Broadcasting (Jan - June 1942)

JOHN F. BECKER, formerly writer and director of the Yanl<ee Colonial Network, Boston, has joined the CBS production department as assistant director. FRED MILLIES, formerly of WTMJ, Milwaukee, is stationed at the Great Lakes naval reservation where he is associated with the baud office. EILEEN WHEATLEY, receptionist of KFAC, Los Angeles, has been appointed publicity director, succeeding Edith Reback, resigned. ALBERT P. McDowell, new to radio, and George Brownbeck, formerly of the Norristown, Pa., radio police, have joined the announcing staff of WIBG, Philadelphia. BILL IRWIN, radio editor of the Chicago Times, has been called to Army service. FRANK BLATTER, sound effects engineer of NBC-Chicago for seven years, has resigned to join the Chicago staff of WPB. NEIL HARVEY, formerly of WCAU and WPEN, Philadelphia, has joined the announcing staff of W53PH, WFIL's FM station in Philadelphia. He replaces Gene Rubessa, who has moved to the announcing staff of WFIL. BOB KNOX, announcer of WRAU, Reading, Pa., and Linda Darling, who formerly sang on Philadelphia stations, were married May 2. GEORGE MARLO, head of the professional department of BMI, is resigning at the expiration of his contract this month to enter the service. No successor will be named, and BMI will continue its professional activities with members of its present staff. JACQUELINE JONES has joined the announcing staff of WBTM, Danville, Va., as the station's first woman announcer. BETTYANNE ROSS has joined the staff of WEEI, Boston, in the general service department. KEN BURKHARD of KRE, Berkeley, Cal., is the father of a boy, his third child. ERNEST JOHN GILL, for 10 years a music conductor at NBC San Francisco, has been named musical director of KQW, San Jose. TRO HARPER, formerly of KSFO and KPO, San Francisco, is now with NBC in New York. MARY DORR, commentator of KLS, Oakland, Cal., has gone to Washington to join her husband, an ensign in the Navy. TOM HOTCHKISS, announcer, formerly of Tucson, has joined KROW, Oakland, Cal. BOB GOODMAN, formerly of KROW, Oakland, has joined KGEI, San Francisco, as news editor and announcer. J. CLINTON STANLEY, producer of BLUE, Chicago, has been appointed assistant production manager of the BLUE Central Division. DON A. WEITENDORF, formerly of WOMT, Manitowoc, Wis., has joined the announcing staff of WTAQ, Green Bay, Wis. LESTER O'KEEFE, producer of dramatic shows on NBC, has been appointed assistant eastern production manager of NBC. He will have charge of all dramatic shows. HANG UF YOUR HAT. WnK^WCLE'-MLCOtlE:^ Capt. Robinson to CHNS CAPT. BURTON ROBINSON, recently retired from active service with the 3d Canadian Division with which he had served for two years, has been appointed special events producer of CHNS, Halifax, N. S. A native Nova Scotian and a former newspaperman, he originally served on the staff of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. in Halifax as a producer, and was with CBC in Winnipeg when he joined the Canadian Army at the outbreak of war. A recent serious illness led to his retirement as unfit for active EARLE FERRIS, president of Radio Feature Service, New York, who has been handling radio publicity for radio programs of the Treasury as a dollara-year man, has been appointed a consulting expert to the Department's War Savings Staff. DALE CARTER, former Broadway actress, has returned to the announcing and continuity staffs of WBTM, Danville, Va. LEW ROGERS, formerly of the announcing staff of WIBG, Philadelphia, is now engaged in defense work in Newfoundland. JOE McCAULEY, fromerly of WHAT, Philadelphia, has joined the announcing staff of W49PH, WIP's new FM station in Philadelphia. ROY NEAL, announcer of WIBG, Glenside, Pa., is the father of a daughter born April 27. JACK HORNER has returned to the sports staff of KILO, Grand Forks, N. D., and will do all home and wire broadcasts of Chiefs baseball games sponsored by General Mills (Wheaties) and Cities Service Oil Co. MARIAN EDWARDS, formerly freelance writer of Spokane and Portland, has joined KROW, Oakland, Cal., as continuity writer. JEAN