Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

turning of the 1956-57 season Oct. 25 at the union's ball at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif. Ten tv costumers and 10 for motion pictures have been nominated for the awards. The tv nominees are: Cary Cline, Loretta Young Show; Ruth Hancock, Playhouse 90; Agnes Henry, Mr. Adams and Eve; Marguerite Royce, Warner Brothers Presents; Helen Scovil, December Bride; Izzy Berne, Bengal Lancers; Jack Delaney, Cheyenne; Robert Harris, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre; Grady Hunt, Manhattan Tower; James Lynn, Playhouse 90. Audio Devices Sets School Awards Audio Devices Inc., New York, manufacturer of magnetic tape, has announced educational awards to 66 schools and colleges for their ideas on applying modern sound recording to education. Heading the list of winners are University School, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 111., in the junior-senior high school category, and Goucher College, Baltimore, in the collegeuniversity group. The 66 winning institutions will receive sound recording machines and audiotape. The two highest awards amount in value to $2,750 each. In addition, Audio Devices is giving ten reels of its master low printthrough audiotape to the three top award winners in the school and college groups and five reels to each of the other winners. Ginsburg Takes Sarnoff Award Charles P. Ginsburg, manager of advance videotape development, Ampex Corp., Redwood City, Calif., has been awarded the David Sarnoff Medal of the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers for this year. Presented at the society's 82nd semiannual convention in Philadelphia last Friday-Saturday, the medal recognizes tectn nical contributions to tv, with preference given work during the past five years. Mr. Ginsburg was cited by SMPTE for his work in the development of the video recorder. AWARD SHORTS NBC-TV's Robert Montgomery Presents, for its presentation of "The Long Way Home," selected winner of 1957 Howard W. Blakeslee Awards of American Heart Assn. Award received for "outstanding reporting in field of heart and circulatory diseases." RCA cited by U. S. Treasury Dept. for "outstanding participation and achievement" in 1957 national savings bond drive. Citation honoring RCA for enrollment in bond program by more than 52% of its 80,000 employes was presented to RCA President John L. Burns by Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest, U. S. Treasurer. Ted Bates & Co., N. Y., received Dept. of Defense Reserve Award Certificate for "outstanding cooperation with the Armed Forces Reserve." Firm allows reservists in its employ additional week of paid vacation, enabling them to attend summer field training with their respective reserve units. Reservists also are given first choice in determining vacation schedules so they may take training at convenience of government. Fred Walker, general manager, WTTM Trenton, N. J., received award for "outstanding service" from New Jersey Veterans Administration. Col. Richard H. Ranger, president of Rangertone Inc., Newark, N. J., chosen by Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers to receive its Samuel L. Warner Memorial Award, which is given for most outstanding work in field of sound motionpicture engineering. F. M. Koch, district manager, General Motors Acceptance Corp., received Texas Dept. of Public Safety award for "GMAC's outstanding contribution to automobile safety in Texas." Hale Byers, radio-tv specialist, BBDO, Minneapolis, presented American Heritage Foundation Award, for "enlisting help of 3,000 radio and 475 tv stations in the 1956 'Register, Inform Yourself and Vote' campaign." Carroll Alcott, newscaster, KNX Los Angeles, has received plaque from Los Angeles county branch of American Cancer Society for his "truly exceptional cooperation and yeoman labor in the fight to stamp out cancer." Award, presented last Monday, was described as first ever made by this group to radio or tv broadcaster. KYA San Francisco was given "1957 Direct Mail Leaders Award" during Washington convention of Direct Mail Advertising Assn. Station was awarded plaque as one of four winners in low-budget campaign category. KLAC Los Angeles presented with special certificate of commendation by City Council for presenting six annual charity shows at Hollywood Bowl that reportedly raised nearly $250,000. WWJ-AM-TV Detroit received local YMCA award for its "help in emphasizing present day moral and spiritual values through its programs." WCAU Philadelphia honored by local council of Girl Scouts of America in recognition of its "invaluable support to the Girl Scout Development Fund during 1956-57." Station presented interviews and spot announcements to promote fund. WALK Patchogue, N. Y., received certificate of merit from American Heart Assn. for "distinguished service in advancing public understanding and support of the fight against heart disease." WGR-TV H BUFFALO ! 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