIGEST, INC. HEADQUARTERS: 2025 Eye Sf., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 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, DAVID LACHENBRUCH, Television Digest Editorial Director PAUL STONE, Editoiial Director, Television Factbook PHILADELPHIA OFFICE 1 1 1 Beverly Rd. Overbrook Hills Philadelphia 51, Pa. BUSINESS Midway 2-641 1 EDWARD M. KELLY, General Manager HAROLD RUSTEN, Associate Editor UPCOMING STATIONS: KFME (Ch. 13 ETV) Fargo, N.D. plans first broadcast Jan. 5, with school programming to start Jan. 27, reports Dr. Clair R. Tettemer, gen. mgr. RCA 10-kw transmitter is ready, & RCA Super Turnstile antenna was placed on 426-ft. Blaw-Knox self-supporting tower in Oct. Ch. IS grantee In LaGrande, Ore. doesn't have caU letters, but owner KTVB Boise, Ida. plans to start operating it as satellite in fall of 1964, according to Mrs. Georgia M. Davidson, pres. & gen. mgr. RCA transmitter has been ordered & it will use 90 -ft; tower on Mt. Fanny. KTVB rep is Avery-Knodel. ^ WRSJ-TV (Ch. 18) San Jua^ P. R, hopes to start March 1, writes Clement L. Littauer, vp & gen. mgr. of AntiUes Bcstg. Corp., which also holds CPs for Ch. 16 Mayaguez & Ch. 14 Ponce. Network affiliation hasn't been signed yet, & Littauer states it can't place equipment orders until network negotiations are completed. Julio Morales wHl be technical supervisor. It doesn't plan to use sales rep "since most of the weU-known national agencies either have branch offices here, or work in association with a local agency." WNJU-TV (Ch. 47) Linden, N. J.,with request to move transmitter & antenna to Empire State Bldg, held up by protests, has changed target to fall of 1964, according to Pres. Edwin Cooperstein. Programming will be aimed primarily at Spanishspeaking & Negro population, will include other ethnic groups. Rep will be National Time Sales. KBAK-TV (Ch. 29) Bakersfield, Cal. CBS affiliate, has been sold by Reeves Bcstg. for sum reported to be "in excess of $1. 5 million." Purchaser is Harriscope Inc. (Burt I. Harris), Beverly HHls, owner of KFBB-TV Great Falls, Mont. & 60% of KTWO-TV Casper, Wyo., and with interests in 3 independent AM's. Reeves Pres. J. Drayton Hastie said his company "will continue its policy of seeking out new opportunities for investment in TV broadcasting & related fields." Reeves also owns WUSN-TV Charleston, S. C. & WHTN-TV Huntington, W. Va KGGM-TV-AM Albuquerque & radio KVSF Santa Fe M sold for $2. 75 million to James Gilmore, owner of KODE-^ TVAM Joplin, Mo. Blackburn & Co. represented buyer.