Broadcasting Telecasting (July - Sept 1951)

Mr. Ed Wilhelm Maxon, Inc. New York City Dear Ed: Folks nowadays wants their dollars ter (io as fur as poss'ble, an' I s'pose you agency fellers ain't no 'ception. Reckon tlict's why so meny is abuyin' time on WCHS, 'cause any way yuh jiggers it yuh comes up with a bargain! F'rinstance, th' latest Hooper shows ' t h et WCHS gives y u h way more'n two an' a half times as many lisseners in th' evenin' as th' n e x t rankin' station in town — ■ an' don't f e r g it , Ed, Charleston is g o t five uv ' cm ! N aw tl-ct's jest fer th' city district! Hit don't include th' vast outside bonus audience served 'most 'sclusively by WCHS! So, anytimes yer lookin' fer a place ter get a lot fer yer money — remember WCHS! Yrs. Algy WCHS Charleston, W. Va. IN MONTREAL it's Canada's FIRST station — wise in the ways of PROGRAMMING, PROMOTION and MERCHANDISING . . . gives you the coverage and the listenership needed to do a real selling job in this rich market area. U. S. Representative — Weed & Co. Page 84 • August 6, 1951 air-casters Mr. Brooks ACK BROOKS, noted radio singer and announcer, appointed program and production director WHHM Memphis. Mr. Brooks was with WTAM Cleveland, WHAS Louisville and WBBM Chicago. WILLIAM T. WAGNER named production director WTVN (TV) Columbus, Ohio. He was with WIBA and WKOW Madison. C. RICHARD EVANS, general manager KSL-AM-TV Salt Lake City, announces establishment of separate radio and television promotion departments. WAYNE KEARL remains promotion manager for KSL. A. RICHARD ROBERTSON named promotion chief for TV. LaVAR REESE replaces Mr. Robertson in radio section. HARVEY HUSTEN, Voice of America, New York, to announcing staff WAAM (TV) Baltimore. PAT POLILLO namd projectionist on WAAM production staff. JOHN WAGNER, accounting department, ABC Hollywood, named controller of network's Western Div. GLENN JOHNSON appointed assistant in television production department WBTV (TV) Charlotte, N. C. He was with WFMY (TV) Greensboro. DICK McADOO returns to WGBG Greensboro, N. C, as emcee on WGBG Nighthawk Program. PAUL PAULSEN Jr., announcerwriter WDYK Cumberland, Md., to WSVA-AM-FM Harrisonburg, Va., as announcer disc jockey. PAUL DIXON, disc jockey WCPO-AMTV Cincinnati, to start disc jockey show on ABC-TV, as replacement for Curtain Up. HARRY BRUNDIDGE signed to fiveyear contract to produce and moderate the Brundidge — Crime Reports program on WPIX (TV) New York. MIKE JABLONS, president of Gainsborough Assoc., N. Y., appointed director of publicity and promotion, WLIB, New York. New post is in addition to his duties at Gainsborough. CAROLYN COVERT, WSUI Iowa City, Iowa, to continuity staff WOWAM-TV Omaha. RUTH CLYMER, Mason City Globe Gazett, Mason City, Iowa, to continue department KSTP (TV) Minneapolis. BILL GORDON, sports director WNAW North Adams, Mass., to staff WENT Gloversville. ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN, disc jockey KLAC Hollywood, appointed television producer and assigned to Les 'CarrotTop' Anderson Show on KL AC-TV. He will continue duties as disc jockey. JACK CHANCELLOR, TV writer NBC Chicago, father of girl, born July 31. FRANK McDONALD, Hollywood director, signed to an exclusive term contract by William F. Broidy Productions, same city, for both motion pictures and TV. MURIEL GAYLE appointed director of copywriting and acceptance department WIP Philadelphia, replacing ROBERT LAURENCE, who