Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1957)

PEOPLE CONTINUED Russell Blood to WLOB Portland, Me., disc jockey staff, succeeding Dave Fennell who joins WARE Ware, Mass. John Babcock, from announcing staff of KDAY Santa Monica to news bureau, KLAC Los Angeles. James Gerity Jr., president of Gerity Broadcasting Co., Adrian, Mich., elected chairman of College of Commerce Advisory Council at U. of Notre Dame. Barbara J. Bloom joins WHB Kansas City as music librarian succeeding Suzanne Sherman, married. Lorene McCarthy, co-director of public affairs at WBBM-TV Chicago, and James Watson announced their marriage June 1 . Alex Cooper, 37, disc jockey of KLAC Los Angeles, died last Wednesday of lung cancer in his North Hollywood home. He had been one of KLAC's "Big Five" disc jockey group since 1952. REPRESENTATIVES Carlos Reese, John Blair & Co. sales staff, named St. Louis manager, effective July 1. He succeeds Tom Harrison, who has been appointed vice president and sales manager of American Broadcasting Network. Jack Eisele, regional sales-promotion, KGUL-TV Houston, to Clarke Brown Co. as manager of Houston office. Stuart L. Mackie, in radio and advertising since 1948 and most recently with sales promotion-public relations department of Chicago Title & Trust Co., to radio sales staff of Avery-Knodel Inc.. Chicago. TRADE ASSNS. . Gerry Shappell, advertising manager of Sealy Inc., elected president of Adv. Executives Club of Chicago. Mrs. Carl Landers, chief timebuyer. John W. Shaw, Chicago, elected president of Junior Women's Adv. Club in that city. Stanley W. Koenig, director of advertising, Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corp., named chairman of ANA advertising budget control task force. He succeeds John W. Jackson, manager, RCA advertising and sales promotion administration, who will continue to serve on committee. Wallace M. Bradley, assistant to general manager in charge of programming. WWLP (TV) Springfield, Mass., named executive director of committee for Competitive Tv, organization of uhf stations. Mr. Bradley is headquartering at CCT's Washington headquarters, 1735 DeSales St., N. W. MANUFACTURING wnm Harold B. Richmond, chairman of board. General Radio Co., Cambridge, Mass., retired. H. Ronald Eldridge elected assistant comptroller of Federal Telephone & Radio Co., division of IT&T. He joined firm in 1941. Clarence A Malin, vice president, RCA Victor Distributing Corp., appointed general manager of L. A. branch, succeeding Hadley C. Chapman who has retired after 30 years with RCA. ■< Eugene J. Martin, Sylvania Electric Products, to Polarad Electronics Corp., L. I., N. Y., as special assistant to president. Mr. Martin also lectures on technology of vacuum tube construction at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and is under contract with McGraw Hill Publishing Co. for book on this topic. John Messerschmitt, renewal tube sales division, Amperex Electronic Corp., Hicksville, N. Y., promoted to assistant to vice president-general sales manager. George Elliot, office manager of Amperex. named manager of export and tube industry sales. John M. Glynn and Joseph R. Richmond, sales administrator and sales expediter-director of distribution jobber relations, respectively, for Tobe Deutschmann Corp., Make More Money With Standard Shorty Tunes Playing time only half as long as usual phono record. Allows you extra time for extra spots. Ups your program profit. Send for one month trial of 20 tunes for only $8.50. STAN DARD RADIO TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES, INC. 360 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 1, III. Also send for details on the new Lawrence Welk Library Package Norwood, Mass., named assistants to sales manager. Henry W. Leland, 54, manager of media planning and research for General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y., died June 13 in N. Y. PROGRAM SERVICES Frank W. Noble, formerly assistant general sales manager of merchandising, StudebakerPackard Corp., Detroit, to TelePrompTer Corp. as Detroit area manager. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES mm Harry Carlson, vice president in charge of N. Y. office, Burns W. Lee, named vice president of General Public Relations Inc., Benton & Bowles subsidiary which absorbed Lee in merger Feb. 1. ■< Forbes W. Blair, assistant U. S. Attorney for District of Columbia, has joined Washington law firm of Welch, Mott & Morgan. Mr. Blair, 1952 law graduate of West Virginia U., was with procedural studies division of Administrative Office. U. S. Courts, then Office of U. S. Attorney as law clerk and was subsequently appointed assistant prosecutor assigned to criminal trial work and later to appellate division. He is member of both West Virginia and District of Columbia bars. INTERNATIONAL m G. S. L. Anderson, vice president of E. W. Reynolds Ltd., Toronto, to president of Advertiser' Guild of Toronto, with W. Patrick Grassick, Coca-Cola Ltd., Toronto, named vice president. E. T. Reynolds Jr., formerly of All-Canada Radio Facilities Ltd., Toronto, Ont., to national sales manager of CJCB-AM-TV Sydney, N. S. C. Price to managing director of CKGNTV North Bay, Ont. Donald M. E. Hamilton to director of advertising and sales of CKOY Ottawa, Ont. EDUCATION ^ < ! M Waldo M. Abbot, director of broadcasting at U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., since 1925 and author of Handbook of Broadcasting, reportedly first professional text in field, retired. Cledge Roberts, 52, director of tv workshop of New York U. since 1951, died June 14 from leukemia. 70AYS 6 NIGHTS per:r,;$4650 $ including MEALS Id the OCEAN V at Mtn and I Overlooking Hit FONTAINEBLEAU MIAMI BEACH Page 102 • June 24, 1957 Broadcasting • Telecasting