American television directory (1946)

Ballet International productions. She has written and directed many radio programs and was formerly in charge of special programs selection at Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn. Director 1944-46 CHARLES H. KLEINMAN is a former vice-president of ATS, a charter mem¬ ber of the organization and former chairman of both the ATS Laboratory and Membership committees. He is a commercial engineer on broadcast and television equipment for the RCA Vic¬ tor Division, Radio Corporation of America. Before joining RCA, Mr. Kleinman served as project engineer for Hudson-American Corporation and Dictograph Sales Corporation. In 19411942, he was program director of Met¬ ropolitan Television where he instituted experimental television programming. Mr. Kleinman entered radio broadcast¬ ing in 1934 and has been associated with WNEW, WABC, WBBM, WQXR and WEVD. From 1930-1935, he was director of stage lighting for the Kauff¬ man Theatre, New York. He was a re¬ search technician in acoustics and allied fields with E. E. Free Laboratories from 1929 to 1934. Chairman, Motion Picture Committee 1945-46 DON WIDLUND is head of the distribu¬ tion of sponsored film for the J. Walter Thompson Co. For almost a decade he was with the Jam Handy organization in Detroit; helped set up a theatrical distribution system there and served as its Army Air Forces contact for three years on the production of train¬ ing films. In 1937, working with Handy, he began a study in cooperation with television stations in New York, Chi¬ cago and Hollywood to ascertain the acceptability of various types of films for television. More than 100 films were televised. Mr. Widlund was formerly a booker for Warner Bros, theatres and was at one time with RKO as an office manager and salesman. Chairman, Committee on Awards 1944-46 and Co-Chairman, Panel Discussion Groups 1945-46 RICHARD MANVILLE is a consultant on advertising and research to many ad¬ vertising agencies and media in this country and Canada. He was formerly the director of research for Donahue & Coe, Inc., Warwick & Legler, Inc., and was advertising analyst at Newell-Emmett Co. He authored “How to Create and Select Winning Advertisements,” which will be included in a new book published by Harper’s, titled “Advertis¬ ing Results and How to Get Them.” He spoke on television audience re¬ search at the 1944 convention of the Television Broadcasters Assn., and at Televiser’s 1945 “Television Institute.” Chairman, Library Committee 1945-46 MYRTLE ILSLEY chronicled the history of the American Television Society for this pioneering issue of the American Television Directory. Miss Ilsley is a member of the CBS sales promotion and advertising staff. She has a bache¬ lor of arts degree from Hunter College, a master of arts degree from Radcliffe College and worked for some time with the American Red Cross. Her associa¬ tion with radio and television began at the Harvard University Radio Research Laboratory. She joined the Columbia Broadcasting System Research Depart¬ ment in 1943 and until the summer of 1945 was connected with the CBS Tele¬ vision Engineering Department. Chairman, Membership Committee 1945-46 J. J. DOUGHNEY has been with Para¬ mount Pictures, Inc. since 1920. He is assistant to Paul Raibourn, economist of Paramount Pictures, Inc. who heads Paramount’s television interests. Mr. Doughney also serves as assistant trea¬ surer of Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc. He has held every office in the Paramount Pep Club except secretary. He was president in 1941-42 and mem¬ ber of the Board of Governors. Chairman, Public Relations Committee 1945-1946 DAVID O. ALBER, president of David 0. Alber Associates, Inc., is a veteran radio and industrial publicist with 19 years’ experience to his credit. In addi¬ tion to handling public relations for the American Television Society, his or¬ ganization serves Allen B. DuMont Lab¬ oratories, Inc., Chelsea Cigarettes, Kate Smith, Ralph Edwards of “Truth or Consequences,” Ben Grauer, Sammy Kaye, Guy Lombardo and other prod¬ ucts, personalities and programs. David O. Alber Associates has con¬ sistently won first place in the annual Billboard Exploitation Awards. Mr. Al¬ ber is a former reporter for the New York Evening World and the New York Sun. He is a charter member of ATS. 73