Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1957)

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In Houston the turn is to because we and deliver THE CHRONICLE STATION, CHANNEL 13 P. 0. BOX 12, HOUSTON 1, TEXAS-ABC BASIC HOUSTON CONSOLIDATED TELEVISION CO. General Manager, Willard E. Walbridge Commercial Manager, Bill Bennett NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES: Geo P. Hollingbery Co. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, New York PEOPLE spondent in that city and Henry Mustin, formerly with WBAL Baltimore, appointed to network's Washington staff. Brice Howard, producer of five-weekly The American Government and the Pursuit of Happiness for NBC's educational television project, named executive producer of project succeeding David Lowe. Mr. Lowe is on leave from network to produce full-hour "March of Medicine" color film. Lee Cooley named producer and Byron Paul named director of The Big Record, new program on CBS-TV starting Sept. 1 8, Wed. 8-9 p.m. period. Barrie D. Richardson, with Warner Bros., to CBS Radio press information, N. Y. Lester Vail, producer-director of stage, radio and tv shows, joins creative development staff of Robert Adams, ABC-TV executive producer in Hollywood. Jim Hurlbnt, NBC Chicago commentator and member of NBC-TV Zoo Parade cast, receives honorary doctor of letters degree from Lincoln College, Lincoln, 111., for his "contributions to American History." Edward P. Morgan, ABC commentator, will receive honorary degree of Doctor of Letters at Whitman College's commencement June 2 in Walla Walla, Wash. FILM Lou Kravitz, account executive, and Tom Ryan, production manager, Fred A. Niles Productions, Chicago, elected vice presidents in charge of sales and production, respectively. Jim Magee transferred from Hollywood to Chicago office of company as creative director. < Fred R. Fink, for past 10 years head of his own film production company, has been named general manager of Detroit office, Van Praag Productions Inc. Jerry L. Sperling, formerly radio-tv production manager at Ruthrauff & Ryan Inc., Chicago, announces opening of Jerry Sperling Productions, to furnish agencies with radio-tv creative writing and production service. Telephone: Ambassador 2-6130. Location to be announced. Robert I. Holt, formerly copywriter with Universal-International Studios ad depart FAMILY EXTRA DANA FEDDERSON, fourth son of the head of Don Fedderson Productions, is only a few weeks old, but the boy made his tv debut on The Millionaire, a CBS-TV network film show last month with his mother who already has appeared in at least one scene of each of the 100 Millionaire programs filmed to date by the Fedderson firm. Dana was cast in his mother's arms. GOOD DEED DUGGAN MBS' Thomas Duggan, western director of station relations, has set what some feel is a dangerous precedent in network station relations. He didn't know it at the time, but one day aboard a west-bound plane Mr. Duggan instituted an airborne babysitting service for affiliate station owners. When he saw a lady struggling to keep two youngsters in hand while flying from New York to Denver, Mr. Duggan's impulse was to offer help. The young mother gratefully accepted, and when the party alighted in Denver — Mr. Duggan carrying a bottle sterilizer — the lady's husband was able to do the honors. The husband, it turned out, was Richard McKee, new owner of KOWB Laramie, Wyo., an MBS affiliate. Page 110 May 20, 1957 ment-freelance advertising consultant, to Gross-Krasne, Inc., as correlator of national pub-ad and sales promotion activities. Sandy Sehaffel, formerly publicist, to same firm. ■< Alfred W. Schwalberg named to executive staff of National Telefilm Assoc., N. Y., functioning in overall management activities and heading operations of NTA Pictures Inc., theatrical distribution arm of NTA. He joins NTA from Artists-Producers Assoc., distribution-production company in motion pictures, which he owned and headed. Lew Marshall and Edith Vernick, formerly with MGM, to Animation Inc., as animators. Bill McGovern and Mark Letherman to Animation's camera and editing depts. Robert H. Klaeger, vice president in charge of tv and industrial film division of Transfilm Inc., N. Y., resigns effective June 1. TRADE ASSNS. J. Howard Schumacher Jr., NBC Development Laboratory technician, appointed staff engineer for Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers, effective June 10. He succeeds Henry Kogel, resigned. EDUCATION Dr. Herman B. Wells, president, Indiana U., elected for five-year term to board of directors of Educational Television & Radio Center, Ann Arbor, Mich. Meryle Renie Evans, former supervisor of public relations for New York Historical Society, named administrative assistant for promotion and public relations of Metropolitan Educational Television Assn., N. Y. PROGRAM SERVICES Edward R. Robinson, for several years in market research department of ColgatePalmolive Co., to C. E. Hooper Inc., N. Y. Broadcasting • Telecasting