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of southern New England because it involved "matters dealing with pending legal proceedings in Boston." It added that "stations from which the program was withheld served areas from which jurors for these proceedings might have been selected." Richard S. Salant, CBS News president, notified the Massachusetts House of Representatives that the network must decline its request "because the program involves matters dealing with pending criminal cases and its broadcast in Massachusetts may delay the judicial processes." The Massachusetts House had asked that the telecast be shown in the state so that its residents might have the opportunity "to see and judge for themselves the context and background of certain statements and allegations made therein." The program dealt with a bookmaking establishment in Boston and touched off various investigations by authorities there. Gould reveals plans for ETMA's ch. 13 Immediate and long-range plans of Educational Television for the Metropolitan Area Inc., and its newly acquired ch. 13 in New York have been revealed by Dr. Samuel B. Gould, ETMA president. Ch. 13 "is not the sum total of our planning," Dr. Gould said in first public appearance since appointment as ETMA president on Jan. 3. Some of enterprises being planned by ETMA, he said, include permanent building, establishment of "full-fledged" etv network in association with National Educational Tv & Radio Center, experimental program labs, "major and definitive" library for U.S. tv, and major tv periodical. Dr. Gould outlined seven principles for operation of ch. 13; quality in presentation, willingness to innovate, vitality, adult approach, diversity, international point of view and broad base of support. Brown-Weed regional arrangement dropped Clarke Brown Co. is no longer handling regional time sales for radio and tv stations represented by Weed Radio Corp. and Weed Tv Corp., Clarke R. Brown, president, has announced. The Brown organization has offices in Dallas, Atlanta and New Orleans. Mr. Brown also announced the appointment of Grady Berry as manager of the Atlanta office, succeeding Richard M. Walker, who resigned. Weed has opened its own office in Atlanta in the Henry Grady Bldg. Firm also said that it probably will open a Dallas office. NOMINEES NAMED FOR RADIO BOARD 28 choices for 12 slots; ballots to be counted Feb. 28 Twenty-eight broadcasters were nominated last week for the 12 vacancies on the NAB Radio Board. Terms of directors from even-numbered districts expire in April at the NAB convention along with terms of one each in the atlarge categories. Ballots for the nominations were counted Feb. 7 at NAB. Two nominees are selected from each category, except in the case of ties. Ballots will be mailed Feb. 13 to NAB station members, returnable Feb. 28. Nominees for the 12 vacancies are: District 2 (N. J., N. Y.) — Michael R. Hanna. WHCU Ithaca, N. Y.; John R. Henzel, WHDL Olean, N. Y. District 4 (D. C, N. C, S. C, Va., Md. in part)— Charles P. Blackley, WTON Staunton, Va.; Charles H. Crutchfield, WBT Charlotte, N. C; Harold Essex, WSJS Winston-Salem, N. C; Boyce Hanna, WADA Shelby, N. C; Frederick S. Houwink, WMAL Washington. District 6 (Ark., La., Miss., Tenn.) — Julian F. Haas, KAGH Crossett, Ark.; Carter M. Parham, WDEF Chattanooga, Tenn. District 8 (Ind., Mich.)— Robert D. Enoch, WXLW Indianapolis; Lester G. Spencer, WKBV Richmond, Ind. District 10 (la., Mo., Neb.)— Richard W. Chapin, KFOR Lincoln, Neb. (incumbent); Eugene T. Flaherty, KSCJ Sioux City, la. District 12 (Kan., Okla.)— Allan Page, KGWA Enid, Okla. (incumbent); Thad M. Sandstrom, WIBW Topeka, Kan.; Robert E. Schmidt, KAYS Hays, Kan. District 14 (Mountain States)— Rex G. Howell, KREX Grand Junction, Colo.; Ken Nybo. KBMY Billings, Mont. District 16 (Ariz., So. Calif., So. Nev.) — Loyd C. Sigmon, KMPC Hollywood; Calvin J. Smith, KFAC Los Angeles. Large Stations— Frank Gaither, WSB Atlanta; John F. Patt, WJR Detroit (incumbent). Medium Stations — John F. Box Jr., WIL St. Louis; Daniel W. Kops, WAVZ New Haven, Conn. Small Stations— Robert T. Mason, WMRN Marion, Ohio (incumbent); Don Olson, KTRF Thief River Falls, Minn. Fm Stations— J. R. Livesay, WLBH-FM Mattoon, 111.; Fred Rabell, KITT San Diego, Calif. ABC radio-tv o & o's meet A series of meetings of radio and tv managers of ABC owned and operated stations is being held today (Feb. 12) through Feb. 16 in New York. The meetings will be the first under the new leadership of Julius Barnathan as president of owned and operated tv stations and Stephen C. Riddleberger as president of owned and operated radio stations. Leonard H. Goldenson, president, American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, and Simon B. Siegel, executive vice president, will attend. Others participating in the meetings will be Oliver Treyz, president, ABCTV; Robert E. Pauley, president, ABC Radio, and Theodore Shaker, president ABC-TV National Station Sales. JOHN H. HICKS, JR. . . . veteran Southivest radio station owner and operator . . . has joined the Dallas Office of Hamilton-Landis & Associates, Inc., effective February 1. AND ASSOCIATES, INC. John F. Hardesty, President NEGOTIATIONS • APPRAISALS • FINANCING OF CHOICE PROPERTIES WASHINGTON, D. C. CHICAGO Ray V. Hamilton 1737 DeSales St., N.W. Executive 3-3456 Warren J. Boorom New York Richard A. Shaheen John D. Stebbins Tribune Tower DEIaware 7-2754 DALLAS Dewiti Landis 1511 Bryan St. Riverside 8-1175 Joe A. Oswald New Orleans SAN FRANCISCO John F; Hardesty Don Searle 111 Sutter St. EXbrook 2-5671 BROADCASTING, February 12, 1962 69