Broadcasting (Jan - June 1945)

w I N N LOUISVILLE Heprcsvnteil by PEGGY STONE, yVrir York GEORGE ROESLER, i hicnco HOMER GRIFFITH COMPANY Uttllytviunl A: San Francisco Vinsonhaler to KGHI; Judge to Direct KLRA AFTER 17 years as managei of KLRA Little Rock, Sheldon C. Vinsonhaler has resigned as of Jan. 1 to become manager and partner in KGHI in the same city. He joins his former associate, A. L. Chilton, in the KGHI ownership, and with Mrs. Chilton will constitute the Mr. Vinsonhaler Partnership. Simultaneously, the Arkansas Gazette announced the appointment of Roy Judge, associated with a Little Rock accounting firm, as KLRA manager. KLRA was sold to the Gazette bv Mr. Chilton last June for approximately $275,000. The sale grew out of the FCC's duopoly regulation bv virtue of Mr. Chilton's control of the two stations. HARRY McTIGUE Page 40 • January 1, 1945 Our Respects to (Continued from page 38) president) put its new station WITH on the air with 250 w power on 1200 kc— 24 hours daily. The frequency since has been changed to 1230 kc. Tom Tinsley did with the new station what few have accomplished. He made money the first month of operation and WITH has been in the black ever since. In September 1941 he returned to Philadelphia to marry Miss McCord. Tom Tinsley credits the success of his station to the fact that WITH carries what he calls "wellbalanced" programs. He knows J the younger generation goes for jive and they get it. Long ago he recognized that middle-agers dwell in pleasant memories around such ballads as "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise," that another group likes symphony. News for All His station features straight news for those who want bare facts ; commentaries by Ian Ross MacFarlane for listeners who like interpretative news; sports of all sorts by Bill Dyer, and so on. To quote President Tinsley: "We cater to every age group." And that 24-hour operation is profitable, too. Tom's pet hobby is winners. His latest is a miniature Schnauzer, Genghis Khan of Marionhof, called Skippy for short. Ten days after Tom presented the dog to his wife, Skippy walked away with six ribbons in a Washington show. Broadcasters and agency folk alike are talking about another of Tom Tinsley's smart moves — his acquisition by 10-year lease of WBBL Richmond, Va., from Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, granted Dec. 19 by the FCC. He plans to use facilities relinquished by WPID Petersburg, Va. [Broadcasting, June 12]. He has undertaken in conjunction with Jansky & Bailey, Washington engineers, with FCC approval, to ascertain the CBS IS AMES KAROL AS SALES MANAGER JOHN J. KAROL, assistant sales manager of CBS, effective Jan. 2 becomes network sales manager, replacing Leonard Erikson, who has resigned to join BBDO, New York Jan. 15 as an executive. Mr. Karol was ,. research director * of Crosley Inc., for two years, before joining CBS in 1930. He was generally active Mr. Karol i" research and sales promotion and then became market research counsel in the network sales department. In March 1943 he took on additional duties as assistant sales manager, a post he has retained up until the present. He has been secretary and treasurer of the American Marketing Assn., and a former president of the Market Research Council. When the Committee of Radio Research was organized by the AAAA the ANA and the NAB, he was named a member of the technical committee. He has contributed numerous articles on radio research to periodicals and conducted a course on the business side of radio at N. Y. U. School of Adult Education. WIZE WING RECEIVE EXECUTIVE CHANGES ADNA KARNS was promoted to station manager of WIZE Springfield and Florence Dykstra to assistant manager of WING Dayton, both effective today, John Pattison Williams, vice-president of the stations announced. ^^^^ Mr. Karns Miss Dykstra Mr. Karns got his first job in radio as an announcer on WING in July 1943, moved to WIZE the next month as production manager and less than a year later was promoted to assistant station manager of the latter. Miss Dykstra will be directly under Mr. Williams who also is general manager of WING. She joined the WIZE sales staff in 1942 after having done retail advertising and display work. vagaries in the FM band [Broadcasting, Nov. 13]. If, by chance, you're a cross-word puzzle addict, perhaps Tom Tinsley can give you a hand. He spent weeks poring over a cross-word puzzle dictionary, looking for a four-letter word beginning with W. The only one he could find, not in use already, was "with". That word became the call letters of his Baltimore station. NOTES JOHN PEARSON, owner of John Pearson Co., station representative, is recuperating from a tonsillectomy at the Augustana Hospital, Chicago. WILLIAM NORINS, general manager and part owner of WBYN Brooklyn, is in a Philadelphia hospital following an operation Dec. 23. A. J. MONACK, formerly of RCA and Western Electric, has been elected vicepresident in charge of engineering of the Mycalex Corp. of America, manufacturers of "Mycalex 400", high frequency ceramic insulation. L. R. BOULWARE, former operations vice-chairman of the War Production Board, has joined the staff of CHARLES E. WILSON, president of General Electric Co., acting as consultant on marketing and merchandising, a new position. He previously was vice-president and general manager of the Carrier Corp., Syracuse, N. Y. BOB HALL, commercial manager of KFFA Helena, Ark., is the father of a girl. DR. C. G. SUITS, assistant to the director of the General Electric research lab. has been elected a vice-president of GE, in charge of the research lab. DR. W. D. COOLIDGE, formerly in the position being taken by Dr. Suits, has retired. C. HAMILTON SANFORD. former assistant treasurer of WFBL Syracuse, now with the Army Exchange Service in ETO, has been promoted to major. BOYD BRAITHWAITE, commercial manager of KIDO Boise, is the father of a girl. NORMAN KNIGHT, formerly with WMMN Fairmont, W. Va., is now general manager of WAJR Morgantown, W. Va. MARTIN R. KARIG Jr., president of the Community Broadcasting Corp. and manager of WALL Middletown. N. Y., on Dec. 16 married DOROTHY KORTRIGHT of Middletown, a student nurse. WALTER DALES, former manager of CJAT Trail, B. C. and CKBI Prince Albert, Sask., is a freelance scriptwriter in Montreal. FRANK W. PHELAN after 50 years cf service, has retired as president of All America Cables & Radio Inc., an affiliate of International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. Mr. Phelan devoted his entire life to telegraphy, becoming a cable operator at the age of 14. Harold M. Prescott HAROLD M PRESCOTT, 58, an assistant vice-president in charge of traffic operations of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York, died in New York Dec. 26. He is survived by his wife and two sons. FOUR TOP MARKETS! Central Kentucky IWLAP Lexington, Ky. Amarillo IKFDA Amarillo, Tex. TheTri-Slate I WPMI ^»Mand, Ky. I liVlfll Huntington, W. Va. Knoxville IWBiR Knoxvillm, Tenn. An /Mr tlmlUnt •wnarf and opmrated hy eUmmrm ff. Itunn and I. Undtaf Nunn Reprtuealad by Tk« Jahn E. PMnoa Co. BROADCASTING • Broadcast Adrertising