Broadcasting Telecasting (Jul-Sep 1962)

/Ir. Hatcher Kelsey, formerly with WQAM Miami, Fla., join staff of WINZ Miami as news director and account executive, respectively. Ralph S. Hatcher, national manager of station relations department of ABC-TV network, resigns, effective Aug. 1, to assume ownership and direction of WJBS DeLand, Fla. Transfer of license to Radio DeLand Inc., of which Mr. Hatcher is president, was granted by FCC July 17. Mr. Hatcher joined ABC-TV in New York as regional manager of station relations in 1951. He was promoted to his present post in 1956. Paul Vodicka, radio-journalism graduate from Northwestern U., joins WBBM Chicago as press representative. Dorothy Pierce, formerly with General Foods Corp., and Blanche Wheeler, formerly with WBBM's local sales department, named WBBM promotion assistants. Oiaf Soward, veteran newscaster with WIBW-AM-FM-TV Topeka, Kan., retired July 15 after nearly 40 years as journalist for Capper & Stauffer Publications (owner of WIBW-AM-FMTV). COATS & BURCHARD COMPANY appraisers • Specialists in radio and TV property appraisals • Acquisitions — sales — mergers — or purchase • Allocations under Section 334(b) 2 of the 1954 Internal Revenue Code Write for complete information and analysis of your specific requirements (no obligation). 4413 RAVENSWOOD AVE. • CHICAGO 40, ILLINOIS SERVICE — COAST TO COAST Industrial • Commercial • Institutional Appraisals 68 (FATES & FORTUNES) 41 Mr. Hamilton Patrick J. Romano, former news director of WTAO Cambridge, Mass., joins news department of WEEI-AMFM Boston. Bill Beebe, former news director of KTOK Oklahoma City, and Lynn Kennedy, formerly with promotion department of KOCO-TV Enid, Okla., join news and continuity departments, respectively, of KWTV (TV) Oklahoma City. Jaime Jarrin, special events director of KWKW Pasadena, Calif., appointed director of station's news bureau. Charles W. Pinkston joins WSVAAM-FM-TV Harrisonburg, Va., as air personality, succeeding Emmet Capper, who was called to active duty with U. S. Army. William T. Hamilton, general manager of WNDU-TV South Bend, Ind., elected vp and general manager. Bazil O'Hagan, assistant general manager of WNDU-TV, assumes added duties of station manager. Ray Jackson appointed station's chief engineer. Willard J. Stone joins WMHT (TV), etv ch. 17, Schenectady, N. Y., as graphics director. David J. Robertson appointed WMHT's studio supervisor. Robert D. Horan, member of pr department of International Telephone & Telegraph Corp., New York, joins WCHS-TV Charleston, W. Va., as news director. He succeeds John D. Hurd, who resigned to become executive secretary of West Virginia Republican Executive Committee. Roger Michein, for past three years sales manager of WFRVTV Green Bay, Wis., joins Black Hawk Broadcasting Co. as general manager of KWWL-TV WaterlooCedar Rapids, Iowa. Buck Herring, formerly with KEWB Oakland, joins KROY Sacramento, both California, as program director. Martin Campbell resigns as executive director of KERA-TV (etv ch. 13) Dallas. Andrew C. Pearson, freelance photographer and son of NBC News correspondent Leon Pearson, joins NBC News as cameraman-correspondent in Southeast Asia. Mr. Pearson will be based in Hong Kong. Jonathan Schiller, former music director and air personality with WROW Mr. Michein AM-FM Albany, N. Y., and WPROFM Providence, R. I., joins WZIP-AMFM Cincinnati, in similar capacity. Bob Carlson, member of promotion staff of KOAT-FM-TV (educational) Portland, Ore., named promotion director, succeeding Chuck Wenstrom, who has been appointed director of office of information and production services of extension division of Oregon State System of Higher Education, parent organization of KOAT-FM-TV. John H. Bezner, program department coordinator of WCAU-TV Philadelphia, appointed director of audience promotion. PROGRAMMING Dominic Frontiere, production executive and musical director of Daystar Productions, elected executive vp of Daystar Corp. Ron Silverman, assistant to producer-director Mark Robson, signed by Daystar Productions as production associate. Robert G. Wolfson, engineer, teacher and advisor to mayor of Phoenix and governor of Arizona, elected to board of directors of Television City Arizona, projected studios for production of films for tv and theatrical use as well as industrial, educational and commercial films. Mr. Wolfson will supervise all films made for government use by TCA and will also serve as liaison between studio and government groups. Edward W. Wood Jr., general manager of CBS Housewives Protective League, appointed national sales manager of Cellomatic Industrial Productions, division of Screen Gems. Before joining CBS, Mr. Wood was vp for sales of MBS. Paul Lyday, member of advertising department of National General Corp., Los Angeles, named director of advertising and publicity for National Theatres. He succeeds Fay S. Reeder, who will undertake special assignment in connection with Yuma (Ariz.) Theatre. Joe VIeck, in charge of advertising and exploitation for circuit's Inter-Mountain theatres, transfers to home office advertising department in Beverly Hills. Michael S. Kievman, former central division manager of Ziv-UA, joins Warner Bros. Tv as central division district sales manager, with offices in Cincinnati. Benjamin De Augusta, former head booker at MGM-Tv, joins Warner's New York office as traffic manager. Gerald Green, former producer of Today show, named producer of Chet Huntley Reporting. Eliot Frankel, associate producer of Huntley -Brinkley Report, promoted to producer. Both are NBC-TV programs. Messrs. Green and BROADCASTING, July 23, 1962