Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1956)

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RADIO RADIO RADIO neip wanted — ^ v^oni u ) Situations wanted — { Lont a J Situations W anted — ( v^ont a ) Technical Announcers Wanted at once. Engineer-announcer or salesmen. $90.00 a week. Temporary position until early April. WBRV Radio. Booneville, N. Y. Phone 11. Wanted: Combination engineer-announcer-first phone license. Write or telephone FEderal 23951. WFRO, Fremont, Ohio. Wanted: Radio engineer; first class radio telephone license; strong on maintenance. No operating tricks. Apply, Chief Engineer, Radio Station WRIV, 29 East Main St., Riverhead, Long Island, N. Y. Wanted immediately. Chief engineer for 250 watt station. Permanent position. No announcing required. Call Plaza 4-5141, WWCO. Waterbury, Conn. Engineer — for transmitter at fm station. Duties interesting and varied. Write — Joe Sanford, Rural Radio Network, Ithaca, New York. Have opening for combination-chief engineer. Excellent salary. Del Rio, Texas. Phone 5-2431. Program ming-Pmduct ion, Others Newsman — aggressive air personality, major market midwest. Send tape, picture. Box 652F, B-T. Continuity writer, male or female. Send resume. Deo Jylha, WBCM, Bay City, Michigan. Newsman, experienced to write and deliver local news. Handle tape-recorder. $75 per week. WCOJ, Coatesville, Pa. WIND, Chicago interested in top-quality office girls with radio experience for key positions to handle expanding business volume. Write Program Director. Situations Wanted Managerial Sales manager-general manager. My owner has sold; new owner takes over personally. I'm available. Over $100,000 personally signed contracts past year. Have withholding slips testifying to twelve year am-tv experience record of proven know-how showing $14,000-$18,000 annual earnings. Sales and managerial record substantiated by my owner and industry personages. Every consideration, small or large market, held confidential and appreciated. Box 551F, B-T. Twenty years radio-television management, general operations and sales. Prefer general management, but consider attractive sales or program proposal. Box 562F, B-T. Manager over twenty years. Knowledge all phases. Can direct sales. Box 602F. B-T. Program or assistant general manager. Successful record network and major market operations and administration. 12 years radio, 8 television. Available now. Box 675F, B-T. Salesman Salesman or announcer-salesman, ten years sales experience, strong staff announcer, presently employed. College, married, family. Prefer South, permanent connection. Box 648F, B-T. Announcers Described by leading magazine as outstanding deejay in his area. 6 years experience — including large competitive market, whether reading 'em straight — or adlibbing — proven success with sponsors and public. Seeking permanent position with good station in large city. Married, age 27 — stage background. Box 299F, B-T. Announcer seeking steady position in Florida; good background, board operation, strong music, news. Box 527F, B-T. Trained experienced announcer. Excellent taste in music, distinct news delivery. Desires position in small music-news station, New York State-New England. Box 548F, B-T. Excellent air salesman-newscaster. Family. Interested permanent position northeast — west. Prefer New England, New York State area. Box 550F, B-T. Here's the right negro girl for radio and tv!!! Experienced. Single. Will travel. Box 555F, B-T. Where can experienced sports announcer find a permanent job within 200 miles of Chicago? Over eight years experience. Married. Can do news, music, and special events. Is $100 per week too much? Box 579F, B-T. Announcer-singer, college graduate. 24, desires affiliation where talent, personality counts. Two years and currently airing with own Boston program Box 608F, B-T. Announcer, 4 years experience. Fine voice, authoritative news, relaxed DJ commercial delivery. First phone, tape. Box 612F, B-T. Native of northwest desires medium, large market permanency there. Married, vet, dependable. Three years DJ, news, pitchman, sports. Employed top rated station S.W. medium market. Box 613F, B-T. For major league baseball announcer seeking play-by-play opportunities, all sports, any size market. Available immediately. Box 614F, B-T. Nine years radio-tv announcing, directing, news, copy, promotion. $80 minimum. Tape, copy, resume on request. Prefer east. Details please. Box 617F, B-T. Negro announcer-disc jockey, commercial personality, station staff. Experience light-hard willing worker. Single travel, tape references. Box 618F, B-T. Young experienced announcer with tough break looking for another chance. Box 620F, B-T. Employed 9 years with solid commercial radio-tv operation. Seek position in larger market with greater economic potential. Resume and tape available. Box 621F, B-T. Bad situation developing, poor