Broadcasting (Apr - June 1950)

FERGUSON NAMED is KXOA KXOB KXOC V.P. APPOINTMENT of Herb N. Ferguson, general manager of KXOA Sacramento, and KXOB Stockton, both California, as a vice president and director o f Sacramento Broadcasters Inc., owner and operator of KXOA and KXOC Chico, has been announced by Lincoln Dellar, president of the three stations. KXOB is owned by Valley Broadcasting Co. of which Mr. Ferguson also has been appointed a vice president and director. With headquarters in Sacramento, Mr. Ferguson will serve as general manager of the three stations, dividing his time between them it was announced. Mr. Ferguson entered radio in 1944 with KFRE Fresno. He was named manager of KXOB in 1947 and last year, also was appointed manager of KXOA. Mr. Ferguson CANADIAN MARCONI Co., Montreal, reported net profit for 1949 of $26,656, compared with loss the previous year of $388,971. Operating profit in 1949 was $354,689. Net working capital improved to $1,648,987 compared with $1,444,918 in 1948. Company manufactures receivers and transmitting equipment and operates CFCF-AMFM Montreal. M r. Eli Cohan Joseph Advertising Agency Cincinnati, Ohio Dear Eli: Good ole WCHS is makin' real plans ter make LONESOME GAL feel right at home now t h e t she's gonna be here in Charleston, West Virginny. Yessir, she's gonna make lots uv friends once arr 5000 watts on 580 starts^ gets gain' with her program, an' thet ain't all! N o sir e e, Eli, thet ain't all by a jug full! When these here fellers puts their think in' caps on they really comes up with idees fer permotin' a show, an' I noticed they's had ^em on fer th' past few weeks fer LONESOME GAL! An' this is jest one uv th' ways these WCHS boys has uv makin' their advertisers happy. Th' listenin' audience uv WCHS is really tremenjus, an' with everybody back at work in th' coal fields at higher pay, you fellers kin really look fer results! Yessir, Eli, WCHS really does a job fer its customers any way yuh looks at it! Jest tho't yer'd like ter know! Yrs. Algy WCHS Charleston, W. Va. Production TED HILLS appointed program manager of KXYZ Houston, Tex. He was former owner-manager of KF VI, chief announcer for KPRC, and manager of KTLC, which later consolidated with KXYZ. All are Houston stations. He assisted in organization of KLUF Galveston, returning to join KTRH Houston, where he remained 10 years as production manager and account executive. He also was former general manager of KTHT and KLEE Houston. VIRGIL ROYER joins WCSI (FM) Columbus, Ind. He formerly was with WWNI Wabash, Ind. He replaces MIKE MAY, who joins WXGL Richmond, Va., as announcer. Mr. May succeeds BILL NEWMAN at WXGL BOB GORDON, formerly with KXRO Aberdeen, Wash., and before that with KXA Seattle, joins continuity department of KSL-TV Salt Lake City. CLAUDIA VAN VOORHIS joins continuity department of KSL. She formerly was with Keith-O'Brien department store in Salt Lake City. GEORGE HELLMAN joins CKY Winnipeg as announcer. WILLIAM S. DODSON added to announcing staff of WWDC-AM-FM Washington. He formerly was radio director of Williams, Stark & Hinkle Adv., and previously announced for WTIK Durham, N. C, and WFNC Fayetteville, N. C. ROBERT ADAMS Jr., for past two years associated with television film production, joins KTSL (TV) Hollywood as asistant producer. He will act as special assistant to Don Hine, production director, in handling of motion picture programming. JERRY LEONARD added to continuity staff of WERE Cleveland. He formerly was writer-director of Children's Theatre show on WSRS Cleveland. Show also moves to WERE. MYLES FOLAND Jr., formerly with WSIV Pekin, 111., joins WMBD Peoria with his disc show. GROVER J. ALLEN becomes director at ABC-TV Chicago after working as stage manager. DON RUHMAN named program assistant. KAYE SANDERSON and STAN WILLIAMS, graduates of Academy of Radio Arts, Toronto, join CJBQ Belleville, as announcers. EVELYN ELIASON, script writer on ABC's Carnegie Hall, joins network as television script editor. RAY ARLO joins cast of ~Al Siegel's Music Shop show on WOR-TV New York as singer. EDDIE EDWARDS, for more than 20 years with KMBC Kansas City, joins KWFT Wichita Falls, Tex., as production manager. ED WILSON, m.c. of Ed Wilson Shows on KWK St. Louis, is on three-week ■tour of Europe, collecting material