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of the "St. Louis Ballroom" sold these advertisers The "St. Louis Ballroom" ////J is promotion! Bigger, better than ever! 24 sheets, exterior bus and streetcar cards, interior bus and streetcar announcements on Transit Radio, newspaper displayads, special mail promotions and personal appearances, promotion announcements on KXOK are scoring a wide plus for "St. Louis Ballroom" advertisers. Get details from your John Blair man or from KXOK today. KXQ* S&.aw« 3700 63okc«5000 WATTS •FULL TIME Represented by John Blair & Co. • f • agency WILLIAM W. WILSON Jr., associate radio-TV director Young & Rubicam, Chicago, named manager of radio-TV department, and PHIL BOWMAN, formerly in charge of department, appointed director. ALEX EVANS, vice president and manager of Brisacher, Wheeler & Staff, L. A., to Botsford, Constantine & Gardner, S. F., as account executive. RICHARD E. WILLIAMS, treasurer and director Doremus & Co., N. Y., elected vice president. JAMES F. FALLON, account executive Erwin, Wasey & Co., L. A., to Warwick & Legler, L. A., in executive capacity, effective Nov. 1. FREDERICK N. POLANGIN, vice president in charge of Los Angeles offices for Buchanan & Co., to Hutchins Adv. Co., Phila., to work on all creative and merchandising phases of Philco account. L. H. MARTINEAU, director of radio and TV Standish Adv. Inc., Providence, to Cunningham & Walsh, N. Y. WALLACE H. GOLDSMITH, Foote, Cone & Belding International, to Robert Otto & Co., N. Y., in executive capacity. on all accounts JAMES CAMPBELL DOUGLASS, vice president in charge of radio and television for Erwin, Wasey & Co., New York, is not a man to whom to apply traditional standards. He is the fellow who went down under to reach the top; just as he is the person who will never be investigated for having joined the Russian navy. The latter juncture occurred during the closing seven months of the war when, as a lieutenant commander with the American fleet, he travelled to the Aleutians to serve as liaison with the Soviet sea force there; the trip down under was to Australia and New Zealand directly after the war to represent Colgate Palmolive Peet in its radio campaign in that area. It was as a result of his civilian successes in the South Pacific that he was recalled to the states by the parent company to function as co-ordinator of its radio advertising. In that capacity he helped launch the company on its impressive sail into television. Among the TV projects he helped inaugurate were the Colgate Comedy Hour, the early sponsorship of the Howdy Doody show, the Miss Susan program and Strike It Rich. In radio Mr. DOUGLASS he was instrumental in buying the Our Miss Brooks and Mr. and Mrs. North for the company. On Sept. 17 he joined the Erwin, Wasey company as vice president in charge of radio and television. Among the radio and TV accounts he now handles are Admiral Radio, Pertussin, Barbasol, Musterole, and Kreml. Born in Washington, Ind., Mr. Douglass was educated at Hastings College of Conservatory Music and the U. of Nebraska. He received his A. B. degree majoring in fine arts and business administration in 1933. He worked his way through school as a conductor of orchestras and a leader of his own dance band. When he was graduated from the university he taught music at an Omaha high school for one year and then returned to the entertainment field conducting everything from jazz bands to grand opera throughout the country. In 1936 he returned to Omaha and joined WAAW there as assistant manager. One year later he moved to Central State Broadcasting System as director of programs for its stations. Two years later he went to St. (Continued on page 100) Page 20 • October 15, 1951 BROADCASTING • Telecasting