management, station for sale. Two announcers want to continue working together. Prefer Florida, southeast. Tape, full story. Box 624F, B-T. Spring training has started and I want to resume announcing career interrupted 3 years ago. Playby-play in minor league town preferred. One years experience. Ex-professional ballplayer. Box 626F. B-T. Experienced announcer, staff, DJ, news editor, play-by-play sports, WW-H vet, presently employed midwest tv desires position in progressive rad'io station. Box 627F, B-T. Available immediately: DJ, announcer, 8 years experience. Good voice, versatile, age 29, married. Best references. Box 631F, B-T. Announcer — married, veteran, 24. News — DJ — sports — resume — references — tape. Box 632F, B-T. Available immediately, employed announcer, ambitious, reliable family man. Seeking opportunity with future, less than year's experience. Box 636F, B-T. Young, sober married man now with 1 kw station wants better job small Florida or southeast outlet. Write for tapes, resume. Box 637F, B-T. Recent broadcasting school graduate. Good DJ, news, sports, board, tape. Box 639F, B-T. Announcer, DJ — 10 years experience all phases. Emphasis on music, live and records. Currently running late night show. Desire Florida location with permanent and promising future. Box 641F. B-T. Sports — news — 8 years experience. Authoritative, enthusiastic, references. Objective — permanency. Box 649F. B-T. Country — DJ — musician, announcer. Third. TV. Well experienced. Sincere, progressive stations only. Salary, talent. Box 651F. B-T. Announcer, five years experience in radio and tv. Worked in major markets. Interested only in Eastern metropolitan market. Box 653F, B-T. Attention Dixie and east coast stations!! Experienced deejay. Intelligent, glib, clever, versatile. Desires permanent affiliation with progressive station. Smooth easy delivery for top commercial results. Prefer all night or early morning platter spot. Available immediately. Box 659F, B-T. Mature — experienced. A-l air salesman with first phone desires early morning-daytime shift with active station in good market. Presently employed major network station small market five years. Reliable, responsible family man. Prefer West Coast or southwest but will consider other if income warrants. Top board and tape man with best references. Present employer may be contacted. Available for work April 15 next. Box 662F, B-T. Announcer — 6 months experience — married, veteran— 2 years college and radio school graduate — midwest preferred. Box 663F, B-T. Announcer, some experience, radio school grad . . . looking for opportunity — tape, resume, photo. Box 667F. B-T. DJ, sports, versatile, experienced. Lively voice. Pete Franklin, 1007 Propp Ave., Franklin Square, L. I., N. Y. Floral Park 2-6286. Staff announcer — broadcasting school graduate. Bill Parker, 2219 N. Parkside, Chicago. Staff announcer. Expert on hillbilly and folk tunes. Professional western entertainer. Good newcaster. board man. commercial man. Perrv, 737 11th Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. Staff announcer, board work, write copy, newscast, married. Have car third ticket. Sullivan, 737 11th Street, N.W., Washington. D. C. ME 8-5255. Looking for summertime announcing spot. Preferably in Ohio. Three years high school experience, WBOE, Cleveland, and years college work. Good sports background. Tape and resume on request. Dick Thompson, Biddle Hall, Athens, Ohio. Anonuncer-DJ: First phone; college degree; married. Former news director; continuity; entertainment. Prefer southern California, consider anywhere. Write: Announcer, 1312 17th Street, Santa Monica, California. EXbrook 5-6495. Technical Chief engineer-announcer. Experienced. Degree. Box 615F, B-T. Engineer, 18 months with large midwest vhf. 1st phone. Seeks permanent position. Box 658F, B-T. Desire transmitter work— 1st phone, five years electronic experience. William Blum, Route 2, Box 301, Salem, Oregon. Phone 2-0008. {Continued on next page) WANTED: DISC JOCKEYS WHO THINK THEY'RE EXCEPTIONAL — AND HAVE THE TAPES TO PROVE IT. That's right. We said "Exceptional." If you're not, don't bother. You'll only waste your time and ours. But ... if you are exceptional, rush us the tape that proves it. Immediate openings in 4 markets with America's most program-minded radio group. Latest addition: WDGY, 50,000 watts, Minneapolis. Our idea of an exceptional disc jockey features smooth selling ability. If you have a personality identity such as singing, piano playing, voice characterization, impersonations, etc., so much the better. Every tape carefully auditioned, and promptly returned. (Be sure to include address inside box.) Send all tapes to Todd Storz, President, MID-CONTINENT BROADCASTING CO., OMAHA 2, NEBRASKA WDGY KOWH W II II WTIX Minneapolis-St. Paul Omaha Kansas City New Orleans Broadcasting • Telecasting March 5, 1956 • Page 109