for his shows. BOB HOWAR promoted to chief announcer of KOTV (TV) Tulsa, Okla. FRANK THOMPSON, graduate of 1950 class of Academy of Radio Arts, UN AGENCIES Toronto, joins CJVI Victoria, as announcer. MARION SHEPPARD, member of program department at WBBM Chicago, transfers to music library staff. She is in charge of all music clearances. JEAN W. SLADDEN joins WDTV (TV) Pittsburgh as traffic manager. She formerly was with KGVO Missoula, Mont., as continuity chief. She is succeeded at KGVO by JOAN HOVDE. JOHN KEOWN, former program manager and assistant professor of radio at U. of Tulsa, joins NBC Chicago radio production staff as director. ROBERT LEHMAN, formerly producer of Command Performance for Armed Forces Radio Service, joins KTSL (TV) Hollywood as writer-producer. JANE ACKER, graduate of Academy of Radio Arts, Toronto, joins CBC Toronto, in production department. PHYLLIS TOWNER, recent graduate of U. of California, joins KGO-TV San Francisco as assistant head of station's film department. ART MERCIER, announcer for WBBM Chicago, is author of two articles to be published in forthcoming issues of The Outdoorsman. JOHN MICHAEL HORNBACH, known as John Michaels on WPAY-AM-FM Portsmouth, Ohio, and Virginia Cordes have announced their marriage. MacGREGOR EADIE, assistant manager of NBC Hollywood continuity acceptance, and VERONE SCULLY, formerly with Dan B. Miner Co. advertising agency and prior to that assistant to SAM HAYES, newscaster, were married April 14. GREG GARRISON, ABC-TV Chicago who handles Super Circus, is the father of a boy, Michael. DON and VERA WARD, stars of Tauber's Parade on WENR-TV Chicago, are the parents of a girl, Laura Ann. TEX AND JINX WNBC WNBT Set 5-Year Pact A FIVE-YEAR contract signed by Tex and Jinx McCrary with WNBC and WNBT (TV) New York, guarantees the stations exclusive services of the couple for both radio and television. New agreement will take effect in 1951, upon expiration of their current contract. At the same time the station announced that a new TV series starring Tex and Jinx will make its debut on Aug. 15. The show will be patterned on the couple's radio show (which on May 15 will increase its time from 45 minutes to a full hour, Monday through Friday, 8:30-9:30 a.m.), and will be viewed on WNBT five-times-a-week from 6:30-6:55 p.m. U. S. Participation Mulled REPRESENTATIVES of the FCC, State Dept. and other government departments took part April 20 in a discussion of continued U. S. participation on various economic and social agencies of the United Nations and certain inter-American bodies. Speakers included Ambassador Ernest A. Gross and Under Secretary of State James E. Webb. Among those attending were Comrs. Paul Walker and E. M. Webster; Francis Colt de Wolf, U. S. representative on the administrative council of International Telecommunications Union; George D. Stoddard, chairman of U. S. National Commission for UNESCO, and George P. Baker, U. S. representative on the UN Transport and Communications Commission. FCC Chairman Wayne Coy also was invited but was "unable to attend. WADC ANNIVERSARY Silver Promotion Tied In TIE-IN involving promotion of silverware in connection with the silver anniversary of WADC Akron, Ohio, last month [BROADCASTING, April 10], has been reported as highly successful by Allen T. Simmons, owner and operator of the 5 kw CBS affiliate. For two weeks prior to the anniversary date, WADC ran a two-fold campaign in which the silver theme was carried in teaser announcements which preceded the main announcements by four days. One phase of the promotion was WADC's offer to give 52-piece sets of Oneida Community Silverware to every person born in the Akron area on April 8, 1925, the day the station first went on the air. In the campaign's other phase, WADC announced that every child born in Akron on April 8, 1950, the station's anniversary date, would be presented with a six-piece "stepup" set of 1847 Rogers Brothers j Silverware. Over 30 "step-up" sets were given away, it was reported. SPECIAL interviews and programs were carried by KDKA Pittsburgh from 14th annual West Virginia Farm Electrical Conferences. WDRC CONNECTICUT'S PIONEER BROADCASTER Hartford1Voor best buy «n ^A Send for new w te W-^DRC, 750 Men °9eri A Conn. Hartford, Page 72 • May 1, 1950 BROADCASTING • Telecasting