Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1960)
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gineer at WTVN (TV) Columbus, Ohio, to WKYT (TV) Lexington, Ky., as chief engineer. Marie Kittrell joins WKYT as air personality-hostess.
• Richard D. Heffner, consultant to CBS editorial board, appointed director of special projects, information services, CBSTV Network. He will be in charge of studies designed to find out what public wants
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• Norman P. Bagwell, general manager of WKY-AMTV Oklahoma City, elected to board of directors of Oklahoma Publishing Co. and WKY Tv System. He has been with stations since 1954, when he resigned from Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Mr. Bagwell
Mr. Dougherty
• Joseph P. Dougherty, general manager of WPRO-TV Providence, R.I., appointed vp of Capital Cites Broadcasting, which also operates WROWAM-FM and WYENTV Albany and WCDB-TV Hagaman, both New York; WDCD-TV Adams, Mass., and WTVD (TV) Durham, N.C.
• Mel York, engineer with KBIG Catalina, Calif., promoted to supervising engineer at Avalon studios and transmitter, succeeding Harvey Hass who becomes electronics engineer with General Film Labs, Hollywood.
• Chet Kreidler, account executive with KGMC Denver, promoted to assistant sales manager.
• Peter Charlton, formerly with KNDY Marysville, appointed commercial manager of KNCO Garden City, both Kansas.
• Richard S. Mulford resigns as director of advertising for Crowell-Collier Broadcast Div. (KFWB Los Angeles, KEWB San Francisco-Oakland and KDWB St. Paul, Minn.).
• Allen MacDonald, formerly manager of KRAM Las Vegas, Nev., to KFWB Los Angeles, as sales development executive.
• Ronald M. Gilbert appointed sales manager of WQTE Detroit.
• Angus Robinson, manager of NBCTV Network central division sales, Chicago, appointed director, succeeding Edward Hitz who transfers to NBC, N.Y., in client relations. Cy Wagner, account executive, succeeds Mr. Robinson.
• George H. Williams appointed national sales manager of WWJ Detroit. He has been with station since 1958.
• Duane Holman, local sales manager of KOLN-TV Lincoln, Neb., appointed sales manager, suceeding Les Rau who resigned to become general manager of KWWL-TV Waterloo, Iowa.
• Ed Trent, salesman for WGBS Miami, Fla. since 1952, appointed local sales manager.
• James T. Timothy, formerly sales manager of KMBY Monterey, Calif., to sales staff of WNBQ (TV) Chicago.
• John D. Stebbins, vp-radio, and Gale Blocki, sales manager-tv, The Boiling Co., station rep., both resign from Chicago office.
• Ron Gilbert, formerly with WWJ Detroit, to WQTE, that city, as sales manager.
• William T. Heaton, Chicago man
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ager of Daren F. McGavern Co., N.Y. rep firm, to New York office as assistant sales manager. Edward Argow, of N.Y. sales, moves to Chicago as manager.
• Jack E. Sweeney, formerly account executive, Maloney-Regan & Schmidt, Los Angeles, named sale coordinator of KMPC, that city.
• Frank J. Jordan, acting manager of NBC News, Chicago, appointed manager.
• Norman L. Braun, manager of Pittsburgh Bureau of United Press International, appointed head of Pennsylvania news operations. John A. Carroll, UPI Pittsburgh staffer, succeeds Mr. Braun. Edward C. Sielski named editor of teletypesetter news desk.
• Leon Drew, formerly program director with KMOX-TV St. Louis, to KNXT (TV) Los Angeles and CBSTV Pacific Network in similar capacity, succeeding Donald M. Hine who resigns to become director of special projects with World Tennis Inc., (Jack Kramer pro tennis troupe).
• Jim Mack, air personality at WJBW New Orleans, promoted to program director.
• David Custis named program director of WQAL-FM Philadelphia.
• Terry Speights joins WPMP Pascagoula, Miss., as program director.
• Nord Whited, producer-director with KTTV (TV) Los Angeles, appointed assistant program director.
• Frank J. Jordan promoted from acting manager to manager of NBC News, Chicago. Mr. Jordan joined NBC News in N.Y. in 1956 and was transferred to Chicago bureau as news supervisor in May 1958.
• Lawrence Beckerman, executive producer-news editor, with WTOP-AMTV Washington, appointed public affairs director. Steve Cushing succeeds Mr. Beckerman.
• Jack Conlon, formerly with KIMN Denver, to KEWB Oakland, Calif., as head of news staff, succeeding John Babcock who returns to Los Angeles.
• Ken Kemper and John Meyer appointed co-news directors of KADY and KADI (FM) St. Louis. Mr. Kemper formerly was staff announcer-sports director with stations. Mr. Myer formerly was news editor of KXOX, that city.
• George A. Freeman, formerly news director of WKST-AM-TV New Castle, Pa., to WDRC Hartford, Conn., in
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BROADCASTING, February 8, 1960