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GO-TV WINS 'EMMY'
Other Awards Presented At Academy Dinner
IIGHEST AWARD of the San Francisco Academy of Television irts and Sciences — for outstanding station achievement — went to CGO-TV San Francisco at the academy's second annual awards anquet Feb. 24.
Gayle Grubb, general manager f KGO-TV, accepted the foot-high Jilver-winged "Emmy" on behalf f his station. The vote for the vBC station to win the award was eported "overwhelming" by members of the Academy's Awards Committee.
Outstanding Personalities
Ben Alexander, of KPIX (TV) Jan Francisco, and Evangeline 3aker, of KGO-TV, were voted the utstanding local male and female •ersonalities of 1950. Ford Time, tarring Bandleader Alvino Rey, In KRON-TV San Francisco, was oted the best "live" show.
Almost a thousand persons rowded the Fairmont Hotel's Gold Joom (at $6.50 per plate) to vatch the awards ceremony. All hree television stations telecast he ceremonies.
I Guests of honor at the speakers' able included Mayor Elmer Robnson of San Francisco and Mayor Clifford Rishell of Oakland; Syd "assyd, past president of the Los Angeles ATAS, and Kenneth G. ?lark, FCC, in San Francisco.
Philip G. Lasky, general manager of KPIX and president of the San Francisco ATAS, presided. Lee Giroux, announced; Paul Speegle was master of ceremonies.
Incoming ATAS president Harold See, director of television for KRON-TV, presented Mr. Lasky with an engraved gavel on behalf of the academy in recognition of his services during the past year.
Awards, consisting of bronzeplated plaques, and honorable mention scrolls were presented in the following categories:
Best Live Show — Ford Time, with Alvino Rey, on KRON-TV. Honorable Mention : Science in Action, KGO-TV.
Best Local Children's Program — Ruby Hunter's Once Upon A Time, KPIX. Honorable Mention: Pete Abenheim's Cap'n Pete, KRON-TV.
Outstanding Local Male Personality —Ben Alexander, KPIX and KRONTV. Honorable Mention: Al Constant, KRON-TV.
Outstanding Female Personality — Evangeline Baker, KGO-TV. Honorable Mention: Edith Green, KRON-TV.
Best Live Local Commercial — Acme Beer (Everybody's Doing It), KPIX. Honorable Mention: Hoffman Radio Corp. (Hoffman Hayride), KGO-TV.
Best Film Commercial — Rainier Beer's "The Pirate," filmed by W. A. Palmer. Honorable Mention: Calso Water's dancing puppets, filmed by Willat & Diner.
Mayor Robiyison (r) presents the "Emmy" award to Mr. Grubb.
Best Live Sports Coverage — KGOTV football. Honorable Mention: KPIX football.
Best Local Adult Daytime Program — M a r j o r i e Trumbull's Exclusively Yours, KRON-TV. Honorable Mention: Evangeline Baker and Fred Jorgensen's Mailbag of Tricks, KGO-TV.
Educational Award
Best Live Educational or Cultural Program — Science in Action, KGO-TV. Honorable Mention: Let's Look at Books, KRON-TV.
Best Public Service Program — KRON-TV's March of Dimes show. Honorable Mention : Christmas Eve Midnight Mass, KGO-TV.
Best Special Event — Christmas Eve Midnight Mass, KGO-TV. Honorable Mention: Saints and Sinners All-Star Revue, KPIX.
Best News Program — William Winter and The News, KPIX. Honorable
Mention: Al Constant's Chronicle News and Telenews. KRON-TV.
Best Film Program — Sandy Spillman's Teletrips, KPIX. Honorable Mention: Ben Alexander's Party Time At Club Roma, KRON-TV. (Both filmed by Willat & Diner.)
Outstanding Station Achievement — KGO-TV. (No honorable mention in this category.)
In addition to these regular awards four honorary citations were awarded to:
Hoffman Radio Corp.; for its "aggressive vision" in securing and making available to the television audience college football during the 1950 season.
George Sleeper; for his contributions to the technical advancement of the industry and his part in developing the "Sleeper System" of color television, presented by Color Television Inc. of San Francisco, and one of the three systems considered by the FCC for approval.
The engineering staffs of KPIX, KRON-TV and KGO-TV; a three-part award for "great though generally unsung" contribution of "the men behind the cameras and at the controls."
Easter Parade Telecast
SANSON HOSIERY MILLS Inc., New York, will sponsor a telecast of the Fifth Ave. "Easter Parade," featuring Faye Emerson and Skitch Henderson, over NBC-TV, March 25, 12-1 p.m., for the second successive year. The agency is Dorland Inc., New York.
KOREAN WAR HERO — PFC.
ED SULLIVAN MOREY AMSTERDAM
BILL HINDS JACKIE HELLER Plus THE 150 LOCAL STARS THAT PERFORMED
ROBERT L. SMITH FUND
PUBLIC SERVICE SHOW
FEB. 7— PITTSBURGH, PA.
W D T V $68,000
DUMONT TELEVISION NETWORK
LATEST CASH TOTAL
Telecasting • BROADCASTING
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