Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1957)

J Adv. Agency Inc., Chicago, elected secretary-treasurer of Continental Adv. Agency Network. Paul C. Harper Jr., vice president Needham, Louis & Brorby Inc., Chicago, elected chairman of board of governors of American Assn. of Adv. Agencies Chicago Council. Jerome S. Stolzoff, vice president-account supervisor, Grey Adv., N. Y., married Ruth Jackson, actress, April 7. Karl Koerper, vice president of Kansas City Power & Light Co.. Kansas City, Mo., and former executive of Midland Broadcasting Co., in Kansas City, died April 8. FILM Winston O'Keefe, tv director, recently with NBC-TV's Matinee Theatre, to executive i staff of Screen Gems in Hollywood, and Michael Abel, script consultant-producer at MGM, to Screen Gems where they will assist William Sackheim, director of program development. Ted Liss, formerly writer-producer at CBSTV, appointed creative tv sales director at Filmack Studios, Chicago. Douglas Whitney, talent executive, RKO Studios in Hollywood, to Screen Gems Inc., same city, in charge of creating and negotiating for new tv program packages. Nox Lempert promoted from production manager to producer of commercials for Guild Films, N. Y. Chuck Zornig, freelance producer, appointed music director at Lewis & Martin Films i Inc., Chicago. j Joseph Kenas, motion picture writer-director, named director of film, radio-tv department of Anti-Defamation League of B'nai ; B'rith. He succeeds Maury Glaubman who . resigned to take charge of public affairs film production for Dynamic Films, N. Y. Don Garrett, consumer press editor of Screen Gems Inc., N. Y., and his wife, tv actress Lila Paris, parents of girl, April Louisa. NETWORKS E. Charles Straus, assistant to director of business affairs, CBS-TV Hollywood, ap• pointed to newly created post of director of talent and casting. Willard Block, NBC-TV Sales, to CBS-TV Film Sales as account executive in N. Y. [ office. Chalmers Dale, supervisor of broadcast film operations, CBS-TV Film Services Dept., as assistant manager. He succeeds Lee Hon , who is transferring to Technical Operations Dept. S «U '/ 5;> " A. Robert Bonagura, since December 1955 with sales staff of CBS-TV Film Sales, to sales staff of CBS Radio. John Caraway, WGN Chicago, to writing staff of NBC-TV's Tonight in that city. STATIONS Norman Geron, WIZE Springfield-Dayton, Ohio, to WHLT Huntington, Ind., as general manager. < Charlie Keys, KWTV (TV) Oklahoma City, to KGEOTV Enid, Okla., as sales manager. Bob Powell, announcer-staff musician, WBTM Danville, to WBCR Christiansburg, both Va., as sales manager. Faye Hoover, traffic manager at WBCR, promoted to program director. George Rice, program director for WABCTV New York, and Yale Roe, merchandising manager for WBKB Chicago, to KGOTV San Francisco as program director and national spot sales manager, respectively. Hal Berger, formerly program director, KFAC Los Angeles, to KGO-AM as operations manager. George Bowe, production manager, WTICAM Hartford, Conn., named production manager for WTIC-TV. George H. Green, program manager WATV (TV) and WAAT Newark, assumes duties of publicity, promotion and advertising. Robert MacDougall, educational director of both stations, appointed public relations director. Lou Frankel, director of promotion, has resigned. Baldwin (Bill) Goodwin Jr., account executive, WMBR Jacksonville, Fla., named assistant general sales manager. OIlie Schell, Cascade Broadcasting, Yakima, Wash., to KGA Spokane as program director. John McAlpine, KGA announcer, named assistant program director and Larry Lester, announcer at KNEW Spokane, to KGA as announcer. Peggy Hunt, continuity director at KREM-TV Spokane, and Phil Geiger to KGA as continuity director and promotional-merchandising manager, respectively. Ray Lukshis, executive producer, KTLA (TV) Hollywood, named program director. Hal Dasbach, KTLA administrative assistant, and Gene Karaganies named program supervisor and assistant production supervisor, respectively. Joe Whalen, sports director-staff announcer, WVPO Stroudsburg, Pa., named program director, succeeding Joe Webster, resigned. Ray Lukshis, executive producer of KTLA (TV) Los Angeles, promoted to program director. Hal Dasbach, administrative assistant, named program supervisor and Gene Karaganies becomes assistant production supervisor. George Hobkirk, publisher, Muscoy Community Free Press, San Bernardino, Calif., to KACE Riverside, Calif., as program director. Helen Nugent, WKRC-AM Cincinnati, UPSTREAM 1 Selling products is an upstream battle in today's competitive market. It takes power to make headway ... to channel advertising skillfully over shoals and into homes of receptive prospects. WSAZ-TV can do this for you in the rich Ohio River market. Blanketing 69 important counties with half a million TV homes, its power is measurable both in ERP and in viewer acceptance, persuasive selling. No other medium approaches WSAZ-TV's broad popularity. Nielsen shows (for example) a nighttime, weekday superiority of 100,580 homes for WSAZTV over the next-best station. This kind of penetration and preference gets advertising results . . . and can propel you to new sales levels in America's industrial heart. Any Katz office can help you harness WSAZTV to get you upstream faster. HUNTINGTON-CHARLESTON, W. VA. R.B.OL IflTWQIS Affiliated with Radio Stations WSAZ. Huntington & WKAZ. Charleston LAWRENCE H. ROGERS, PRESIDENT Represented by The Katz Agency Broadcasting Telecasting May 6, 1957 Paee 113