Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

Record Details:

Title:
Broadcasting Telecasting
Date:
Oct-Dec 1957
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Broadcasting Publications Inc.
Volume:
Broadcasting Telecasting
Leaf #:
000914
Language:
English
Subjects:
radio and television periodical, Broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
August 08, 2024
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MY MOMMY LISTENS TO... KiTJE More Souk CUcbmAx)' Mommies and Papas Listen Daily to KiTE Than To Any Other Station* <~NCS #2 Call Avery-Knodel, Inc. ONE OF THE FIRST 100 MARKETS © 1 w& WHBF RADIO & TELEVISION COMING! Greatly Expanded TV Coverage from a New 1000 ft. Tower REPRESENTED BY AVERY-KNODEL, INC. PEOPLE CONTINUED Edward Lewis, producer-writer, Bryna Productions, Hollywood, named tv program and packaging department head. Herman Rush, president, Flamingo Telefilm Sales Inc., N. Y., and Lee Savin, Hollywood sales representative, to Batjac Corp. as sales representatives. Robert Newgard, sales staff, Interstate Television Corp. N. Y., appointed Chicago sales staff, Screen Gems Inc. Peter Packer and Jacques Surmagne, producers assigned to work on development of series for TCF-TV Productions. NETWORKS ... Charles Manno, associate staff director, American Broadcasting Network, named assistant national program director. Charles Fagan, program services staff, CBSTV N. Y., appointed assistant to manager of program services. Mel Toling, Neil (Doc) Simon, Mike Stewart and Danny Simon, appointed writers on forthcoming Sid Caesar Show scheduled to debut on ABC-TV Jan. 26 (Sunday 9-9:30 P.M.). Also appointed: Frank Bunetta, director, Bernie Green, musical director, and Jim McNaughton, scenic designer. Harold C. Lund, vice president, Westinghouse Broadcasting Co., in charge of KDKA-AM-TV Pittsburgh, elected chief barker, Variety Club Tent Number 1, same city, for 1958. Carroll Marts, resigned MBS executive and new station property buyer, to ABC-TV Central Div. sales department as account executive. Gay Pauley, women's news editor, United Press, joins MBS today (Monday) as radio broadcaster. MBS London correspondent Richard Kaplan has been transferred to Oslo, Norway, and will be replaced in London by Larry Solon, formerly with BBC. Bernard (Whitey) Berquist, music conductor, NBC's National Farm and Home Hour, resigns after 19 years with network in Chicago. STATIONS .. -< Robert R. Meskill, vice president and partner, WKID Broadcasting Co., assumes additional duties as general manager of WKID Urbana, 111. Mr. Meskill formerly was account executive at CBS Radio Spot Sales, Chicago. Sterling Zimmerman, regional sales manager, KGBT-AM-TV Harlingen, Tex., to KLFY-TV Lafayette, La., as general sales manager. Richard D. Cross, president, Vision Films Inc. New Orleans, to WDSU-TV, same city, as programming manager. He succeeds Tom Hicks who has resigned. M Robert J. Kent, formerly director, WTTG (TV) Washington, to WIPA Annapolis, Md. as ownergeneral manager. Nicholas A. Bell, commercial manager, WGUY Bangor, Me., promoted to general manager. David J. Hart joins station as program director. Verne Paule, news-special events director, WJPS Evansville, Ind., named general manager, succeeding Jack McLean who remains with station as advisor-sportscaster and Fred Rollison, formerly with WFIE-TV, same city, succeeds Mr. Paule. Betty Stacer, formerly editor, Evansville College's Crescent, to WJPS as continuity director, succeeding Marilou Berry, resigned. John George joins as announcer. Jack Wallace, sales ► manager, KWBY Colorado Springs, promoted to assistant station manager. Mr. Wallace will handle regional and national accounts. Bill Mims, account ex ► ecutive, KOAT-TV Albuquerque, to KWBY as sales manager, succeeding Mr. Wallace (see above). Before joining KWBY, Mr. Mims was sales manager, KQUE Albuquerque. H. Ted Roney, formerly with WMPS Memphis to KOME Tulsa, Okla., as general manager. Stan Hagan and J. Howard Engle, formerly with KTUL Tulsa, and Bob Latrine production manager and account executive, respectively. Carol Nan McDonald, formerly with KTUL Tulsa, and Bob Latting to KOME as director of continuity and chief announcer, respectively. ■< Al Evans, account executive, WOKJ Jackson, Miss., promoted to station manager. Shaun Murphy, sales service director, KTVI (TV) St. Louis, named national sales manager, succeeded by James W. Svehla Jr. Mr. Murphy formerly was manager of WATS Sayre, Pa., and sales manager of WTVE (TV) Elmira, N. Y. He will coordinate national sales activities with KTVI's national representative, Blair Tv Assoc. Inc. BUY SOUND-FACTOR PLAN WSRS GREATER CLEVELAND'S NUMBER 1 STATION SRS "Radh'Active" !MB S Page 122 • November 18, 1957 Broadcasting