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PEOPLE CONTINUED
THE FACE is the same, but the setting is new. William H. Weldon, former president of Blair-Tv Inc., New York, has forsaken Madison Avefiue for Jefferson City, Mo., where now he devotes full time to running KRCGTV and off-duty hours to horses and such old-time hobbies as golf and sports cars. Here he measures the base of KRCG-TV's new tower.
Jay Norman who has resigned to devote full time to live action films.
STATIONS
Marvin A. Kempner, for past decade executive vice president, Richard H. Ullman Inc., Buffalo, N. Y., program syndicate, to WXRA and WXRC (FM), same city, as managing director. Prior to joining Ullman organiza
tion, Mr. Kempner was associated with Louis G. Cowan Enterprises, N. Y.
Carlos Rivas, executive in charge, sports and special events, KPOA Honolulu, to Big Island Broadcasting Co. (KIPA Hilo) as vice president and general manager.
Samuel G. Henderson Jr., WGAN-AM-TV Portland, Me., named manager of WGANTV.
John H. Hanna, methods and cost analyst, printing division, Travelers Insurance Co., to Travelers Broadcasting Services Corp. (WTIC-AM-FM-TV Hartford, Conn.) as business manager.
James R. Keen, account executive, WFIE (TV) Evansville, Ind., named program manager.
Stan Johnson, KTNT Tacoma, Wash., named retail sales manager.
Art Gordon, commercial manager, WJAR Providence, R. ,L, to WAHR Miami Beach, Fla., in similar capacity.
Leonard J. Ellis, account executive, WJOBAM-FM Hammond, Ind., named commercial manager. Bill Murphy, chief announcer succeeds Mr. Ellis.
■< Bob Benson, disc jockey, WRCV Philadelphia, promoted to director of programs. Mr. Benson has been with WRCV since 1956.
■< Robert Lemon, station manager, WTTV (TV) Bloomington, Ind., joins WRCV-TV as director of programs. Mr. Lemon was with WTTV for past six years and served successively as advertising sales
man, sales manager and station manager.
Donald C. Keyes, program director, KILT Houston, promoted to program director for all McLendon Corp. Stations. (KLIF Dallas, KTSA San Antonio, KILT and KTBS Shreveport, La.) He will supervise programming at KTBS. Robert Stevens succeeds him as KILT program director.
which by the end of this month should rise 1,012 ft. above average terrain.
Mr. Weldon's formal resignation from Blair-Tv was announced last week [At Deadline, Sept. 30]. (Edward P. Shurick, vice president-station relations manager of CBS-TV, has replaced him at Blair-Tv.) He left Blair-Tv in August to look after KWOS Jefferson City, associated newspapers and KRCG-TV during the illness of Mrs. Lenore R. Goshorn, Mrs. Weldon's mother and owner of KWOS and local newspapers. By the time his mother-inlaw had recovered, Mr. Weldon had become a country-life convert. KRCGTV, owned by Mrs. Weldon, is located on Callaway Hills Farm, which boasts a stable of champion horses as well as the television studios.
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■< Dan Valentine, program director, W F A A Dallas, to WCKR Miami in similar capacity. Mr. Valentine also will work with WCKT (TV) Miami. Both stations are owned by Biscayne Tv Corp.
William Arnold, announcer, WBEN-AMTV Buffalo, N. Y., to WDOT Burlington, Vt., as program director.
Mary Jane Cox appointed assistant to director of research and market analysis, WBT Charlotte, N. C.
Mary Ann Magner, continuity writer, KQV Pittsburgh, named traffic director.
Leslie A. Hollingsworth, publicity and public relations director, WPIX (TV) New York, resigns effective Oct. 15.
Allen Todd, reporter and foreign correspondent, to KFOX Long Beach, Calif., as news director.
Francis P. (Bud) Sullivan, district auditor, General Motors, Chicago, to KYW-TV Cleveland, Ohio, as assistant auditor. Jim Graner, sportscaster, WJW, same city, joins KYW in similar capacity and Chuck Bloom, KLAC-TV Los Angeles, to station as traffic supervisor.
Boone Boggs, promotion director, WDBJ Roanoke, Va., named to supervise WDBJTV's promotion department, succeeding Macy (Mike) Schaffer, who has joined WAVY (TV) Portsmouth, Va.
William Chipp, engineering department, WFBM-AM-TV Indianapolis, Ind., named to supervisor position on technical staff.
Peter Anthony McMahan, formerly partner in Barnes-Chase Adv., San Diego, to KSDO. same city, as agency sales supervisor.
Philip D. Marella, WGR-TV Buffalo, N. Y., to WIIC (TV) Pittsburgh as sales representative.
Raymond J. Spahr, vice president in charge of advertising and public relations, Peoples Bank of Dayton (Ohio) to WHIO-AM-TV, same city, as account executive.
John F. X. Davis, local sales, WMEX Boston, to WILD, same city, as account executive.
Elmer F. Smith, commercial manager, KBIZ and KTVO (TV) Ottumwa, Iowa, to WNAX Yankton. S. D., as regional account executive.
Ralph Hodges, former actor in "Our Gang" comedies, program coordinator for Panorama Pacific and production manager of KLAS-TV Las Vegas, Nev., to KTLA (TV) Los Angeles, as producer.
D. Robert Scott, announcer. WNJR Newark, N. J., to WHBI, same city, as announcer and assistant producer of U. S. A. Show.
Tom York, WMCT (TV) Memphis, Tenn.. and Joe Halburnt Jr., WTVW (TV) Evansville, Ind., both announcers, to WBRC-TV Birmingham, Ala., in similar capacities.
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