MAXFIELD. formerly of FM educational station KALW, San Francisco, has been named traffic manager of KROW, Oakland, Cal. BERNARD MULLIN has been named chief announcer of WTIC, Hartford, succeeding Phil Becker, now in the Army. DAN SEYFORTH, former production director of KWK, St. Louis, has been appointed clearance officer at Kratz Field, St. Louis, under the CAA. THAINE ENGEL, who left WBAPKGKO, Dallas-Forth Worth, in April, 1941, to join the Army, as a private has been commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Signal Corps. BARRY SHERMAN, former announcer and program director of WFIG, Sumter, S. C, has joined the announcing staff of WBRE, WilkesBarre, Pa. DAVID M. SEGAL, new to radio, has joined KCRJ, Jerome, Ariz., as announcer. BOB LYLE, sports announcer of KMOX, St. Louis, is father of a baby boy. John Scott, KMOX announcer, joined WBBM, Chicago, where he will announce under his real name of John Dunham. JACK PEYSER formerly of WLW, Cincinnati, KMOX, St. Louis, and AVHAS, Louisville, has joined the announcing staff of WHIO Dayton. FRED BENNETT, announcer of WCKY, Cincinnati, is now partner of Al Bland on Blandtoagon, succeeding Bernard Johnson, transferred to afternoon programs. SETH DENNIS of the BLUE promotion department, has resigned to join the Army, and is temporarily stationed at Fort Dix. LEO BOLLEY, sportscaster of WFBL, Syracuse, was honored by the station's staff with a farewell party before he left to become a first lieutenant in the Army Air Force. LESTER GOTTLIEB, publicity director of MBS, is taking his annual tour of eastern and midwestern cities to visit Mutual affiliated stations and radio editors. NORMA FLETCHER, formerly recorded music librarian of KFOX, Long Beach, Cal., has joined Smith & Bull Adv., Los Angeles, as office manager. RUTH SWINNEY, on the Arizona Network traffic department staff and stationed at KOY, Phoenix, has announced her engagement to Ed Berridge of that city. WENDEL NOBLE, announcer-singer of KOY, Phoenix, and Gwenevere Gibson of that city, were married in Mesa, Ariz., April 27. LEO MANN, of the program department of WELI, New Haven, has joined the Navy. FRANK EVERETT, announcer and continuity writer of WCBI, Columbus, Miss., is to be inducted into the Army May 11. BUCK HINMAN, student of Mississippi State College, has been named manager of the newly-opened remote studios in Starkville, Miss., of WCBI, Columbus, Miss. ERNEST WERNER, former head of market research and catalogue division of Columbia Recording Corp., Bridgeport, Conn., has joined Muzak Transcriptions, New York. HOWARD SMITH, formerly of KLX, Oakland, has joined the Navy. KSL StafE Changes WARTIME demands on trained personnel have resulted in the following staff changes and appointments at KSL, Salt Lake City: Ralph W. Hardy, sales staff, named traffic manager; Foster Cope, formerly of NBC, San Francisco, musical director, replacing Reid Turner who joined Jerry Jones' orchestra; Helen Ann Young, in charge of music and transcription libraries; Melvin B. Wright, former studio supervisor, now studio engineer; Victor Bell, former assistant promotion director, now producer and program consultant as well as parttime announcer; Ray Sentker, formerly news editor, now assistant promotion director; Elaine Braby, formerly of the Ad-Craftsman Agency, Salt Lake City, continuity writer and secretary to production manager, Glenn Shaw. Wallace Promoted WILLIAM L. WALLACE, former account executive of WLOL, Minneapolis, and national sales and promotion manager of WFBB, Great Falls, Mont., has been appointed general sales and merchandising manager of the North Central Broadcasting System with headquarters in the Commodore Hotel, St. Paul. Vinton Enters Race ARTHUR R. VINTON, radio and screen star, a member of Actors Equity and AFRA, and a dairy farmer in New Windsop; Orange County, New York, has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Representative in the 26th Congressional District. Mr. Vinton is currently part of the cast of The Shadow, MBS ; Gang Busters, the BLUE ; Mr. District Attorney, NBC. Page 74 • May 11, 1942 BROADCASTING • Broadcast Advertising