Broadcasting Telecasting (Jul-Sep 1959)

CHECK Kand DOUBLE CHECK i Comdr. Murrow? CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow, who started a year's leave of absence July 1, applied last week for a commission as commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He asked for classification as an information specialist. One immediate speculation was that he wanted to satisfy a long-time interest in atomic submarines, perhaps eventually do a television study of that subject. He was described as an old friend of Admiral Hyman Rickover, generally acclaimed as the father of the atomic sub. Bush, both formerly with Rumrill Co., Buffalo, N.Y., have formed own pr and management consulting firm, Darcy & Bush Assoc., Address: 339 East Ave., Rochester, N.Y. • Rev. L.K. Zank, news director of WMIC Monroe, Mich., under name of Ken Lawrence, to director of pr and promotion with Dr. Walter A. Maier Memorial Lutheran High School Assn., L.A. • Bob Edgington, formerly news director of WHLS Port Huron, Mich., joins WOWO Fort Wayne, Ind., as newscaster. Marge Ann Deegan to WOWO as writer-director from Waldschmidt & Krick, advertising agency, that city. • Danny Deever joins sales staff of KMO Tacoma, Wash. • Marshall Nanis joins WXHR (FM) Boston as sales representative. • Pat Fitzgerald, formerly with WNDU-AM-TV South Bend, Ind., Jerry Healey, of WIND Chicago, and Farrell Smith, of WHOT Campbell, Ohio, air personalities, to WHK-AMFM Cleveland in similar capacity. • Clyde Hatton, formerly program director of KOMY Watsonville, Calif., to KOBY San Francisco as announcer. • Fred D. Niedermeyer joins WISNTV Milwaukee as account executive. Programming • Jerry Franken named director of public relations of National Telefilm Assoc. Inc., N.Y. Mr. Franken was formerly assistant to president of Gross-KrasneSillerman, which was acquired by NTA in February. Harry Algus remains company's press director. • John Davidson, spot sales manager, Ziv Television Programs Inc., N.Y., named sales manager, south eastern Mr. Franken division, Atlanta headquarters. Other Ziv appointments: Jerry Kirby, sales manager, north eastern division; Stuart Halliday, sales manager, syndication sales staff, Chicago office; Allen Martini, sales manager, western division, L.A.; John Louis and Harry Littler named spot sales managers, north central and south eastern divisions, respectively. • Harry B. Simmons and Bernice Schiffer, named city sales manager and sales administrator, respectively, of ABC Films Inc., Chicago. Other ABC Films sales representative appointments: Howard Routman central division; Lou Markman eastern division, and Melvin Corvin, western division. • Len Weiner, previously head of own commercial film company, Dee Jay Productions, joins MGM-TV, N.Y., as sales rep for commercial production department. • Arthur (Skip) Steloff, division sales manager, Television Industries Inc., N.Y., resigns, effective Aug. 1 to form own company, Heritage Productions, which will engage in production and distribution of film programming to tv stations. • Frank Spiegelman, formerly member of sales staff, Independent Television Corp., N.Y., to Governor Television Attractions, that city, as vp in charge of national sales. • Charles S. Temkin named president of Creative Services Inc., capsule radio feature producer, formerly Copy Service Bureau of Chicago. New address: 75 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago. • Peter A. Griffith, formerly head of film production, Peter Elgar Productions, N.Y., to Transfilm Inc., that city, as account executive, tv division. • Bob Finkel, who joined production staff of NBC-TV's Dinah Shore Chevy Show in March, named producer-director for 1959-60 season. Other production assignments for series: Charles Isaacs to head writer, aided by Carl Reiner, who will also do minimum of five performances; Gordon Wiles to associate producer, and Rick Oxford to succeed Mr. Wiles as assistant director. • Ed Simmons named head writer on George Gobel Show. He has served in similar capacity on summer time Chevy Show for past two summers. • Bob Cawley, associate director with KRCA (TV) Los Angeles, to write, direct and produce first telecast of Summer A uditions series. • Brown Meggs, merchandising program producer of Capitol Records, LA., appointed to new position of staff assistant for public relations, re V WTHI-TV offers the lowest cost per thousand of all Indiana TV stations! VV One hundred and eleven national and regional spot advertisers know that the Terre Haute market is not covered effectively by outside TV. WTHI-TV CHANNEL IO • CBS — ABC TERRE HAUTE INDIANA Represented Nationally by Boiling Co. BUY NOW FOR THE FUTURE Monaural today— stereo tomorrowhandle both with finest quality results on Ampex Multi-Channel Recorders. May be fully remote controlled. Now sold by Ampex Professional Dealers everywhere — Write to Ampex for a copy of Bulletin B. Ampex CORPORATION professional products division 934 CHARTER STREET • REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA BROADCASTING, July 27, 1959 87