Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1956)

STATIONS David Van Sluyters, advertising manager, Leonard Refineries, St. Louis, Mich., appointed sales manager, WFYC Alma, Mich. Francis R. Busby, account executive, KTNT-TV Seattle-Tacoma, named retail sales manager. Jack Murphy, for six years production manager and executive producer, K P H OTV Phoenix, Ariz., to KOOL-TV Phoenix as program director. Irv Steinbock, sales manager, KAST Astoria, Ore., to KGW Portland, Ore., to direct sales for station's tourist promotion program. MR. MURPHY Char,es j Carey> program manager, WFIE-TV Evansville, Ind., named program manager of WNEM-TV Bay City, Mich. Arnold Starr, mechandising director, WPAT Paterson, N. J., to account executive, WORTV New York. Robert Weinmann, account executive, KTVW (TV) Tacoma, Wash., to sales staff, KYA San Francisco. Ralph A. Mlaska, Waterloo, Iowa, to WKRCTV Cincinnati, Ohio, as chief engineer, succeeding George A. Wilson, resigned. Mai Ewing, accounting and production analyst, Capitol Records, Hollywood, to KLAC Los Angeles as account executive. Daniel Ries, promotion director, WTVN Columbus, Ohio, to WKRC Cincinnati as account executive. George Hubbell, sales manager, Luden Co., Reading, Pa., to WIBG Philadelphia, Pa., as sales representative. Jack Erwin, insurance salesman, Foley-Carter Agency, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Jack Hitchcock, operator of private school and former Colorado station owner, to sales staff WSUNTV St. Petersburg. Dick Richmond, news department, KLIF Dallas, Tex., to WRIT Milwaukee as director of news and special events. Bob Edell, account executive, WROK Rockford, 111., to WGBS-TV Miami, Fla., in same capacity. Patricia Ryan, program coordinator, KPIX (TV) San Francisco, appointed merchandising and promotion director of KSFO San Francisco. R. David Mayo, publicity and promotion manager, WAGA Atlanta, transferred to sales staff as account executive. Marvin Rothschild, former operations and traffic manager, WUSN-TV Charleston, S. C, to WADS Ansonia, Conn., as account executive. R. L. McQuage returns to WJHP Jacksonville, Fla., as account executive, after eight years with another Florida station. Charles H. Helliwell, account executive, MBS Chicago, to Chicago sales staff of Crosley Broadcasting Corp. Dale Elliott, continuity director, KENS-TV San Antonio, Tex., returns to KTSA San Antonio as promotion and merchandising manager. He formerly served in KTSA program department. Charles Cash, former program director, WTIK Durham, N. C, to WTVD (TV) Durham, as promotion director. John P. Highlander, production director, WHATV Madison, Wis., appointed assistant program manager, KPIX (TV) San Francisco. Donald W. Mills, KPIX sales promotion department, promoted to publicity director. Robert Paris, formerly in sales promotion department, Southern Wholesalers, Washington, D. C, to WGAY Silver Spring, Md., as account executive. Donald B. Cook, CBS Hollywood, appointed executive producer, KNXT (TV) Hollywood, replacing Bob Quintan, moving to New York as producer-director in CBS-TV news and special events department. S. M. Rosenman, producer-director, WXIX (TV) Milwaukee, named production manager. Frederick Buschmeyer, director, WGR-TV Buffalo, N. Y., promoted to production manager, succeeding Warren Rossel, resigned to join Ketchum, MacLeod & Grove, Pittsburgh agency, as radio-tv producer. Jack Dosdourian, director, WGR-TV, named night production manager. Other station promotions: Marshall Reuther, head floor director, to director; Michael Masino, floor director, to head floor director; Remigjus R. Readc, floor director, to summer replacement director. Oscar Rose, former executive writer-producer. United Nations radio-tv department and assistant program director, WOV New York, to WCBS-TV New York, as producer, public affairs department. Fred Lemoine, engineer, WXIX (TV) Milwaukee, appointed director, succeeding Mort Rosenman, earlier named production manager. Edward O. Kopriver, WTVN-TV Columbus, Ohio, named studio supervisor of engineering