Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1962)

James Caesar Petri Ho 40-year reign ends fewer musicians had a chance to work. Broadcast Policy m Mr. Richards said he is not yet informed about terms of Local 10 or National AFM contracts in the broadcast field and did not have any idea about what policy would be followed. He said this question will be the responsibility of the membership to decide. Mr. Richards said "We would like very much to have Mr. Petrillo be our friend. He has been our friend." He praised Mr. Petrillo's contributions to the growth of the union in the past but said that he is "out of touch" now with the daily working problems of the working musician. Mr. Richards is 57 and has been a member of Local 10 since he was 20. He never before held office. The presidency pays $26,000. Local 10's treasury reportedly tops $5 million. Mr. Petrillo's music career began some 55 years ago in Chicago when Jane Addams of Hull House gave him a trumpet. He said he never learned to play very well but it was "loud." He headed a local independent musicians' union until defeat in 1917, his first and only setback until now. He then switched over to the Chicago Federation of Musicians and became president in 1922. He became head of the national AFM in 1940 and embarked upon a series of running battles with broadcasters, record companies and the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. j nooga, Tenn.; KMID-TV MidlandOdessa, Tex.; KCTV (TV) San Angelo, I Tex.; KIVA-TV Yuma, Ariz.; KARD| TV Wichita, Kan.; WWTV (TV) Cadillac, Mich.; WCAX-TV Burlington, Vt.; KTTS-TV Springfield, Mo. Now in 135 markets. Bat Masterson (Economee): Sold to ! KTNT-TV Tacoma, Wash.; CKLW-TV l Windsor-Detroit; WXEX-TV Richmond, I Va.; WPSD-TV Paducah, Ky.; WHEN TV Syracuse, N. Y.; WHBF-TV Rock Island, 111.; XETV (TV) San Diego; KXLY-TV Spokane, Wash.; WLOS-TV Ashville, N. C; KPLC-TV Lake Charles, La., and KALB-TV Alexandria, La. Now in 95 markets. Ann Sothern Show (Economee): Sold to WRCV-TV Philadelphia; WTAE (TV) Pittsburgh; WHEN-TV Syracuse, N. Y.; WPSD-TV Paducah, Ky.; KVALTV Eugene, Ore.; WFRV (TV) Green Bay, Wis.; KROD-TV El Paso, Tex.; KVII (TV) Amarillo, Tex., and WOITV Ames-Des Moines, Iowa. Now in 65 markets. Debbie Drake (Banner Films) : Sold to WEHT (TV) Evansville, Ind.; WMAZ-TV Macon, Ga.; WKTV (TV) Utica, N. Y., and WITN-TV Washington, N. C. Now in 94 markets. Holiday Specials (NTA) : Sold to WWTV (TV) Cadillac and WLUC-TV Marquette, both Michigan; WDSM-TV Duluth, Minn.; WLUK-TV Green Bay, Wis.; WHIZ-TV Zanesville, Ohio; KGBT-TV Harlingen, Tex.; and WTAP (TV) Parkersburg, W. Va. Now in a total of 122 markets. Cavalcade of the 60's Group II (Allied Artists Tv) : Sold to KBAK-TV Bakersfield, Calif.; WFRV (TV) Green Bay, Wis.; KHQ-TV Spokane, Wash., and KONA-TV Honolulu. Now in a total of 21 markets. Christmas in the Holy Land (MGMTV): Sold to KOMO-TV Seattle; KVOO-TV Tulsa, Okla.; KROD-TV El Paso, Tex.; WRBL-TV Columbus, Ga.; WHYN-TV Springfield, Mass.; WALB-TV Albany, Ga.; KFDA-TV Amarillo, Tex., and WIMA-TV Lima, Ohio. Now in 18 markets. The Detectives (Four Star) : Sold to WKST-TV Youngstown, Ohio, and KREX-TV Grand Junction, Colo. Now in 19 markets. The Law and Mr. Jones (Four Star) : Sold to WKST-TV Youngstown, Ohio, and WJAR-TV Providence, R.I. Now in 8 markets. Target: The Corrupters (Four Star) : Sold to WKST-TV Youngstown, Ohio. Now in 8 markets. Stagecoach West (Four Star): Sold to WKST-TV Youngstown, Ohio. Now in 3 markets. TV Concert Specials (Seven Arts Assoc.): Sold to WWTV (TV) Cadillac, Mich. Now in 31 markets. Outlaws (NBC Films): Sold to WTVC (TV) Chattanooga, Tenn.; KSHO-TV Las Vegas, Nev.; WTEV (TV) New Bedford, Mass.; KGGM-TV Albuquerque, N.M.; KGUN-TV Tucson, Ariz.; WO AY-TV Oak Hill, W.Va.; WHIO-TV Dayton, Ohio; WIS-TV Columbia, S. C; KTAL-TV Shreveport, La.; WTVH (TV) Peoria, 111., and WSPA-TV Spartanburg, S.C. Now in 50 markets. Seven Arts' Volumes 4 and 5 (Seven Arts Assoc.): Sold to WTMJ-TV Milwaukee and KRDO-TV Colorado Springs, Colo. KRDO-TV also bought Volume 3, which is now in 86 markets. Volumes 4 and 5 now in 40 markets. Program notes... Form Spanish division ■ A Spanishlanguage division for the production of commercials and programs has been formed by Indopro Assoc., New York. Indopro, specialists in creation of radio and tv promotion for motion pictures, also records a daily Spanish program for WBNX New York. New space completions ■ Ten new segments of Red Rocket, an animated cartoon series for tv, have been completed by Space Age Productions, Los Angeles. A total of 130 are planned for a half-year's supply. Plans call for five 3 Vi -minute segments comprising a complete story each week. The series is also available in a 15-minute, once-aweek format. Editorial service formed ■ Sel Levy, motion picture producer and editor, has formed Films by Sel Levy Inc., New York, a firm specializing in editorial services. Located at 630 Ninth Ave., zone 36, Mr. Levy's firm will also produce films for tv. Telephone is Circle 7-1520. Program inspires book ■ The Years Between: A Dramatic Look at the Twenties and Thirties, a fully illustrated 209-page book developed from several broadcasts of The Twentieth Century, CBS-TV documentary series, was published by Little, Brown & Co. Nov. 13. The book, which retails for $6.95, was written by Marvin Barrett. New location ■ Don Meier Productions Inc., Chicago, producer of new NBCTV Wild Kingdom series, has moved to new office at 333 North Michigan. Phone: Central 6-3786. Free film ■ A new 16mm color film, "Mexico Impressions," just released by American Airlines, is available to tv stations on a free-loan basis through Association Films Inc., New York. The 14V2 -minute travelogue is produced by Audio Productions. 'Shannon' roles ■ Finlay Currie, British film actor, and Rod Taylor of U. S. prominence will co-star in "The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon," now being filmed and taped in England and Scotland for Dec. 16 presentation on NBC-TV in DuPont Show of the Week series. Pro BRQ AD CASTING, December 10, 1962 73