Broadcasting Telecasting (Jul-Sep 1953)

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Payable in advance. Cheeks and money orders only. Deadline: Undisplayed — Monday preceding publication date. Display — Tuesday preceding publication date. Situations Wanted 20<t per word — $2.00 minimum • Help Wanted 25^ per word — f2.00 minimum All other classifications 30^ per word — $j^.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. Applicants: If transcriptions or bulk packages submitted, $1.00 charge for mailing (Forward remittance gepsrately, please). All transcriptions, photos, etc. sent to box numbers are sent at owner's risk. BboadcabtING • Telicasting expressly repudiates any liability or reeponeibility for their custody or retum. Help Wanted Experienced radio station investors desire topnotch personnel to invest with them and operate midwest location. Box 346X, B.T Managerial Manager, excellent opportunity, manage 5 kw, fulltime station, programming to colored audience in large eastern metropolitan market. Prefer man now managing or experienced in managing similar type station. Must be young, aggressive, with sales experience. Give complete background and experience including photo in first letter. Reply Box 559X, B«T. Young man financially able to purchase interest in and manage radio station. Write or wire Ed Bishop, Dalhart, Texas. Manager with proven record. New southern California 1 kw station. Room 103, 442 Cochran, Los Angeles 36. Manager-salesman, 1 kw daytime station. Independent programming, must have car. Can earn better than $,5,000 per year — salary and commission. If interested, write W. E. Farrar, Carrollton, Alabama. Salesmen Excellent opportunity for aggressive salesman. Salary plus commission. One station market in Ohio's fastest growing city. No floaters. Box 432X, B.T. North Carolina station in excellent market wants experienced, young, aggressive salesman. Top monev proposition to man with plenty of energy and ability. Send full details to Box 440X, B.T. Tower manufacturer interested in representation in N. Y. area. AppUcant must be conversant with design and sales of TV and radio towers. Send complete information and references to Box 496X, B.T. Salesman wanted: Immediate availability for an aggressive man looking for a good future in jradio and television. One AM station and TV station market in midwest's richest farm area. Guarantee plus liberal commission. Write Box 529X, B.T. Salesman for new station. Salary plus commission. KCHR, Charleston, Missouri. Salesman — go-getter, not ad-taker. Excellent proposition, right man. Drawing account and good commission. KTRC, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Experienced salesman in good non-competitive market. Good starting salary. Resort area. Contact Sales Manager, WHFB, Benton Harbor, Michigan. Good opportunity awaits right man who can sell part-time and do a good announcing job. WHIT, New Bern, North Carolina. Aggressive salesmen, capable of moving to commercial manager position. Salary and commission. Excellent future for right man. Send full information first letter. Howard Dahl, WKBH, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Salesman. Terms open. WKEI, Kewanee, Illinois. Excellent opportunity for radio salesman with proven sales record. Exceptional salary and incentive plan for right man. Unlimited possibilities in the Greater Hartford market. Write giving complete data including references and past billins to Gustave Nathan, Commercial Manager WKNB. 11 Asylum Street, Hartford, Connecticut. Radio time salesman for combined TV-radio operation. Must have previous experience in radio selling. Aggressive, promotion-minded and mature. Salary, commission, car allowance. Write W. C. Porsow, Station Manager, WNAM, Neenah, Wisconsin. Salesman for fastest growing station in east Tennessee. Salary and commission. Must know selling. Background resume, photo, present and past earnings, first letter. Write Harry Weaver, Manager, WOKE, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. A nnouncers Hillbilly jockey. Chicago area. Salary and sales opportunity. Send full details and audition tape. Box 352X, B.T. Help Wanted— (Cont'd) Announcer. Some experience. 250 watt net affiliate, east Tennessee town of 13,000. Box 358X, B.T. North Dakota network station has an immediate opening for announcer. Box 435X, B.T. Two good announcers wanted by North Carolina station in good market. Good deal for men who can really pitch. Send details to Box 441X, B.T. Experienced announcer for progressive southern station. Send full details first letter and audition tape. Box 455X, B.T. Are you ready for the big time? Progressive midwest indie offers chance of a lifetime to good news and music man. Send details and audition to Box 457X, B'T. Announcer-hillbilly DJ. Southern coimtry music station needs personality who can also do staff work. Good proposition on . base salary plus talent. Resume and auditions to Box 472X, B«T. Wanted: announcer-engineer. Must have first class ticket, emphasis on announcing. Immediate opening leading network station. Write Box 506X, B.T. Announcer. Good possibilities — news and DJ work. Furnish disc, tape, photo, background. Augusta. Georgia. Experience not necessary. Box 507X, B.T. Combo-chief. Announce shift plus maintenancerepair 500 watt profitable independent daytimer, small midwestern town. Up to $82.50 weekly for right man on permanent basis. Box 527X, B'T. Announcer-engineer with emphasis on announcing. State minimum acceptable salary. Very best equipment and working conditions. Box 540X, B'T. Wanted by September 7th; a staff announcer, 40 hour week. Prefer person with football playby-play ability. 