Broadcasting Telecasting (Jul-Sep 1954)
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STATIONS
AWARDS
THE TAVERN CLUB of Chicago was the scene of a recent "wedding luncheon" of WGN-TV, Tribune television station, and Prudential Insurance Co. of America. Admiring a model of the new Prudential Bldg., slated for completion in early 1956, and of the proposed 925-ft. antenna for WGN-TV [B«T, June 14, 7] are (I to r): J. Howard Wood, Chicago Tribune business manager; Charles B. Laing, vice president, Prudential Insurance Co.; James E. Rutherford, Prudential vice president who will be in charge of the $40 million Mid-America Home Office Bldg. at Randolph & Michigan; Frank P. Schreiber, manager and treasurer of WGN Inc. (WGN-AM-TV); S. W. Toole, vice president of Prudential's Newark office, and Carl J. Meyers, director of engineering, WGN Inc. The luncheon was held to announce plans for new transmitter-antenna facilities and WKGN-TV color equipment. The Tribune television outlet also has announced it will increase power from its present 120 kw to 316 kw once construction work is completed.
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July 26, 1954
N. H., father of boy, Robert Jr.
Charlie Wister, salesman, WIP Philadelphia, father of boy, July 6. Bill Manns, WIP announcer, father of boy.
REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE
Albert Larson, New York sales staff, Paul H. Raymer Co.. to tv sales staff, Avery-Knodel Inc., N. Y.
Joseph Dowling, formerly with ABC, to research dept., Headley-Reed, N. Y.
Affiliation Fireworks
AS a climax to its month-long CBS-TV affiliation promotion, Storer's WBRC-TV Birmingham staged "the largest and most elaborate fireworks display ever seen in Alabama" on July 5. J. Robert Kerns, vice president and managing director of the station, reported last week that "thousands of people" viewed the pyrotechnical display, and said that "WBRCTV will be happy to make this traditional display a part of all future Birmingham Fourth of July celebrations." The event marked a month-long promotional effort by the station on the shift of affiliation from NBC-TV to CBS-TV, which took effect on July 4.
Carole-Marie Runge, 16-year-old Farmingdale, L. I., high school senior, presented first annual | $500 Elias I. Godofsky-WHLI Hempstead, L. I. Memorial Brotherhood scholarship by WHLI President and General Manager Paul Godofsky for winning a Brotherhood essay contest conducted by the station.
James Donald Michael O'Hara V, 18-year-old high school valedictorian, presented Jefferson Standard Foundation four-year scholarship to Consolidated University of North Carolina, sponsored by Jefferson Standard Broadcasting Co. (WBT-WBTV [TV] Charlotte, N. C, and WBTW [TV] Florence, S. C).
Joe Hyder, d.j., WADK Newport, R. I., was' the recipient of a three foot trophy for being the most popular disc jockey in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.
Fred Rickey, CBS-TV producer of Omnibus this past season, has received the first annual tv award of the Speech-Theatre Dept., Long Island U. for "advancing the standards of television."
F. Louise Hall, Grit Pub. Co., Williamsport, Pa., received $250 award for winning symbol in Advertising Federation of America's two-year search for idea to symbolize integrity in advertising. Winning design will not be presented officially to advertisers and associations until fall.
Alice Roberts, WOR New York script writer, presented with the Medaille de la Reconnaissance Francaise from the French Government in recognition of "outstanding work in furthering French-American relations."
WNAC-TV Boston received citation from Marine Corps for its cooperation in helping with recruiting in First Naval District.
KPIX (TV) San Francisco awarded a Marine Corps citation at Treasure Island luncheon for station staff in appreciation of support given the Marine Corps.
Arthur Godfrey, CBS-AM-TV star, awarded a special citation by National Assn. of Music Merchants for . . . "untiring devotion to the cause of music and goodwill among people . . ." at 1954 Music Industry Trade Show-Convention in Chicago.
Min Lwin, since April studying various FCC operations under scholarship from the government of Burma, was presented a certificate of merit last week by FCC Chairman Rosel Hyde for completion of the study project. He is the first person from Burma to observe Commission functions. Mr. Lwin will spend the next three months at Geneva with International Telecommunication Union.
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