Broadcasting Telecasting (Jul-Sep 1953)

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Payable in advance. Checks and money orders only. Deadline: Undisplayed — Monday preceding publication date. Display — Tuesday preceding publication date. Situations Wanted 204 per word — $2.00 minimum • Help Wanted 25^ per word — $2.00 minimum All other classifications 30^ per word — $^.00 minimum • Display ads. $15.00 per inch No charge for blind box number. Send box replies to: Broadcasting • Telecasting, 870 National Press Bldg., Washington 4, D. C. Appliwnts: If transcriptions or bulk packages submitted, SI. 00 charge for mailing (Forward remittance separately, please). All transcriptions, photos, etc., sent to box numbers are sent at owner's risk. Broadc.\stING • Telecasting expressly repudiates any liability or responsibility for their custody or return. Sitnations Wanted Help Wanted Managerial Manager for fulltime, network-affiliated station in city of 25,000. Must be salesman of real ability and have general, all-round radio experience. Excellent income possibilities on a salary-commission basis. Must be sober and able to fit into community life. Prefer man in the 30-to-40 age bracket. Box 62X, B-T. Station manager. Salary plus commission for Radio Station WMPA, Aberdeen, Mississippi. Personal interview. Contact Joe Phillips, WSSO, Starkville, Mississippi. Salesmen Salesman-announcer. Florida. Mostly selling but good announcing required. Salary plus commission. Box HOW. B.T. Salesman to service and sell local accounts. Salary plus commission. Good market. Texas ABC station. Box 23X, B.T. Salesman — immediate opening, $100 to start. Car required. Send photo, references and experience in first letter. KCHJ, P.O. Box 262, Delano, Calif. Experienced salesman-announcer. Salary plus commission. Photo, tape, experience first letter. WSSC, Sumter, S. C. Young man witli car needed for sales work. Will train. Write WTUX, Wilmington, Delaware. Announcers Florida coast. Morning man DJ. Must have top voice, excellent delivery commercials. Send tape first letter. Box lllW, B'T. Announcer. $60 start, 40 hours. Net affiliate. Southern Minnesota. Send tape and background. Box 659W, B'T. New 10,000 watt independent daytime opening about September 1st in southeast, needs personality hillbilly disc jockey, also good staff man able to handle news, special events. Salary depends on what manager thinks of your audition tape and background. Box 945W, B.T. Experienced announcer-operator for 5 kw Georgia station. Restricted permit sufficient. Box 16X, B.T. Exceptionally good combo man, morning or afternoon shift. Virginia ABC. Only top grade announcers need apply. $80, forty hours. Box 22X, B.T. Southern regional NBC station has opening for good morning man with special appeal to farm and industrial audience. Good pay for good man. Box 71X, B.T. DJ and newsman. If you're good now and expect to get even better, a progressive Detroit area station has plans for you. Send audition and details to Box SOX, B.T, Announcer-engineer at KWCO, Chickasha, Oklahoma. Announcer, DJ. 1st class license, married man preferred. Full details to Dick Hardin, Radio Station WBUD, Trenton, New Jersey. Announcer. Good voice who can also do playby-play on football and basketball. References and tape required. WJBC, 209 E. Washington Street, Bloomington, 111. Urgently need staff announcer at new 1 kw dayt*rp9 'ndie in eastern Pa. 40 hour week. Good v/rrl"i'^-3 conditions, overtime, etc. Salary accordin ^ tn exnerience. Prefer personal interview, h'lt v.'ill accept tape or record if sent soonest. Re-i':' to Manager, WLSH, Box D, Lansford, Pa. Announcer-engineer needed immediately. No experience necessary. Wire or phone collect Edward Williams, Chief Engineer, WTWA, Thomson, Georgia. Help Wanted— (Cont'd) Immediate opening for announcers for general staff work at radio indie in Norfolk metropolitan market. Must be strong in commercials, news and knowledge of music. Station begins TV operations in September as NBC affiliate. Audition, disc or tape required. Send to L. W. Kliewer. Operations Manager, WVEC, Hampton, Va. Technical Men with at least 10 years of electronic experience, preferably audio, with good mechanical knowhow to install and maintain specialized audio devices. Will be traveling continually. Must have driver's license. Transportation supplied. Good salary plus expenses. Send complete list of experiences, references and enclose a personal snapshot. Photo will not be returned. Box 645W, B.T. Chief engineer with medium station experience. Daytime station, major northern Ohio market. Please write including background, experience, references and salary requirement. Box 909W, B.T. AM control room operator. Start at $70 for 5 day, 40 hour week. Transfer to well established midwest VHF TV operation when opening occurs. State background. Prefer first phone. Box 980W, B.T. Engineer with first class license to fill job of chief engineer in combo operation. No announcing. Maintenance of Gates equipment only. Here is a good job, excellent working conditions with lots of time off for outside Interests. Salary $50.00 per week. Address Box 4X, B'T. Technicians — Excellent opportunity for young technicians with first class license. No experience necessary, will train both AM and TV. Include background and present