Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1957)

PEOPLE CONTINUED M Eugene Wyatt, national sales manager of ABCTV, succeeds Mr. Hede as eastern sales manager, in addition to his present duties. Robert J. Sullivan, formerly advertising and promotion manager, WOR-AM-TV New York, to CBS as radio manager of audience promotion and merchandising. Dick Jacobs, musical director of Coral Records. N. Y., appointed musical director of NBC-TV's Your Hit Parade (Sat. 10:30-11 p.m.). William G. Rolley, head of his own advertising agency in Atlantic City, N. J., joins MBS as executive producer. He has taken leave of absence from the agency which produces and stages entertainment programs in Atlantic City for the George HamidGeneral Artists Corp. group. Don Dixon, formerly Far East and Washington correspondent with International News Service, to CBS News Washington as morning editor. Charles W. Russell, program producer who recently has been packaging tv shows independently, to CBS-TV Hollywood, to produce new one-hour live detective anthology series, Pursuit, tentatively planned to start in January. Lloyd E. Yoder, NBC vice president and general manager of WRCV-AM-TV Philadelphia, appointed to executive committee tii^ — •mm aw »•—•< — n— n — ON behalf of CBS' public affairs department, Joseph H. Ream, Washington vice president of the network (r), accepts a certificate of merit from Leo Hoegh (1), Federal Civil Defense administrator, '"in recognition of the network's contribution to the nation's civil defense through its program, The Day Called X, telecast on Sunday, Dec. 8" [In Review, Dec. 9]. The half-hour film dramatized an armed attack on Portland, Ore., and that city's defense organization. of board of trustees for Carnegie Institute of Technology. Robert M. Weitman, CBS vice president in charge of program development, has accepted post of coordinator for television industry on American Committee for Israel's Tenth Anniversary Celebration. William A. Crabbe, 46. member of CBS Radio studio engineering department in Hollywood, died Dec. 9. STATIONS =...... ... ■< Victor W. Knauth has been elected chairman of board of WAVZ Broadcasting Corp., New Haven, Conn. Daniel W. Kops, execu ► tive vice president of WAVZ Broadcasting, named president and general manager. Richard J. Monahan continues as vice president of corporation. Frank Crane, national sales manager, KPOP Los Angeles, appointed executive vice president of KDAY Santa Monica, Calif., and is operating station. James Cox, formerly station manager, is now account executive at station. Mike Schulman, chief engineer, WETV-TV San Diego, to KSHO-TV Las Vegas as general manager. Ed Sloan, national sales manager, WSSB Durham, N. C, to WAMS Wilmington, Del., as sales manager. Page 98 • December 16, 1957 A. L. Pierce, formerly ► traffic manager, salesman and national sales manager, KWFT Wichita Falls, Tex., promoted to sales manager. ■< James S. McMurry, operations manager, WVUE-TV Wilmington, Del., promoted to station manager. He will continue his supervision of overall station operations and assume personal direction of public service programming. Ken McKendree, sales manager, WTRL Bradenton, Fla., promoted to assistant general manager in addition to his present duties. Frank Burkard, WTRL salesman, named assistant sales manager. Duane Modrow, territorial salesman, Henry Field Aluminum Products Co., to KMA Shenandoah, Iowa, as promotional manager. Bennet H. Korn, vice president of DuMont Broadcasting Corp. and station manager of WABD (TV) New York, has been appointed executive assistant to Richard D. Buckley, vice president in charge of programming and sales for DuMont. Mr. Korn will assume additional supervisory duties over WTTG (TV) Washington and all DuMont tv syndicated operations, including sports network. J. Vincent Callanan, formerly vice president in charge of sales, WNHC-AM-TV New Haven, to WHAY New Britain, both Connecticut, to handle national business. Carl Pratzner, former national sales manager for General Bronze Corp., Garden City, L. I., to WNHC Hartford-New Haven, Conn., as director of sales development. Pat Bradiy, formerly with Burke Dowling Adams, Atlanta, to WMBR Jacksonville, Fla., as production director. Larry Geraghty, newsman, WCSH Portland, Me., named news director of WCSH-TV. J. Harrison Hartley, who recently resigned as director of WEWS (TV) Cleveland, has joined Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. as representative in ■ Cleveland. Mr. Hartley had been in broadcasting for 28 years, beginning with NBC in New York in 1929. He was with WEWS from its founding 10 years ago. James Burr Miller, general assignment reporter, Portland Oregonian, to KGW, same city, as news and special events director. Ed Hamlyn, formerly with KWFT Wichita Falls, Tex., to WLWD (TV) Dayton, Ohio, as news editor and public affairs director. Broadcasting