Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Payable in advance. Checks and money orders only. • DEADLINE: Undisplayed — Monday preceding publication date. Display — Tuesday preceding publication date. • SITUATIONS WANTED 200 per word — $2.00 minimum • HELP WANTED 25* per word — $2.00 minimum. • AH other classifications i0<f per word — $4.00 minimum. • DISPLAY ads #20.00 per inch. • No charge for blind box number. Send replies to Broadcasting • Telecasting, 1735 DeSales St., N.W., Washington 6, D. C. Applicants: If transcriptions or bulk packages submitted, $1.00 charge for mailing (Forward remittance separately, please). All transcriptions, photos, etc., sent to box numbers are sent at owner's risk. Broadcasting • Telecasting expressly repudiates any liability or responsibility for their custody or return. RADIO Help Wanted New station requires almost entire staff. Must be experienced. Need news man, disc jockeys, salesmen and continuity writer. News-men and disc jockeys send tape with first letter. All tapes returned. All replies confidential. Write Box 214B. B-T. WFCR, Fairfax, Va., expanding with new station going on air Warrenton, Va. Need staff men and sales force. Only livewires considered. Our manager has bought his own radio station. He is taking our continuity man with him. One engineer-announcer is leaving for electronics school. We need one good manager, preferably from the southwest area, at a good salary and bonus with a limited stock purchase plan. We also need one continuity writer and one engineer-announcer to replace good man we hate to see leave us. Address all inquiries to Donald S. Bush, 216 Booker Building, Artesia, New Mexico. No phone calls please. Broadcast teacher wanted to teach broadcasting or FCC license course or both. Give complete background and salary expected. Pathfinder School of Radio & Television, 737 11th St., N. W., Washington 1, D. C. Management Selling manager wanted, $10,000 yearly plus bonus, top central California radio station. Must be experienced, proven ability. Send photo, full particulars. Box 481B, B»T. Experienced manager interested in making limited investment in corporation operating regional station on the air one year. Excellent market. Located in midwest. Offering possibilities to aggressive, solid salesman who wants to work. Give qualifications in first letter. Box 498B, B«T. Excellent opening for hardhitting sales manager on fulltime 250 local. Excellent market town of 30,000. Can progress to station manager. Furnish complete details in confidence. Box 521B, B«T. Commercial manager. Good Salary plus commission for go-getter. Must be able to produce. Enterprising station in Tidewater area. WDDY, Gloucester, Va. Sales Experienced salesman wanted by daytime kilowatt near Chicago with night time application pending. $400 monthly guarantee against 15 per cent. Protected account list and territory. Bonus plus other fringe benefits. Personal interview necessary. List age, education, experience in detail. Box 250B, B»T. Fourth largest market on west coast needs high caliber salesman with plenty of drive. Top NBC affiliate has choice opening, for aggressive, experienced man. We do not want the hot shot. Excellent earnings and future available. Send complete resume, plus past years billing to Box 254B. B-T. Salesman: Capable of future management. Leading independent in Detroit. Good guarantee, plus every benefit. Box 340B, B>T. Salesman-announcer wanted. Central Illinois network station. Good future. Salary plus draw against commission. Box 426B, B«T. A real opportunity for aggressive self-starter. Must be able to sell and service against competition with sincere honest approach. $6500 guaranteed, additional $3000 or $4000 possible first or second year. Good accounts right at start. Station covers sales expenses. Michigan network affiliate. Box 494B, B«T. Southwest radio station desires man with proven sales ability to be added to radio sales staff. Some announcing. Good opportunity for advancement. Must be sober; willing to work, and easy to get along with. Station is long established one, dominant in its area, with four other stations serving same area. Write Box 499B, B»T. Are you interested in making more money? Booming suburban market. One hour from New York. No limit on earnings. Send full information. Box 513B, B-T. Opportunity for experienced salesman. Good market. Good deal. KFRO, Longview, Texas. A top Rio Grande Valley indie kw has exceptionally good deal for salesman who can produce. Excellent winter resort and recreational area. KIRT, Mission, Texas. RADIO Help Wanted — (Cont'd) Sales Salesman with management potential wanted for growing organization. We want a hustler in late twenties or early thirties, primarily a shoeleather salesman but capable of developing ideas and directing others. A good living income to start and a sound future for the right man. Start as a salesman; become sales manager within 6 months. Contact Hal King, KBTM, Jonesboro, Arkansas. Salesman. Opportunity unlimited, full-time traveling absolute must, highest integrity, selfstarter and ambitious, earnings unlimited, territories open. Write complete background with picture. Management Counselors, 111 Amherst Dr., S. E., Albuquerque, New Mexico. Announcers Kilowatt independent near Chicago wants experienced staff announcer who also has beat experience gathering and writing news. Personal interview necessary. Give age, education, detailed experience in resume. Box 251B, B»T. Pennsylvania chain needs experienced announcers. Good working conditions, 40-hour week, paid vacation, time and