American television directory (1946)

EXECUTIVES OF THE AMERICAN TELEVISION SOCIETY President 1945-46 Director 1944-46 GEORGE T. SHUPERT, since 1943, has served as assistant to Paul Raibourn, president of Television Productions, Inc., wholly-owned subsidiary of Para¬ mount Pictures, Inc., operating tele¬ vision station W6XYZ, Hollywood. From 1940 to 1943, he was sales direc¬ tor of Paramount Pictures Industrial Film Division, which he organized. From 1938 to 1940 he was associated with Industrial Pictures, Inc., of De¬ troit. From 1925 to 1938 he was in the investment banking business, helped organize the National Security Traders Association and, for two years, was an officer and director of the Michigan Security Traders Association. During the 1944-1945 season, Mr. Shupert was a director of the American Television Society and chairman of its Member¬ ship Committee. He is also a member of the Program Committee of the Tele¬ vision Broadcasters Assn, and of the Radio Manufacturers Assn, subcommit¬ tee on facilities for television. Vice Presdent 1945-46 Director 1944-46 DAVID HALE HALPERN, after six years as vice-president and general manager of Henry Souvaine, Inc., radio program producer, recently joined Owen & Chappell, Inc., advertising agency, as vice-president in charge of radio and television. Mr. Halpern has had ex¬ tensive experience in writing, directing and teaching radio. He has served as program director of radio stations WMAS, WATR and WBRY and, for the Massachusetts State Department of Education, developed and taught courses in creative writing for radio. He holds an L.L.B. from St. Lawrence Univer¬ sity; has served as radio director for the Republican Party in Connecticut, and is a member of the Radio Commit¬ tee of the Civil Liberties Union. During the 1944-45 season, Mr. Halpern served as a director of the American Television Society and also as chairman of its Program Committee. Secretary 1944-46 Director 1944-46 ALICE PENTLARGE has been affiliated with radio station WQXR, New York, since 1936. She is currently co-moder¬ ator and producer of the weekly New York Times program, “What’s on Your Mind?” Other programs in which she played major roles include “So You Haven’t the Time,” “Fashions of the Times,” “Can It Be Done?,” “Fashions in Art,” and “Counterspy.” During the war she worked with the Radio Section of the Office of Emergency Management for OCD and appeared on more than 70 radio programs as a representative of the War Production Board’s Division of Information. Miss Pentlarge has traveled extensively and studied in Europe and North Africa. While living in Switzerland from 1931 to 1934 she collaborated with Don Francisco de Reynoso in writing “Reminiscences of a Spanish Diplomat.” Her articles have appeared in Reader's Digest and The Woman. She is serving her second term as secretary of the American Television Society. Photograph of Mr. Halpern by Pach Bros. Photograph of Mr. McClure by Larry Colwell. Treasurer 1944-46 Director 1944-46 DON McCLURE, after graduating from Carnegie Tech, spent four years in Hol¬ lywood as a writer, actor and director. Moving to New York, he applied the same trio of talents to Broadway. In 1936 he turned to radio and joined the radio writing and directing staff of the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. Later, he wrote and directed radio programs for Young & Rubicam. From Pearl Harbor until last autumn he served as a test engineer for Con¬ solidated Ship Builders, producers of PC boats. He is now director of tele¬ vision for N. W. Ayer & Son, Inc. Mr. McClure is one of the pioneer members of the American Television Society and is serving his second term as treasurer. Director 1944-46 Chairman, National Expansion Committee 1945-46 EDWARD C. COLE has served as assis¬ tant professor and technical director of the Department of Drama at Yale University’s School of Fine Arts since 1935. He has served as a member of the faculty since 1930. During the sum¬ mer of 1944 he was a member of the program staff of television station WRGB. During the summer of 1945 he 71