Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1960)

Programming Mr. Branson • Walter Branson, 26-year veteran with RKO Radio, N.Y., and vp in charge of film distribution since 1955, becomes executive sales vp with TV Stations Inc., stationowned film buying organization. • Ira S. Stevens appointed vp and treasurer of Bonded Services Div. of Industrial Enterprises Inc., New York film service operation. He will continue as general manager of National Film Service Inc., and as director of Cinerama Productions Corp. • David H. DePatie, general manager of Warner Bros, commercial and industrial film division, named head of studio's cartoon division, following merger of two units. • Sidney P. Solow, vp and general manager of Consolidated Film Industries, Hollywood, appointed chairman of film archives division of Hollywood Motion Picture & Televesion Museum. • Mort Granas, manager of budget and administrative services for CBSTV Hollywood, named director of film services. • James V. McNamara, formerly assistant general manager, national sales manager and filmbuyer at WALA-TV Mobile, Ala., named general sales manager at Atlantic TV Inc. (film producer), N.Y. Mr. McNamara • Lyn Babcock, producer-director with J. Walter Thompson, N.Y., for 6V2 years, leaves agency to establish own firm, Tv Commercial Services. Firm will offer complete production of commercials— live, tape or film — for agencies not maintaining their own producers in New York. Other agencies may make use of any elements of production, such special services as food styling, camera direction or casting. Tv Commercial Services is located at 45 E. 55th St., New York 22. Telephone: Plaza 2-1066. Equipment & Eng'ring • H. A. (Hy) Steinberg joins sales staff of Cornell-Dubilier Electric Corp. He will be in charge of distributor sales along eastern seaboard. • Fred Horwitz, formerly with Zenith Corp., Chicago, to U.S. Transistor 88 (FATES & FORTUNES) Corp., Syosset, Long Island, N.Y., as development and project engineer. • William S. Baltz elected vp and general counsel of Admiral Corp., Chicago, succeeding Frank H. Uriell, senior partner of Pope, Ballard, Uriell, Kennedy, Shepard & Fowle, formerly general attorneys corporation. • Frank F. Neuner, Erwin B. May and Irving H. Von Zelowitz appointed to staff of marketing department of RCA Semiconductor and Materials Div. Mr. Neuner, formerly responsible for product planning and associated services, to manager, product distribution and control. Mr. May. previously manager of promotion, appointed manager, advertising and sales promotion. Mr. Zelowitz, formerly manager, sales coordination, becomes manager, semiconductor planning. • William A. Fink, marketing consultant for Orr Industries, Opelika, Ala., rejoins Ampex Professional Products Co., Redwood, Calif., from where he was on leave of absence. Mr. Fink will be southern district manager of Audio Products Div. • Richard E. Holtzworth, formerly with communications division of Hughes Aircraft Co., appointed eastern marketing manager of Houston Fearless Corp., Los Angeles. • Russ De Baun, manager of technical operations service NBC-TV Hollywood, elected president of Society of Television Engineers for 1960. John Silva, chief engineer of KTLA (TV) Los Angeles, is new secretary-treasurer of STE. Allied fields • Paul A. Johnston, information director of Television Shares Management Corp.. elected vp of organization, which is principal underwriter and investment manager for $300 million television-electronics fund. • Henry H. Newell, Ray K. Maneval and Donald H. McCollum appointed senior vp's of Schwerin Research, N.Y. All are veterans of 10 years or more service with company. • Harry Garfield, east coast music business executive, to head new music coordinating department of Revue (MCA) Productions Inc., N.Y. International • D. E. Longmore elected chairman of board of directors of McKim Adv., Ltd., Toronto. H. D. Roach named president and C. D. Dennis Jr., executive vp. Mr. Torney • William Holmes, formerly of CKWS-TV Kingston, Ont., named operations manager of new tv station in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. • Kirk Torney, formerly eastern sales manager of MCA-TV and manager of group sales for Independent Television Corp. ( ITC ) , appointed managing director of CBS Ltd., with headquarters in London. Mr. Torney began his broadcasting career in 1935 in San Francisco, forming a company which later became known as Consolidated Radio Artists. Deaths • Harry H. Enders, 53, executive vp of Young & Rubicam, New York, died Jan. 2 1 . Mr. Enders joined agency in 1936, became secretary in 1943, and vp in 1955. Three years later he was named executive vp in charge of finance. Mr. Enders • John P. Roche, 70, retired (1959) board chairman of Roche, Rickerd & Cleary, Chicago agency, died Jan. 23 of heart attack in Evanston, 111. • J. J. Lorne Ardiel, 69, board chairman of Ardiel Adv. Agency Ltd., Toronto died Jan. 19. Mr. Ardiel formed agency in 1929 and was president until 1944 when he became chairman of board. • James Hill Jr., 62, board chairman and chief executive officer of Sterling Drug Inc., died of stroke Jan. 27 in Paris, where he was on business trip. He had been head of Sterling Drug for past 18 years. • John C. Clark, 45, vp and account supervisor of Fletcher Richards, Calkins & Holden. NY., died of heart at I tack Jan. 27. He joined agency in 1956 when it absorbed Byran Houston Co., where he was executive. • Emanuel L. Gordon, 39, general counsel to American Federation of Musicians, AFL-CIO, died Jan. 25 in New York following attack of acute meningitis. • Horace W. Feyhl, 68, retired night manager of WCAU Philadelphia, died Jan. 20 of heart attack. He was in broadcasting for 30 years and is credited with designing and using first live sound effects on radio. BROADCASTING, February 1, I960