Broadcasting (Apr - June 1960)

Page scan 000128 from Broadcasting

Record Details:

Title:
Broadcasting
Date:
Apr - June 1960
Publisher:
Broadcasting Publications Inc.
Volume:
Broadcasting (Apr - June 1960)
Leaf #:
000128
Language:
English
Subjects:
radio and television periodical, Broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
This trade paper began in 1931 with a focus on radio, but as the TV industry expanded in the post-World War II era, the paper increasingly became devoted to television (even the title changed to BROADCASTING TELECASTING). Developments in technology, policy, advertising, and programming were covered. The paper's advertisements and articles reveal the intricate relationship among sponsors, stations, program suppliers, and station representatives -- the industry's term for middle-men who represented numerous local stations in negotiations with national sponsors. The success of particular stations or programming choices are frequently trumpeted in BROADCASTING'S advertisements -- always with the goal of selling more of something, such as a film program or a station's spot advertising time. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
June 13, 2024
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duPont Award winners ■ At an awards dinner in Washington are representatives of the donors and recipients of the 17th annual Alfred 1. duPont Awards (see At Deadline, March 28). Left to right: Carl E. Lee, executive vice president, Fetzer stations, owner of KOLN-TV Lincoln, Neb., winner of the small station award; A. James Ebel, vice president and general manager of KOLN-TV; Malcolm Klein, executive vice president and general manager of WNTA-TV New York, winner of the large station award; Mrs. Alfred I. duPont; Ted Cott, vice president, CBS News who accepted the commentator award for David Schoenbrun, CBS’ Paris correspondent, and Dr. Fred C. Cole, president of Washington & Lee U., which administers the awards. The recipients receive $ 1 ,000 each in addition to the plaques. Under the terms of the awards program, they have the opportunity to establish scholarships in the communications field in their names and that of Alfred I. duPont at the universities of their choice. Com series. Alvin Cooperman is executive producer. Milt Rosen wrote the pilot, to be filmed at 20th Century-Fox Tv this month. Down Home — A small town editor, portrayed by Pat Buttram, is the central figure in this series. 20th Century-Fox Television filmed the pilot for ABC-TV. Hal Kanter created, produced and directed. William Self is executive producer. The Tom Ewell Show — Madelyn Pugh Martin and Bob Carroll Jr. (long time writers of I Love Lucy) created and wrote the pilot script for the domestic comedy series starring Tom Ewell. Four Star has completed the pilot of the series, which has been purchased by CBS-TV. Tom McDermott is executive producer. The Eye and I — Misadventures of a private detective. Vortex Productions will produce pilot written by Dick Donovan with John Florea as producer. Father of the Bride — This tv series, which MGM-TV is producing for ABC TV, hopes to duplicate the success of the book and movie in humorously recounting the trials of a man whose daughter is getting married. For the Love of Mike — Adventures of a teenage girl, starring Shirley Jones. Screen Gems has completed the pilot for CBS-TV. Creator: Stan Shapiro. Producer: Ed Rissen. Executive producer: Harry Ackerman. Funny World — Jim Hawthorne is writer, producer and star of this 3V2minute film series, which utilizes film footage of amusing and unusual goingson, with Mr. Hawthorne’s own brand of comic comment. KTTV Program Sales is packaging 130 of these programs for syndication. The Andy Griffith Show — Andy Griffith appears as a peace officer in a small southern town in this series which General Foods will sponsor this fall. Marterto Productions is packaging the series, with Arthur Standard as writer-producer and Sheldon Leonard, who created the idea, as executive producer. The pilot was used as an episode in the CBS-TV Danny Thomas Show, also produced by Marterto and also sponsored by General Foods. Time and network of the new series are not set. Grindl — A domestic sent each week by an employment agency to a different assignment, Grindl (played by Mary Grace Canfield), meets what Screen Gems, packager of the series, describes as “tragedy, but a delightfully tonguein-cheek sort of tragedy,” on her various jobs. David Swift is creator-writerdirector-producer. Pilot is available. Guestward Ho — Joanne Dru and Mark Miller portray the young couple from New York who try to run a dude ranch in New Mexico, adapted from the Patrick Dennis novel. Desilu is filming for ABC-TV. Producer: Jerry Thorpe. Writer: Ron Alexander. The Happiest Millionaire — The home life of a rich man who refused to let his money interfere with his thoroughly enjoying himself, based on the Broadway play of the same title. Hampshire Assoc, will produce. Happy — A young married couple (Ronny Burns and Yvonne Lime), an old uncle (Lloyd Corrigan) and a yearold but talking baby encounter amusing problems in Palm Springs, Calif. Ron Com Productions is packager with Manny Rosenberg the producer, Alvin Cooperman the executive producer, George Brown and Frank Gill the writers. Pilot was filmed at 20th CenturyFox. The Happy Time — Home life of a French Canadian family at the turn of the century, based on the successful stage play. Hollis Productions put the pilot on tv tape at Paramount Television Productions. Stars: Claude Dauphin, Mischa Auer. Producer: Charles Irving. Writer: Samuel Taylor. Harrigan and Son — Pat O’Brien stars in the adventures of a father and son who are also law partners. Produced by Desilu for ABC-TV. Cy Howard is writer, producer and executive producer. Harry’s Business — The trials and tribulations of a druggist. Alvin Cooperman produces for Ron Com. Writers are Barbara Hammer and Henry Sharp. Ray Walston and Elena Verduga are starred. Pilot is completed. Harry’s Girls — An American entertainer traveling in Europe with four show girls; that’s the theme of this series, being produced in Europe by Michel Productions for MGM-TV. Here Comes Melinda — Spring Bying BROADCASTING, April 4, 1960 122 (PROGRAMMING)