half, $85 a week. Minimum one-year experience necessary. Excellent opportunities for advancement to executive position. Send tape, with news, commercials, and sample music program, plus resume and photograph. Box 274B, B«T. Immediate opening for good, experienced announcer with showmanship. $100 per week. Central Nebraska. Excellent working conditions. Box 428B, B«T. Florida top-notch pop DJ. $100 week to start. Additional income by selling. Send tape, resume, references first letter. Box 441B, B«T. DJ for major Ohio market. Must be a live radio personality with believable sales voice. Send tape, resume and photo. Box 471B, B«T. Morning man with pleasant, authoritative manner. Quality not quantity of chatter. Know pops and standards. Central New England. Send full details of experience, salary wanted, and tape which will be returned. Box 514B, B-T. Opportunity for good married staff announcer. Send resume. ABC Network. KFRO, Longview, Texas. An experienced announcer will have a fine position with this new daytimer independent. Prefer qualified single man. Rush audition tape, recent photo, complete resume. Si Willing, KMAR, Winnsboro, La. Immediately! Announcer-salesman or maintenance. Start seventy-eight dollars weekly, $340 per month plus commissions, talent, extras, good housing living, phone KPRK, Livingston, Montana. Announcer-writer new independent station beautiful high country eastern Arizona. Popular music, news, sports. Immediate opening. Air mail tape, resume, photo, KVWM, Show Low, Arizona. Two staff announcers, one with 1st class ticket, for 5000 watt independent. Good working conditions. Paid vacation. Profit-sharing plan. Air conditioned studios. Excellent opportunity for reliable, stable man who likes good radio. WCOJ, Coatesville, Penna. Morning D.J. with independent good music station. No rock & roll. Good voice with tight production. Immediate opening. WHIY, Ft. Gatlin Hotel, Orlando, Florida. Florida station with 5000 watts needs experienced announcer. Southern man preferred. Send short tape, picture and complete history to S. O. Ward, WLAK, Lakeland, Florida. Can you read well? If so, and have friendly voice, like well balanced music, shows; prefer keeping chatter to pleasant minimum; enjoy hourly newscasts; like to do things right instead of easiest way; we would be delighted to hear from you. To save time, send along resume and tape, WMIX, Mt. Vernon, 111. RADIO Help Wanted— (Cont'd) Announcers Going independent, need two experienced announcers, one specializing in news. Salary $80 up, depending on experience. Tape, references, photo first letter. WMSC, Columbia, S. C. Outstanding dj and production man to make top-rated independent even better. Can use combo man too. Guarantee $100 plus. WRRR, Rockford, Illinois. If you enjoy reading hourly newscasts with a program format that features sweet music with minimum use of voice and have first phone ticket, then these newspaper owned am and hifi fm stations would like to hear from you. Call collect or write Fred Gresso, WRSW, Warsaw, Indiana. Our top announcer-salesman must leave us. Has averaged $130 weekly past three years. Are you PD caliber? A bright, mature, permanent air personality? Want to sell and service your own accounts in small, friendly, fast-growing south Florida resort area? Send tape, qualifications to WSTU, Stuart, Florida. Wanted: Announcer with first class ticket for large Alabama market. Station is 5000 watt ABC affiliate. Good pay, good security, and excellent facilities. Apply to: Ed Carrell, Box 32, Guntersville, Alabama. Announcer for music, news, sports station. Opening two weeks. Air mail tape, qualifications to Maurice K. Henry, Middlesboro, Ky. Technical Chief engineer for Pennsylvania operation. Maintenance and repair experience essential. Construction experience an advantage. Prefer married man seeking permanency. Up to $125 weekly to start. Car necessary. Send resume and photo. Box 275B, B«T. Experienced radio transmitter engineer for Corpus Christi station. Box 331B, B«T. KUSH, Cushing, Oklahoma 1000 watt daytime needs chief engineer, short announcing shift, salary plus apartment and utilities. Reply Box 791, Cushing, Oklahoma. Engineer — First class man who can either write copy, sell or announce. Top salary commensurate with ability. WBRV Boonville, N. Y. Phone 11. Engineer, Radio and television. Young man, first phone, ambitious, with small station experience and electronic flair, technical school or equivalent background preferred; married; veteran; stable and dependable, with good references; one who wants a permanent berth. Scale starts at $80 for 40 hours. Salary commensurate with experience and ability. No announcing. Write or phone W. P. Williamson, WKBN, Youngstown, Ohio. Sterling 2-1145. Immediate opening, first phone operator. WSYB, Rutland, Vermont. WLBC Muncie, Indiana has opening for engineer with 1st class license in combined radio/tv operations. Wage scale, group insurance and other benefits. Send resume and snapshot to: Patrick S. Finnegan, Chief Engineer. Engineer or combo man wanted immediately at WVOW, 5000 watts, Logan, W. Va. Call 2356, Logan. Needed, first phone, immediately, will consider beginner. Light maintenance, some announcing. Expanding operation. Call Manager, Weston 1555, Weston, West Virginia. Production-Programming, Others Newsman-experienced. Gather, write, broadcast news. Top-rated midwest indie. Send tape, photo, background. Box 231B, B«T. Continuity girl who can write good, clean, selling copy. Send samples, photo, background. Box 232B, B»T, Broadcasting • Telecasting October 7, 1957 • Page 111