salary first letter. Box 9X, B.T. Engineer with first class license to fill job of chief in combo-operation. Good job, excellent working conditions. Salary $75 to start. Address, Box 98X, B.T. Need first phone transmitter engineer at once $65 for 40 hours. If interested, call collect P. R Hurlbut, WCSI, phone 2-1123, Columbus, Indiana Production, Programming, Others Promotion-publicity. A fine position with plenty of opportunity for big earnings is open to a good promotion man who is not afraid of work and who can not only carry out someone else's ideas, but who has workable ideas of his own, that have been used successfully elsewhere in TV and radio. Newspaper layout experience helpful, but not essential. All replies will be held in strict confidence. State your previous experience and salary expected. Box 93X, B.T. Midwest radio-television station in city of halfmillion needs experienced continuity writer. As vacancy must be filled soon, submit full details and copy samples first letter. Box 99X, B.T. It's cool in Colorado. Continuity job now open at Radio KCOL, Fort Collins, Colorado. Girl for traffic or local news. KFRD, Rosenberg, Texas. Television Production-Programming, Others New network-affiliated TV station NE section United States looking for program director, preferably man who has been assistant program director or program director in smaller TV station and commercial manager, who must have TV and/or radio experience. Positions offer exceptional opportunity and future in one of nation's major markets. Reply Box 61X, B.T. Managerial Sober, reliable, experienced manager who can sell hardboiled clients good radio, wants to make change. Present position long time. Box 24X, B.T. Looking for me? Major TV network (New York City) experience — programming, production, promotions, studio management. No locational preference. Reply Box 31X, B.T. General or commercial manager or administrative assistant, radio and/or TV. Family man with stable record. 17 years general sales or business manager and owner with CC and regional large market network and small market independent. Know radio business, national and local from transmitter to bank balance. Some TV experience. Emphasize sales. Present five figure position insecure due proposed sale of stations. Seeking connection in operation with high standards in good southern market. Offer top references. Box 87X, B.T. Salesmen Sales manager. AM or TV. Time salesman for station rep. Station salesman since '48. Outstanding sales record. Box 96X, B.T. Salesman, 28. Can you use, or know someone who can use, a salesman with a top sales record, who is seeking to become associated with a worthwhile sales undertaking? I. Kammerman, 2010 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Announcers Good, deep voice. Radio announcing school and 20 months' experience. Desire announcing position near Minneapolis. Box 748W, B.T. Announcer. First phone. 6 years including comboprogramming-copy. Independent and network. Presently CBS affiliate. Married, vet, available early August. Desire announcing position with future. Box 55X, B.T. Combo man! Announcer and/or engineer with first phone. Programming, announcing, writing, traffic, and engineering experience. College man. Graduate two leading radio schools. Sober, reliable family inan with car. Presently employed. Available two weeks notice. All localities considered. Box 57X, B.T. Announcer — CBO. Experienced: trained all phases. Excel sportscasting; athletic background. DJ; classical: news. Veteran, Dependable, willing, able. Interested permanent position begin August. Resume tape. Box 60X, B.T. Announcer. Intelligent, ambitious. Prefer small, friendly town. Travel anywhere. Tape, references, resume. Box 64X, B.T. One year experience announcing. Did Canal Zone League baseball play-by-play. Stage experience. Young, hardworker, dependable. Wants start. Single, veteran. Will travel for east coast interview. Box 65X, B.T. Combination DJ-announcer-pianist. Real air salesman. Box 72X, B.T, Need a top flite nite DJ? Top DJ in southern metropolitan market of 700,000 at 5 kw. Now available with two-week notice. Proven ability 5 years experience. Box 74X, B.T. Three years independent and network. Announcer, program director, sports. First ticket. College, car, family, GI, 25. Prefer west. Desire opportunity for radio-TV advancement and permanency. Box 75X, B.T. Hillbilly and popular disc jockey— presently employed—3V2 years experience. Singer-musician: smooth folk and western. Was member of wellknown folk and western group. Wide knowledge of popular and hillbilly records. Do interviews, special events and regular staff work. Sober, dependable, hard-working. Box 76X B.T ?A"P7^"^Sr town's largest bank robbed I0:d0 AM. Noon news direct eye witness account robbers getaway. 12:30 PM TV affiliate motion pictures scene, including bandit's victim. If you need man capable delivering, directing livewire Sifws coverage radio, TV, both, contact Box Announcer. 2 years experience both network and independent. 23, married, veteran Want something permanent. Box 79X, B.T. First class combo. Experienced, strong news news writing, music. College graduate. $300 minimum. Box 82X, B.T Page 104 Topnotch announcer. First phone. Mature newsspecial events expert. Box 83X, B.T. 7«/v 6, 1953 Broadcasting Telecasting