250 Mutual affiliate in Carolina. Send resume, tape, expected salary to Box 553X, B'T. Wanted — Experienced announcer for night shift in aggressive new station with TV plans. Send tape, qualifications and photo to Box 558X, B.T. Florida — $80; 44 hours. Experienced announcer who can also do hillbilly character. Only best voices apply, please. Send tape first letter. Box 561X, B'T. Sports director. 1000 watt midwest sports station. Football, basketball, special events, some news. $350 to start. Available two weeks. Apply Box 562X, B«T. Opening immediately for announcers, emphasis on air work. First phone desirable, but not necessary. KAWT, Douglas, Arizona. Experienced sports man for station carrying 100 football and basketball games. Must be capable of handling other staff duties. Send complete resume of experience and tape to WCNT, Centralia, Illinois. Experienced announcer for good daytime independent. Morning shift, 40-hour week. Send audition, photo, background and salary expected. WDZ, Decatur, Illinois. Sportscaster, play-by-play. Must be top flight and with thorough knowledge of football, basketball, baseball. Send complete details first letter and air check recording. Program Director, WEEX, WEEX-FM, Easton, Penna. Wanted: General staff announcer with emphasis on hillbilly record shows and sportscasting. Salary plus per-game for play-by-play. Write WMPA, Aberdeen, Mississippi. Personality announcer for morning shows plus children's programs and staff work. Good pay, fine future. Background resume, photo, present salary, first letter. Write Harry Weaver, General Manager, WOKE, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Experienced announcer, with or without first class ticket, wanted by outstanding, small-market, NBC fulltime affiliate in western North Carolina. Top pay and ideal working conditions. WPNF, Brevard, North Carolina. Help Wanted— (Cont'd) Experienced engineer-announcer. First clas; ticket for 5 kw NBC affiliate Virginia's Shenan doah Valley. Emphasis announcing. Good work ing conditions. Contact Johnson, WSVA, Ha risonburg, Virginia. Staff announcers and newswriters. Competent experienced in AM-FM operation. Complete details first letter together with audition disc. Program Director, WEEX, WEEX-FM, Easton, Penna Technical Men with at least 10 years of electronic experience, preferably audio, with good mechanica knowhow to install and maintain specializec audio devices. Will be traveling continually. Mushave driver's license. Transportation supplied^ Good salary plus expenses. Send complete lis of experiences, references and enclose a persona snapshot. Photo will not be returned. Box 645W B.T. Urgently need 1st, engineer, preferably announc-^ er or salesman combo for eastern Indiana. Win collect. Box 374X, B.T. Maintenance engineer capable of announcing Permanent position. CBS, southwest. Top wages Box 437X, B.T. Assistant chief engineer. WE 10 kw FM transmitter. WKJF, Pittsburgh 11, Penna. Immediate opening for engineer-announcer capa ble of being chief and making installation in new station. Contact Bill Brown, KBTO, El Dorado Kansas. Chief engineer. 1000 watt station in southwest daytime only. Good salary. Experience required Car necessary. Send photo, references first let ter. If good mike man, send tape. KSCB, Liberal Kansas. Immediate opening — chief engineer. NBC affiU ate in metropolitan Georgia needs capable, quali fied man to handle full technical responsibilitv 250 watt AM; 3 kw (rated) FM. Salary open Write for interview, disclosing experience am salary requirements. WBML, Macon. Georgia. WFNC, Fayetteville, North Carolina, needs first class engineer. AM-FM operation. 5 kilowatt AM; 14 kilowatts FM. Television application Desirable working conditions. Combo man, first phone, emphasis on announc ing. 40 kw FM station, specializing in back ground music. Pleasant work. WKJF, Pitts burgh 11, Pa. Wanted before Sept. 1: First class combo man No experience necessary. Write or wire WTWA Thomson. Georgia. Production-Programming, Others Male continuity writer. Must be sober, con genial. Able to do some sales and service work Small southern market with good opportunity for advancement. Excellent working conditions Box 534X, B'T. Nebraska editor. Need trained men for loca news editor. Gather, write and broadcast loca news. Applicants must have news training o: background. 20-35 years. Radio Station KCOW Alliance, Nebraska. Copywriter radio, good starting salary. All de tails first letter. WILS, Lansing 30, Michigan Continuity writer for 5000 watt independen, sports-music station. Opening immediate. Apph WTVB, Coldwater, Michigan. Television Managerial New TV station, excellent market. New Eng land, looking for program manager. Must btj experienced idea-man who can organize ane operate program department to do most efifec five live-local and film programming to supple ment network, build audience, at sensible local level cost. Submit aU details, including salan requirements, first letter. Box 514X, B.T. Salesmen Salesmen and wives who are free to travel cai earn $300-$600 weekly commissions while buildinp a permanent, pleasant and very profitable ar^ rangement for themselves in television. Worlconsists of contacting small, select group merchants and manufacturers, and the heads o leading civic clubs for sponsorships and partici pation in an entirely new and copyrighted se ries of program features and studio parties fci: several TV stations in Ohio and other midwesteri states. Three to four weeks are needed to organ ize plan, and 90% of sponsors should renev yearly. Will consider only men 25-40 years of ag( with cars and able to finance themselves, wh( have sold successfully for radio or TV station; for at least five years, and whose wives have hac 1 some sales, business, or club organization ex perience. Write Box 557X, B'T, regarding youi qualifications, and for confidential interview.