moves into newly created job of program coordination. Miss Gayle was women's commentator WGMR New Rochelle, N. Y. JAY FROMAN appointed to announcing staff KXYZ Houston. He was with WILL Urbana. JUDY THEOBALD named script girl on CBS Gene Autry Show, replacing CAPPIE ROBERTS, resigning to be married in fall. ARCH GRIFFIN, cameraman KECATV Los Angeles, and MARY CROSLEY secretary to CAMERON PIERCE, station engineering operations supervisor, married in that city July 20. CHARLES (Chuck) von FREMD, producer CBS-TV, and VIRGINIA SULLIVAN, publicity director WATO Cambridge, Mass., married July 19. DEXTER CARD, announcer WMTW Portland, Me., to WABI Bangor, Me., in same capacity. TOM BELCHER, program director KGWA Enid, Okla., father of boy, Robert Allen. RUBE WEISS, director WXYZ-TV Detroit, father of boy. GEORGE NEMETT, announcer KALI Pasadena, and Millie Cohen have announced their marriage. VERN TASCHNER, technician CBS Hollywood, reports to duty with U.S. Naval Reserve, Washington, D. C, Aug. 15, with rank of lieutenant. WAYNE HOWELL, NBC announcer and producer, replacing ELOISE McELHONE as master of ceremonies on RCA ■ Victor disc and guest show, Musical Merry -Go -Round, Sat. 8:008:30 p.m.). GROVER ALLEN, ABC-TV Chicago director, and Celine O'Malley, are to be married Aug. 18. HUGH GREEN to NBC Chicago radio production staff. He was with WNMP Evanston, 111. DON FAUST, production director WDTV (TV) Pittsburgh, and Barbara Wilson, married Aug. 4. RUDOLPH HALLEY, who won national reputation via TV as chief counsel of Senate Crime Investigat ' Committee, signed as narrator weekly TV version of Gangbust starting on CBS-TV Sept. 4 (Ti 9-9:30 p.m.) under sponsorship Schick Inc. (electric razors). Out his proceeds from programs, Halley said he will make wee presentations to one or more ch: ties. EUNICE KETTLE, member of '^I Pinafores," trio on CBS Gene Aw& Show, and James O'Bryan, marij Aug. 4. CLETE ROBERTS, newscaster KF" Hollywood, to KLAC that city, | similar capacity. He continues i twice daily telecasts on KLAC-TV.! RICHARD MITTAUER, newsrrj staff ABC Chicago, to news sj WOW-AM-TV Omaha. STAN EDWARDS, announcer CH Toronto, to Canadian Press, as write man. PAULINE FREDERICK, news c< mentator ABC, awarded gold key city by Birmingham, Ala., July x,., at the Annual Woman's Banquet, 4 ,. her contribution to the "culture ; information of Birmingham." SANDY SAUNDERS, farm direc ; WKY Oklahoma City, adopts b# Lynne Charles. HAL FISHER, news writer WB Chicago, father of boy, Brian Ji Moscow Says COCA-COLA may be "the pause that refreshes" to millions of American radio listeners — but the drink is downright "poisonous" for Europeans. That's what the Moscow Home Radio is telling its listeners. A special U. S. government-monitored broadcast claimed that the soft drink is "inundating the markets of all European countries, poisoning the health of the people, and increasing the profits of the American Coca Cola con ST i WNJR Newark July 10 and 20 aii 12-hour direct broadcasts from i lantic City on U. S. Senate Cri Committee gambling hearings in tli resort town. carries the weight in the Oregon Marke DAYjor NIGHT 1 " KGW PORTLAND, OREGON on the efficient 620 frequency AFFILIATED WITH NBC TOTAL BMB FAMILIES Fron.l94f BMB Survey D£T'ME B«.0« NIGHTTIME KGW • • • • • tVsi **"*••"? " ' ' »7,*1 S»<H*«C . • -,5 44 i SuHmD -jj REPRESENTED NATIONALLY BY EDWARD RETRY & < BROADCASTING • Telecastii 10/ B^BflBH