Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1957)

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Record Details:

Title:
Broadcasting Telecasting
Date:
Apr-Jun 1957
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Broadcasting Publications Inc.
Volume:
Broadcasting Telecasting
Leaf #:
0001015
Language:
English
Subjects:
radio and television periodical, Broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
June 13, 2024
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John Wrisley, WIS Columbia. S. C, father of boy. David John. Bob Laumann, production department of KTTV Los Angeles, father of girl, Karen Elizabeth, April 18. REPRESENTATIVES < Austin Smithers, formerly radio sales manager for Headley-Reed. to Edward Petry & Co. radio division as account executive. Jack Kettell, recently released from service to Kettell-Carter as account executive. Dale Stevens to Everett-McKinney, Chicago, sales staff. PROGRAM SERVICES < William R. Vallee, director of tv operations. Benton & Bowles, to TelePrompTer Corp. as director of operations. Theodore A. Minde, technical director of Nowland & Co. (marketing research firm) in Greenwich, Conn., to Alfred Politz Research, N. Y. Walter J. Mann Jr., assistant to supervisor of marketing for Federal Pacific Electric Co., Newark, also joins Politz research staff. EDUCATION Virginia Renaud, 29, radio-tv director, George Washington U., public relations office, Washington, D. C, and former education director for CBS Chicago, died of heart attack, May 6. Parker Wheatley, director of Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council and general manager of WGBH-FM-TV Cambridge, Mass.. educational, resigns effective May 20. TRADE ASSOCIATIONS Cecil Brown, ABC commentator, elected president of Overseas Press Club for oneyear term, succeeding Wayne Richardson of AP. John F. Meehan, Revue Productions, elected governor of Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Hollywood, representing art directors. Other governors elected: Lucien Andriot, Hal Roach Studios, representing cinematographers; Sheldon Leonard, Marterto Productions, directors; Loren L. Ryder, Ryder Sound Services, engineers; Wayne Tiss, BBDO. executives; Michael R. Mc Adam, Revue Productions, film editors; Paul Weston, Columbia Records, musicians; Danny Thomas, Danny Thomas Show, performers; Desi Arnaz, Desilu Productions, producers, and Parke Levy, December Bride, writers. H. M. Dancer, chairman of board, DancerFitzgerald-Sample, and William R. Baker Jr., chairman of board, Benton & Bowles, elected directors for one-year terms of Brand Names Foundation Inc., N. Y. MANUFACTURING Paul E. Bryant, general sales manager of radio division. Hoffman Electronics Corp., L. A., named vice president in charge of sales for division. Francis W. Crotty, assistant general counsel for patents, Zenith Radio Corp., elected vice president in charge of patents. < A. E. Abel, assistant general manager of radio division of Bendix Aviation Corp., and manager of Bendix radio's government products, named division general manager. < Kenneth B. Boothe, product manager, American Bosch Arma Corp.'s Anna division, to Kahn Research Labs. Freeport, L. I., N. Y., as director of sales. Arnold Piatt, advertising-sales promotion manager of Roto-Broil Corp. of America, to Pilot Radio Corp., L. I., N. Y., as advertising-sales manager. J. W. Farrow, general sales manager of special products division. Stromberg-Carlson. to Ampex Audio Inc.. Sunnyvale, Calif., as director of marketing. John A. Witherell, formerly advertising and sales promotion manager at Norge Div., Borg-Warner Corp., Chicago, appointed national sales training manager at Motorola Inc. Charles Blezer promoted from assistant sales training manager to field sales training manager. John A. Miguel Jr. appointed vice president in charge of export for Zenith Radio Corp. He joined company in 1949 as manager of Zenith's international division. Robert M. Jones, director of industrial relations for Philco Corp. outside Phila. area, named director of public relations, succeeding William Wight, resigned. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Myron (Mike) Merrick appointed vice president of Brandt Public Relations and Promotion. N. Y. Stanley L. Goodman, formerly sales promotion manager of Decca Records, appointed director of coordinated marketing services for Harshe-Rotman Inc.. national public relations firm. | NIELSEN : NCS # 2 1956 } Ot PENETRATION OF COUNTIES j /O IN COVERAGE 4 I WSAZ-TV STA. B 2j ► 1C0S COVERAGE "S 1 > COUNTIEJ Z. 1 1 T MORE THAN 75S AC r COVERAGE COUNTIES 21 [ MORE THAN 50--s C£ COVERAGE COUNTIES 30 [TOTAL COUNTIES /ZQ ^ COVERAGE O*' 50 si ARB: 8 out of TOP 12 February 195 7 HUNTINGTON-CHARLESTON, W. VA. Affiliated with Radio Stations WSAZ. Huntington & WKAZ. Charleston LAWRENCE H. ROGERS, PRESIDENT Represented by The Katz Agency BUY SOUND-FACTOR PLAN ■ WSRS GREATER CLEVELAND'S NUMBER 1 STATION SRS "Kadio-Active"WBS Broadcasting • Telecasting May 13, 1957 • Page 133