Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Payable in advance. Checks and money orders only. • DEADLINE: Undisp laved — Monday preceding publication date. Display — Tuesday preceding publication date. • SITUATIONS WANTED 20£ per word — $2.00 minimum • HELP WANTED 25* per word— $2.00 minimum. • All other classifications 30^ per word — $4.00 minimum. • DISPLAY ads #20.00 per inch. • No charge for blind box number. Send replies to Broadcasting, 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 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. 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. Management 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. Strong selling manager wanted for midwest kilowatt! Good deal for right man. Part ownership possible! Box 557B, B-T. Expanding Florida stations. Desire station manager with proven sales record. Send complete details to Box 559B, B-T. All replies confidential. Commercial manager. Good Salary plus commission for go-getter. Must be able to produce. Enterprising station in Tidewater area. WDDY, Gloucester, Va. Sales 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. Northern Illinois. Strong indie. Top money and future for sales manager who loves to sell. Box 338B, B-T. Excellent spot with top Indiana independent for hard hitting solid producing sales manager. Box 339B, B-T. Needed. Well experienced salesman or sales manager for eastern North Carolina regional. Salary plus commission. Good opportunity for alert salesman. Send information including photo and references to Box 533B, B-T. Salesman wanted: Experience desirable, not necessary. Must have neat appearance, intelligent, possess automobile and the drive and determination that refuses to take no for an answer. Salary, plus commission and expenses. Box 542B, B-T. Young man, for new, progressive station in dry, healthy climate. Box 571B, B-T. Unlimited opportunity for aggressive, imaginative salesman of executive caliber, with leading indie in Detroit. Box 587B, B-T. Immediate sales opening, regional thousandwatter. Car a must. Large sales area. 26-year-old station. Apply letter only. WDEV, Waterbury, Vermont. Salesman wanted for WTRA, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. For personal interview call WTRA, Keystone 7-3338. Announcers 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. RADIO Help Wanted— (Cont'd) Announcers 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. Combination man for morning duty eastern North Carolina network affiliate. Please send full particulars and tape. Box 531B, B-T. Good combo strong on announcing needed soon. No maintenance. Audition tape and references should be sent immediately. Box 532B, B-T. Ohio daytimer needs fulltime staff announcer. Small town market. Must have experience or schooling. Box 534B, B-T. South Florida indie needs top afternoon man ... no rock and roll hotshots . . . strong personality with solid experience only. Send photo, tape, complete resume immediately. Box 540B, B-T. Top-rated thousand watt daytime indie in western New York college town wants top-rated morning man. Good voice, professional production and commercial delivery a must. No malcontents, no social misfits, no amateurs wanted. A sharp outfit, we intend to stay that way. If you think you qualify list salary requirements and availability. Rush tape, picture, background and references. Box 552B, B-T. Disc jockeys: Know your music? Station with more listeners than all competitors wants two men. Outstanding Storz style dj, also combo man. Openings in sixty to ninety days. Move up fast and make more money in expanding Illinois operation. Send tape and pic with complete resume. Box 555B, B-T. Illinois 1,000 watt independent daytimer wants qualified announcer who is also an experienced reporter. Staff announcing position with parttime duties of newsman. Personal interview required. List age, education, experience in detail. Box 560B, B-T. Morning man. 50 kw eastern network station needs man with personality and ideas for fourhour morning record show. Not a top-40 operation. Send tape, complete background, recent photo to Box 590B, B-T. Immediate opening for experienced announcer. Midwest. Send tape, resume and photograph. Personal interview will be a necessity. Box 593B, B-T. $150 for "rhyming deejay." Fast patter, bright, clear voice. Not rhythm & blues. Midwest. Box 597B, B-T. Immediate opening for good, experienced sportscaster. We carry high school and University of Nebraska athletics, plus baseball. Must do board work or have sales background. KFOR, 814 Stuart Building, Lincoln, Nebraska. 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. News department needs capable newsman for exclusive news reporting, editing and air work. Immediate opening. Call, wire or write Jim Setters, News Director, KWBB, Wichita, Kansas. All-around announcer with first phone — good pay, expanding chain, new station, prefer man with desire to sell and advance to manager. Send resume and tape to WARF, Jasper, Ala. Announcer with approximately one year experience looking for permanency and a real future, for morning show. Send tape, resume and pictures to WARK, Hagerstown, Maryland. Florida. Announcer with first phone. Rush tape, resume. New daytimer, WBRD, Bradenton. 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. RADIO Help Wanted— (Cont'd) Announcers Where are all the good announcers? Top salary for announcer-dj with good voice for music, news and sports station in friendly, growing, competitive market. Best working conditions. Must be good. Rush tape and resume to John Garrison, WFUN, Huntsville, Alabama. Staffer-sports man needed immediately for midwest station in metropolitan market. Play-byplay ability not essential. Call WKMF, Flint, Michigan. 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. Immediately! DJ who can punch commercials. Good position with seven radio — one tv chain. Salary open. Send tape and resume now to Ken Berryhill, WMOX, Meridian, Miss. Announcer, strong on records and commercials for afternoon shift. Send tape and particulars first letter to Program Director, WSBA, York, Penna. Personality announcer — Immediate opening for topflight announcer who has proven record as successful dj as well as all-around staff abilities. Integrated operation permits some on-camera tv depending upon abilities. Send complete information background, experience, past and expected earnings, tape and photo, WSAV, Savannah, Georgia. Need immediately: Announcer, day shift, WTAL, Tallahassee, Florida. Salary open. Send tapes. 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. Recently reorganized New York major fm station requires resourceful engineer familiar with 10 kw WE rig and speech input equipment. Box 553B, B-T. Engineer-announcer, with first class. Midwest daytimer in city over 35,000. Programs accent local news and gentle music. $110 for 42-hour week. Box 554B, B-T. Massachusetts State Timers need chief engineers or combo men with first class ticket, remote operation. Box 567B, B-T. Chief engineer for major midwestern market, 5,000 watt daytime station, RCA equipped, beautiful facilities. Must be excellent on maintenance and run meticulous operation. $100.00 plus. Box 584B, B-T. Experienced combo man-salesman to operate remote radio studio. Excellent pay for right man. Contact KPER, Gilroy, California. Chief engineer-announcer for fulltime single market network station. $100.00 weekly for right man with fair engineering ability and strong announcing. Contact KRTN, Raton, New Mexico. Engineer-announcer, first phone, maintenance and board shift. Liberal commission if you sell. Tape and resume to WARF, Jasper, Alabama. Chief engineer-announcer, 1000 watt independent daytimer. $95.00 to start. Write or phone Dr. Hansen, WARU, Peru, Indiana. Broadcasting October 14, 1957 • Page 111