Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1956)
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Robert N. Storey promoted from announcing staff to promotion manager of WGL Fort Wayne, Ind., replacing Mrs. Dorsey Roth.
Mansfield E. Pickett, formerly director of national sales advertising, High Fidelity magazine, to WMGT (TV) Pittsfield, Mass., as sales representative.
Walter Hiles, formerly disc jockey at WAKE Atlanta, to sales staff of WAAF Chicago.
Roy A. May, announcer, WIL St. Louis, Mo., appointed program director.
Curt Guthrie, formerly program and promotion director, WINZ Miami, to KEX Portland, Ore., as assistant in advertising and sales department.
Dale Larson to KTVH (TV) Wichita-Hutchinson, Kan., as promotion manager.
Peter S. Crawford, formerly account executive, Richard H. Ullman Inc., Buffalo, N. Y., film sales firm, to WLWA (TV) Atlanta, Ga., sales staff.
Jerry Thompson, WJRD Tuscaloosa, Ala., to WAPI Birmingham, Ala., as account executive.
Steve Crowley, KGO San Francisco, to KSFO San Francisco, sales staff.
James Russell to sales staff, WBAL Baltimore.
Western A. Todd to local sales staff, WFBR Baltimore.
John Allen, announcer, WFAA Dallas, Tex., promoted to chief announcer.
John Mahan, former assistant program director, WDAS Philadelphia, to WPEN Philadelphia as traffic manager.
Terry Cowling, formerly with WCOP Boston for 12 years as announcer, chief announcer and news director, returns to station as sales account executive after two years as director of Cambridge School of Radio & Tv Broadcasting. Boston.
Herbert Groskin, formerly sales staffer, WFLN Philadelphia, to WCAU there as account executive.
Frank Bell Jr., formerly announcer-cameraman, WFAA-TV Dallas, to KTBB Tyler, Tex., as news director.
Bill Daniels, announcer, KFWB Los Angeles, promoted to chief announcer, succeeding Dave Ballard, who resigned to freelance in tv and motion pictures.
Hugh McCoy, news director, KFAB Omaha, Neb., to KNX Los Angeles, and Columbia Pacific Radio Network News Bureau as newscaster.
James D. Bailey, formerly commercial manager, KAAA Red Wing, Minn, (now KCUE). to assistant sales manager. Red Wing Potteries Inc.
Harry Dangerfield Jr., formerly commercial manager, XETV (TV) Tijuana, to sales staff, KBTV (TV) Denver.
Lionel Poulton, production manager, KDKA Pittsburgh, appointed producer of Wayne Griffin Show on KDKA-TV.
Cliff Adams, formerly farm director and newscaster, KTOE Mankato, Minn., to WNAX Yankton, S. D.
William G. Klee, formerly chief continuity writer WCOL Columbus, Ohio, appointed continuity director, WWCA Gary, Ind.
Douglas D. Basford, announcer, WJLS Beckley, W. Va., to WHAW Weston, W. Va.
Austin Heywood, assistant director of press information, KNXT (TV) Hollywood and CBSTV Pacific Network, appointed assistant director of audience promotion, succeeding Marvin Cavender, appointed CBS-TV West Coast press information photo editor. Virgil Mitchell, CBS radio publicist, appointed assistant director of press information. Mary Kitano, KNXT press information section, to assist Mr. Heywood. Nina Burch succeeds Miss Kitano.
George N. Snell, former owner-producer, Green Hills Theatre, Reading, Pa., to KDKA-TV Pittsburgh. Pa., directing staff. Jean Connelly, KDKA-TV producer, returns to performing on daily Wayne Griffin Show.
Peter Haas, assistant film supervisor, WCBS-TV New York film services dept., named dept. supervisor, succeeding George Buckley, resigned. Mr. Haas replaced by George Bass, assistant film director, KOMU-TV Columbia, Mo. Donald Hammond, CBS-TV advertising and promotion department copywriter, to promotion writer at WCBS-TV replacing Murry Karniiller, transferred to CBS Radio program writing division.
Bob Lidz, news producer, KFJZ-TV Fort Worth, Tex., appointed director of publicity and promotion; T. B. Bailey, floor director, named staff director; John Witten, news cameraman, lo news producer; Don Henry, floorman, in floor director: Joann McCann to chief copywriter.
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