Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan - Mar 1951)

front office [ACK W. ROGERS, promotion-publicity and merchandising director WBAP-AM-FM-TV Fort Worth, appointed regional sales manager. He replaces JACK HOLMES, who becomes sales manager in film division for Frederic W. Ziv Co., N. Y. THAINE ENGLE, commercial film director, will succeed Mr. Rogers, as promotion-publicity director. SIDNEY RICH, salesman WLOL Minneapolis, to WDGY same city a. sales manager. He takes over duties handled by HARRY PECK, vic< president and general manager. RA-TEL Representatives Inc., N. Y., appointed representative for WTS1 Tampa, Fla. J. MCCARTHY MILLER appointed commercial manager WSPB Sara sota, Fla., replacing WILLIAM BASKERVILLE Jr., now with WFMY TV Greensboro, N. C. [Broadcasting • Telecasting, Feb. 12]. E. ORMOND ANDREWS, Harry Ditman Adv. Agency, Phila., and DAVI1 YANOW, salesman WIP Phila., appointed commercial representative for WCAU Phila. Mr. Rogers JOHN F. NOONE, sales and promotion assistant to station manager replacing E. T. MEREDITH, vice president and general manager, E. T. Meredith Publishing Co., appointed sales director, WPIX (TV) New York, effective March 1. He will have direct charge of all sales merchandising, sales promotion, development and service, in addition to his duties as director of station's sales staff. GLENN RINKER, commercial manager KAFY Bakersfield, Calif., name station manager replacing FRANK WILBUR, resigned. ADAM J. YOUNG Jr. Inc. appointed representative for Greater St. Loui Broadcasting System (KSTL and WEW St. Louis; KXLW Clayton, Mo WTMV East St. Louis). Stations will sell time at combination rate. E. P. H. JAMES, onetime advertising manager of NBC and later MBS vice president, appointed director of centennial public relations for Corning Glass Works, Corning, N. Y. TOM HAWLEY, sales staff WCBS New York, transferred to N. Y. office CBS Radio Sales, as account executive. WBNS gives you this rich portion of sales producing Ohio. This is a big chunk of prosperous Ohio territory you sell when you advertise on WBNS. There are 187;980 WBNS families with, an income of $1,387,469,000. WBNS covers the market at lower cost to advertisers. A test will prove to you that you get the best results in central Ohio radio when the station is WBNS. ASK JOHN BLAIR NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES VIRGIL V. EVANS Jr., account executive WFMY-TV Greensboro, N. C appointed commercial manager. He replaces ROBER' M. LAMBE [Broadcasting • Telecasting, Feb. 12] BUD WHEELER to sales staff CKXL Calgary. HOMER GRIFFITH, director of national sales Wester Div. Progressive Broadcasting System, Hollywood, 1 KAFP Petaluma, Calif., as commercial manager. DICK BAKER, sales staff WJNO West Palm Beac: Fla., to active duty with Air Force, as captain. RO PARKER, station's sales-service representative wi take over Mr. Baker's duties along with his own. Mr. Evans POWER WBNS 5000 -WELD 53,000 -CBS COLUMBUS, OHIO DR. M. POTOSKI appointed president CKDM Dauphin, Man., new 250 station on 1230 kc. K. S. PARTON named managing director. GEORG GALLAGHER, CJGX Yorkton, named sales manager, and JOHN 1 HENDERSON, CKRM Regina, appointed production manager. Static is represented by Broadcast Representatives Ltd., Winnipeg, and Rad Representatives Ltd., Toronto and Montreal. LEM C. HALL, Los Angeles zone manager retail sales promotk Life magazine, to Columbia Pacific Network and KNX Hollywood i account executive. JQetlonali • • • HOWARD S. MEIGHAN, vice president and general executive CBS He lywood, in Hawaii on month's vacation. . . . D. L. PROVOST, busine manager WBAL-AM-TV Baltimore, appointed to volunteer emergem stabilization cooperation committee for city by Mayor Thomas D'Al sandro Jr. . . .KEN CRAIG, executive assistant to general manag< WBBM Chicago, returns to work after two weeks illness. . . . GEORG HEINEMANN, TV operations chief NBC Chicago, appointed civili; defense coordinator in television by Mayor Martin H. Kennelly. . . KING MITCHELL, account executive KOMO Seattle, father of bo King Jr. . . . MORT WERNER, manager KVEN Ventura, Calif., New York for 10 days. SAM ROSS, assistant manager CKWX Vancouver, elected director advertising and sales bureau of Vancouver Board of Trade. HARRY MAIZLISH, president and manager KFWB Hollywood, ai ROBERT J. McANDREWS, managing director Southern Calif. Broa casters Assn., re-elected to represent broadcasting industry on board governors, Greater Los Angeles Chapter, National Safety Council f 1951. . . . FRANK MARX, ABC New York vice president in charge engineering, in Hollywood to check equipment installation at newly a quired Vine St. radio studios now under construction. ORVILLE F. BURDA, general manager KDIX Dickinson, N. D., elect president of city's Chamber of Commerce. . . . WALTER HAASE, st,: tion manager WDRC Hartford, re-elected member of board of directojj of Greater Hartford Community Chest. . . . HARRY BUTCHER, ma J ager KIST Santa Barbara and JACK R. WAGNER, manager KI Santa Barbara, named mayor to serve on Emergency Price Stabiliz tion Committee. . . . D. M. BALTIMORE, general manager WB?|j Wilkes-Barre, Pa., elected president Wilkes-Barre Advertising Club. . WILLIAM V. HUTT, general manager KLRA Little Rock, Ark., nam president Arkansas Associated Press Broadcasters for 1951. . . . DONN j| TATUM, vice president and general counsel Don Lee Broadcast jj System, Hollywood, named radio-TV committee chairman for 1951 Ll Angeles Red Cross fund raising campaign. . . . Page 50 • February 19, 1951 BROADCASTING • Telecastii