department. Malcolm S. Hilty Jr. to property manager, succeeding Spanky Reese, resigned to join WDMJ Marquette, Mich. Don Clinger appointed night property supervisor, replacing Chuck Lorius, resigned. Robert Robertson, U. S. Marine Corps veteran, to WGAR Cleveland, Ohio, as public relations director. Gene Gallagher, former restaurant owner, to WLWC (TV) Columbus, Ohio, as sales service director, replacing Dick Reed, appointed account executive. Virginia Fields, graduate U. of Washington, Seattle, to WIRE Indianapolis as traffic manager. Don Joe, salesman-sportscaster, KMA Shenandoah, Iowa, to KFEQ St. Joseph, Mo. Don Arthur, sportscaster, WDUZ Green Bay, Wis., to WISN-TV Milwaukee, as announcersportscaster. Bruce Rice, sports director, KWFT-AM-TV Wichita Falls, Tex., to KCMO-AM-FM-TV Kansas City, Mo., as sportscaster. Charles R. Hughes, officer -in-charge, AFL-TV, Armed Forces station at Loring Air Force Base, Me., to WTOP Washington, D. C, as staff announcer. Tom Franklin, sports, news and special events staff, KING-TV Seattle, Wash., to KOVR (TV) Stockton, Calif., to handle San Francisco Seals baseball telecasts. E. J. Haling, formerly public relations-continuity director, WFAA Dallas, Tex., and WBAP Fort Worth, to Internal Revenue Service as special assistant to regional commissioner for five southwestern states. Roy Westburg, WTCN-TV Minneapolis-St. Paul and Jim Vaughn, WDSM-TV Duluth-Superior, to WCCO-TV Minneapolis-St. Paul as engineers. Bill Wren, WCCO-TV engineer, resigned to join Northwest Filming Inc., Minneapolis. Jerry Rosholt, news editor, KSTP-TV Minneapolis-St. Paul, to WCCO-TV in same capacity. Bill Terry, announcer, KFJZ-AM-TV Fort Worth. Tex., to radio sales staff, KFJZ. Bob Weatherford, student, Arlington State College, to KFJZ-TV as floorman. Lee Elias, KFJZTV, to KFDA-TV Amarillo, Tex., as salesman. Victor C. Diehm, president, Vic Diehm Assoc. stations (WVDA Boston, WAZL-AM-FM-TV Hazleton, Pa.; WIDE Biddeford, Me.; WHOL Allentown, Pa., WHLM Bloomsburg, Pa.), named to 26-member committee of National Planning Assn. to study and develop relief program for labor surplus areas. H. Needham Smith, sales manager. WTRF-TV Wheeling, W. Va., elected president of Live Wire Group of Ohio Valley Board of Trade. John S. Hayes, president, WTOP-AM-FM-TV Washington, appointed to business advisory committee of American U. School of Business Administration, Washington. C. L. Thomas, vice president-general manager, KXOK St. Louis, elected secretary of Campbell House Museum. Frank J. Voss, former general manager, WRAW Reading, Pa., named public relations manager of Dana Corp. (automotive, industrial communications parts), Toledo, Ohio. Michael Stanley, news director, WJOC Jamestown, N. Y., appointed to board of directors of Jamestown YMCA Men's Club. Stan Torgerson, director of sports, WHBQ Memphis, Tenn., elected president of Mid-South Basketball Officials Assn. Jack Kelly, manager, WRFW Eau Claire, Wis., father of girl, Margaret Mary, Feb. 10. Kendall Smith, program director, WHYN-TV Springfield-Holyoke, Mass., and Ronald Lange vin, staff projectionist, both fathers of boys, Feb. 22. Bob Stabler, manager, KTLU Rusk, Tex., father of boy, Jeffrey Calvin. Mike Cassidy, account executive, KGO-AMFM-TV San Francisco, father of twin boys, Denis A. and Dan B., Feb. 16. Robert M. Hoffman, director of sales planning and development, WOR-AM-TV New York, father of boy, Andrew Todd, Feb. 21. Gordon Laughead, sales representative WNAX Yankton, S. D.-Sioux City, Iowa, father of boy. Bob Koolage Jr., WEED Rocky Mount, N. C, father of boy, Robert Newton III, Feb. 13. Tom Haley, host of Morning Surprise, KYWTV Cleveland, Ohio, father of girl. Alan Newcombe, staff announcer, WBT and WBTV (TV) Charlotte, N. C, father of girl, Nancy Ann, Feb. 10. Don Flanagan, cameraman, KFJZ-TV Fort Worth, Tex., father of girl, Janet Ann. Bill Gildersleeve, program manager, WMURTV Manchester, N. H„ father of girl Feb. 17. Dick Sinclair, staff announcer, KFI Los Angeles, father of boy, Dick Jr., Feb. 12. Page 64 March 5, 1956 Bro/dcasting • Telecasting