Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1958)

PEOPLE CONTINUED MR ORWIG MR. PERRY MR. THOMAS H. I. ORWIG and James L. Perry have been elected senior vice presidents and John B. Thomas a vice president at The Buchen Co., Chicago. They all are active on the agency's accounts. FILM Edward W. Rinker, account executive at Kling Film Productions. Chicago, elected vice president. William Sackheim, director for Screen Gems, Hollywood, for four years, appointed director of programming. Scott McKeown, formerly southeast sales representative for Richard Ullman Inc., producer and distributor of animated commercials, appointed southeast representative for ABC Film Syndication, headquartering in Richmond, Va. Joseph Brun, director of cinematography on feature films for various independent producers and cameraman for 30 years, appointed cinematography director of Transfilm Inc.. N. Y., producer of tv film commercials and industrial films. Leslie H. Norins, sales manager, KTTV (TV) Los Angeles, and Terry O'Neill, vice president of Assocated British Pictures, join New York sales staff of Television Programs of America. Lou Boutin, who resigned several months ago, is resuming his position as account executive in western division. NETWORKS Elmer W. Lower, director of special projects for CBS News, to newly-created post of director of operations. Mr. Lower will have direct executive supervision of sports, special events, syndicated newsfilm. film production, program sales and information services. He also will continue to head organizational work for political conventions, elections, inaugurations and other joint radio-tv special events. Gladys Krieble, reporter and author, has been appointed Buenos Aires correspondent for Mutual. Art Baker, m.c. of NBC-TV's End of the Rainbow (Sat. 10-10:30 p.m.) has resigned because of other commitments. He will be succeeded by Bob Barker who will continue as m.c. of network's Truth or Consequences (Mon.-Fri. 1 1 :30 a.m. -noon). Bob Feller, former Cleveland Indians pitcher, has been signed by MBS as playby-play broadcaster of Game of the Day. Abraham H. Siegel, 28. research statistician for ABC-TV, died Feb. 11 at Wadsworth Hospital in New York. He had been with ABC-TV since March 1956. Prior to that he was with Alfred Politz Research Inc. as coding supervisor. STATIONS Z'/MfflmmmmmMM Roy M. Flynn, general manager of K.RLDTV Dallas, and W. A. Roberts, general manger of K.RLJD, promoted to vice presidents o! television and radio, respectively. ■< Jerry Carr, program and news director of WHLIAM-FM Hempstead, N. Y., elected vice president. He joined stations in 1947 as newsman. James P. Hensley, formerly sales manager of WBBM Chicago, to KOME Tulsa, Okla., as vice president and general manager. Howard Springer, assist ► ant secretary of Hygrade Food Products Corp., Detroit, to WJBK-TV that city as comptroller. Vernon L. Wickre, business manager, KOSI Aurora, Colo., named station manager. George Andrick, local sales manager, WSAZ Huntington, W. Va., named station manager. Edward T. McCann, formerly commercial manager WNEB Worcester, Mass., to WCOP Boston as sales manager. Robert L. Brown, local sales manager, KBTV (TV) Denver, named national sales manager, succeeding John Henry, resigned. Richard W. Holloway, formerly manager of WNIL Niles, Mich., to WDEF-TV Chattanooga, Tenn., as national sales manager. Frederick H. Elliott Jr., formerly account executive, KDKA Pittsburgh, to WHAM Rochester, N. Y., as local sales manager. Bud Kurtz, formerly with WH1S Bluefield, to WOAY-TV Oak Hill, both West Virginia, as production manager. Carole Clements, formerly with KCMC-TV Texarkana traffic department, to KFJZ-TV Fort Worth as traffic manager. Don Perris, assistant to general manager, WEWS (TV) Cleveland, named assistant general manager. He joined WEWS in 1948 as newsman. John M. Grubbs, news-talent-production supervisor, WBZ-WBZA Boston-Springfield, Mass., named assistant program manager. Page 196 February 24, 1958 Jean Grant, assistant promotion manager, WAGA-TV Atlanta, to KFSD-TV San Diego as assistant to promotion manager. Laurese Byrd Gordon, promotion consultant and freelance writer, to WTOP Washington as director of promotion and advertising, succeeding William J. Wiggins, resigned. Robert B. Harris, formerly promotion manager of WSEE (TV) Erie, Pa., to WSTV Inc., Steubenville, Ohio, as promotion director. WSTV is promotion headquarters for Friendly Group stations. Darlene Pearson named continuity director of KTRK-TV Houston, succeeding Sara Fritz, who has moved to West Coast. Chet Collier, educational director of Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.'s WBZ-TV Boston, has joined New York staff of Westinghouse Broadcasting as executive producer in national program department. He will direct and produce educational and public affairs programs originated by WBC and its group of stations and also will work on program development, including both commercial and educational programs. Stan Schloeder, formerly with tv sales staff of Katz Agency and chief timebuyer for Ruthrauff & Ryan, Richard C. Landsman, previously assistant sales manager of WBALTV Baltimore; Paul Maguire, with NBC Spot Sales for three years, and Charles McGregor, formerly midwest sales manager for Sy Weintraub organization, join WABD (TV) New York as account executives. Bill Davidson, after 16 years with ABC in Hollywood, joins KMJ-TV Fresno, Calif., as writer-producer-announcer. Jim Wooddell, newsman, KTSA San Antonio, to WCPO Cincinnati, Ohio, news staff. Frank Sweeney, Chicago freelance announcer, to staff of WBBM-TV that city. Bill Fontain, announcer on WBBM radio, assigned to WBBM-TV. Edward L. Wiebe, formerly with WFMF Chicago and WLOL Minneapolis, and Philip Dale Richardson, for past 2Vi years station manager of WDQN Du Quoin, 111., have joined sales staff of KRUX Phoenix. Joe Buerry, formerly with WJWL Georgetown, Del., to WMYR Fort Myers, Fla., announcing staff. Steve Kirk, d.j.. WTRX Bellaire. Ohio, joins WSAZ Huntington, W. Va., in similar capacity. Tony Dugay, formerly with KENS-TV San Antonio, to KTBS-TV Shreveport, La., announcing staff. Ken and Ann Elliott, New Orleans husbandwife d.j. team, join WJBW that city and will m.c. Jack the Cat and Jacqueline the Kitten. Charles Arlington, formerly with KHJ Los Angeles, to KFWB that city news staff. He succeeds Bill Daniels, resigned. Broadcasting