Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1961)
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Radio Service Corp. of Utah), promoted to director of engineering. Other promotions: Maurice J. Jones, radio transmitter supervisor, to chief radio engineer; S. Leslie Price, tv transmitter supervisor, named chief tv transmission engineer; Rollow C. Kimball, tv remote and maintenance engineer, to chief tv maintenance engineer, and John M. Powell, tv operations supervisor, to chief tv operations engineer.
Frank Boscia, account executive, WTVJ (TV) Miami, appointed local sales manager.
Joel Graham, Mademoiselle magazine, joins ABC-TV New York as presentation writer in sales development department.
Millie Bersell named assistant sales coordinator of KRCA (TV) Los Angeles.
Charles A. White and William C. Ganey join local-regional sales staff, KXOK St. Louis.
Robert C. Schumann, personnel manager, Newspaper Agency Corp., Charleston, W. Va., joins WCHS, that city, as salesman.
Bill Miller joins sales department and announcing staff of KPRB Redmond, Ore.
Eddie Clarke, air personality, KMBC
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NPC's new officers
George Cullen, editor, Bureau of National Affairs publications, elected president of National Press Club, Washington, succeeding John P. Cosgrove, Broadcasting Publications. Other new officers: Bryson B. Rash, NBC News, vp; Robert E. Lee, Ridder publications, secretary; Windsor P. Booth, National Geographic magazine, treasurer, and L. David LeRoy, U. S. News & World Report, financial secretary. Elected to three-year terms on board of governors: Kermit McFarland, Scripps Howard Newspapers; Clark R. Mollenhoff, Cowles Publications, and Lewis W. Shollenberger, ABC News. Warren Duffee, UPI, and Michael Hudoba, Sports Afield, were elected to one-year terms on board.
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Kansas City, promoted to program manager, WHK Cleveland, both Metropolitan Broadcasting stations. Johne Pearson succeeds Mr. Clarke as air personality. Dick Smith, KMBC's community relations director, promoted to director of operations.
Dale A. Owens named assistant manager in charge of programming and production of KIMM Rapid City, S.D.
Richard Waffle, air personality, WINS New York, appointed program director, WVIP Mt. Kisco, N. Y.
John McClane joins NBC special projects and Project 20 units as program coordinator. Formerly, Mr. McClane was assistant trade editor, NBC press.
Sanford L. Gibbons, formerly with sales department, KOOL Phoenix, joins program department, KPHO, that city.
Ed Wade, art director and senior producer-director, WBTW (TV) Florence, S. C, to WBTV (TV) Charlotte, N. C, as producer-director.
Mel M. Slott joins WBNS-TV Columbus as director.
Deane Johnson, program director, KWMT Fort Dodge, Iowa, joins KOMA Oklahoma City as production director. He will also assume duties of public service director.
Robert N. Brumfield, news assignment editor, WKRC-TV Cincinnati, named news director, WKRC-AM-FMTV, succeeding Nick Basso, who trans
fers to WTVN (TV) Columbus as news director. Both are Taft Broadcasting stations. Earlier, Mr. Brumfield served as news reporter for WSAZ-AM-TV Huntington, W. Va.
David E, Schoumacher named news director, KTIV (TV) Sio\rx City, Iowa, succeeding Ken Wayman, who resigns to accept position with stock brokerage firm.
Dick Compton, news editor, KVTV (TV) Sioux City, Iowa, promoted to news director.
Marvin L. Shapiro, formerly with Harrington, Righter & Parsons, New York station rep firm, and earlier as account executive with New York and Chicago offices of CBS-TV Spot Sales, appointed eastern sales manager for TvAR.
R. K. (Skin) Wood, general manager, WOHP Bellefontaine, joins sales executive staff, WCOL Columbus, both Ohio.
E. William Patterson, account executive, KIOA Des Moines, appointed sales manager.
Harold Fishman, professor of political science at Los Angeles State College, and for past several months interpretative commentator at KCOP (TV) , that city, signed to exclusive twoyear contract to continue at KCOP, in similar capacity.
Lester Zimmerman joins press information department at CBS Radio, New York, succeeding Peter Fischer,
who moves to public-affairs unit of CBS-TV press information department.
Keith Allen, formerly with pr department, Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle, joins ABC-TV press information staff in Hollywood as unit publicist.
Frank Starr, air personality, WJBF (TV) Augusta, joins WXEX-TV Richmond-Petersburg, in similar capacity, succeeding Jim Canyon, who moves to WBAL-TV Baltimore.
Joe Mosbrook joins WDEL-AM-FM Wilmington as air personality.
Spry MPB president
Gene Spry, KPHO Phoenix, elected president of Metropolitan Phoenix Broadcasters. Other officers elected: Sheldon Engel, KXIV Phoenix, vp, and Homer Lane, KOOL-AM-FM-TV Phoenix, secretary-treasurer. Elected to board of directors: George Lasley, KRUX Glendale: Ray Smucker, KTAR-TV PhoenixMesa; John Hogg, KOY Phoenix, and Bill La Dow, KTVK (TV) Phoenix.
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BROADCASTING, December 18, 1961