Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

VETERANS ALL Thirty-one new members have been inducted into the CBS 20-Year Club, raising New York membership to 197. In addition, there are 228 20-year club members associated with CBS-owned stations and other units of CBS Inc. New members are: CBS Labs — Ralph C. Denu; CBS-Radio— Frank J. Bleil, Joseph F. Deppe, Dudley W. Faust, Harry F. Glaeser, Margaret Lee, William G. Martin, Gerald P. Maulsby, Dorothy C. Mitchell, Arthur C. Peck, Herbert A. Schmitz, William G. Stolzenberg; CBS-TV— Ida E. Berger, William L. Brown, Mae Clarke, Armand H. Gagnon, William Golden, Harold D. Hastings, Theodore M. Healy, Vincent A. Holtz, William H. Hylan, William R. Long, James H. Lynch, Fred Mahlstedt, Theodore W. Miller, John J. O'Connell, James D. Parker, Carl Schutzman, Henry J. Stangroom, John Wyman, William R. Young. FILM Robert Fellows, producer, Turn of Fate, Four Star Films Inc., Hollywood, resigns to prepare two feature films for 1958. One is on Formosa, with cooperation of Nationalist China, and one stars Anita Ekberg. Vincent Fennelly, producer of CBS-TV's Trackdown, succeeds him. He will continue to produce Trackdown. Ben Feiner Jr., will produce Screen Gems' tv series starring Ed Wynn, titled My Old Man. Mr. Feiner, whose tv credits include Amos 'n Andy, Bob Crosby Show, Climax, Gunsmoke, Frank Sinatra Show, Life With Father and Navy Log, is setting up headquarters at Screen Gems to supervise scripts and casting for new series, scheduled for production in January. Carol Irwin, who produced CBS-TV's series / Remember Mama, will produce Screen Gems' new tv series Minerva starring Myrna Loy. With her business associate, Doris Quinlan, Miss Irwin will move to Hollywood this week to begin casting other permanent members of Minerva cast. Christmas lives in the joy and satisfaction of the giver and in the delight and thankfulness of those who receive. Buy and use Christmas Seals Aaron Spelling and Jimmy Komack, comedian singer, have composed "The Ballad of Dan Case" to be sung in background of program of that title written by Mr. Spelling for Four-Star's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre tv film series. NETWORKS • • . . Thomas Henry, formerly account executive, MBS midwest division, to NBC central division network sales on Today-Tonight unit. Charles Godwin, for ► merly director of radio station relations, ABC, to Air Trails Network (WING Dayton, WCOL Columbus, WIZE Springfield, all Ohio, and WKLO Louisville, Ky.), as director of development. STATIONS 11% • Ben Ludy, formerly general manager, WIBW Topeka, Kan., to KWFT Wichita Falls, Tex., as president and general manager. Mr. Ludy heads new corporation, North Texas Radio Inc., station owner. Raymond W. Welpott, ► manager, WKY-AM-TV Oklahoma City, named vice president of WKY Tv System Inc. Prior to joining stations he was manager of WRGB (TV) Schenectady, N. Y. Howard S. Kester joins Mid-Florida Radio Corp. and WLOF Orlando, Fla., as vice president and general manager, respectively. M Kenneth Morton, manager, KOOL-TV Phoenix, Ariz., elected vice president of KOOL Radio-Tv Inc. Mr. Morton formerly was commercial manager of KCOY Santa Maria, Calif. Homer Lane, assistant ► general manager, KOOL Phoenix, also named vice president of KOOL RadioTv. Mr. Lane began his radio career with CBS and joined KOOL in 1951. Bob Burns, formerly with WHAM Rochester, to WFLR Dundee, both New York, as station manager. ■< Reeve Owen, director of engineering and production, WTVM (TV) Columbus, Ga., named general manager of WROM-TV Chattanooga. Mr. Owen joined WTVM in 1953 as chief engineer. FIRST IN DETROIT • PROGRAMMING • EXPERIENCE • SALES RESULTS ASK DETROITERS! WORLD'S FIRST RADIO STATION Owned and Operated by THE DETROIT NEWS National R*par*«ntatlv«i: PETERS, GRIFFIN, WOODWARD, INC. FIRST 100 MARKETS WHBF RADIO & TELEVISION COMING! Greatly Expanded TV Coverage from a New 1000 ft. Tower REPRESENTED BY AVERY-KN4 INC. Broadcasting December 2, 1957 • Page 89