Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1963)

Record Details:

Title:
Broadcasting Telecasting
Date:
Oct-Dec 1963
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : Broadcasting Publications Inc.
Volume:
Broadcasting
Leaf #:
000530
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
Date Added:
August 29, 2022
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eight years with wdia Memphis, Term., joins wchb Detroit as women's editor, replacing Trudy Haynes. Miss Steinberg will be host of Homemakers Show daily from 10-11:30 a.m. Bob Maxwell, formerly with wcbs New York, joins personality staff of Sounding Board on wabc, that city. Buddy Deane, host of The Buddy Deane Show on wjz-tv Baltimore, assumes added duties as host of morning show at with-am-fm, that city. Mauryne Dugger joins wsjs-tv Winston-Salem, N. C, as member of afternoon show, This Afternoon. Robert Malcolm Young is creating and writing new radio series for Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, The American Genius, dealing with life and achievements of Benjamin Franklin. Mr. Young's last assignment from AFTRS was Threat and Challenge, TV series on communism. Paul Baxley joins production staff of MGM-TV's The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, to create and stage action sequences for each episode of series (Sundays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., ABC-TV). Dan Chandler joins announcing staff of wiod Miami. Scott Craig, director of research and education, weatherman and producer of CIA Reports at wcia(tv) Champaign, 111., joins wbbm-tv Chicago as staff producer. Cullen Houghtling, previously television art director for Guild, Bascom & Bonfigli, joins Pintoff Productions, New York, as live-action director and art director. Ben Givaudan, member of engineering staff of wdbj-tv Roanoke, Va., promoted to staff producer-director. NEWS Sam Zelman, former CBS News executive and currently news director of ktla(tv) Los Angeles, returns to CBS News, effective Nov. 10, as West Coast bureau manager. He will succeed Robert Schakne, who has been named Latin American correspondent for CBS News and will be based in Rio de Janeiro, effective Jan. 1, 1964. Mr. Schakne requested to be relieved of administrative duties to return to field as correspondent, and will now cover all of Latin America. He replaces Arthur Bonner, special staff correspondent, who is being returned to New York for reassignment. Robert Rubin, production supervisor for creative projects at NBC News and former production executive for CBS News, returns to CBS News as producer. His initial assignment will be in technical area, helping to develop and test equipment which will improve 96 (FATES & FORTUNES) Mr. McAndrew CARTA honors McAndrew William R. McAndrew, executive VP in charge of NBC News, has been named by the Catholic Apostolate of Radio, Television and Advertising as the 1963 winner of its annual award for "outstanding efforts in raising the standards of television." The CARTA award will be presented to Mr. McAndrew at the 1 6th annual CARTA Communion Breakfast, Sunday, Nov. 10, in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York. Mr. McAndrew joined NBC News in Washington in 1948. He was elected VP in 1958 and executive VP in 1960. Previous CARTA winners are Ben Duffy, 1960; Danny Thomas, 1961; and Donald H. McGannon, 1962. capabilities of division in news and public affairs coverage. Nancy O'Connor, director of cost accounting for CBS News, promoted to budgets director. She is succeeded by Allen Jablonsky. Bob Larkin, news director of winq Tampa, Fla., appointed news director of winz Miami. Both stations are owned by Rand Broadcasting Co. Charles N. Balfour, for past four years chief radio news editor for Jamaica Broadcasting Corp., joins news staff of ksl-tv Salt Lake City. Arthur Kevin, West Coast bureau chief of UPI radio network in Hollywood, joins khj-am-fm Los Angeles as newscaster. Robert L. Palmer appointed assistant director of information services at knxt(tv) Los Angeles and CBS Television Pacific Network. He was formerly creative director at klac and publicity director at kmpc, both Los Angeles. Rupert Chastain, St. Augustine, Fla., news correspondent for wfga-tv Jacksonville, and Eddie Wade, news director of wgig Brunswick, Ga., appointed co-directors of wfga-tv's newly established Southeast Georgia news bureau, with headquarters in Brunswick. Ed Hart, news editor at kptv(tv) Portland, Ore., joins kron-tv San Francisco as newscaster. Audrey Hansen appointed editorial assistant at witi-tv Milwaukee. Barney Miller, news director of knxam-fm Los Angeles, elected president of Radio and Television News Association of Southern California. Ed Conklin, knbc(tv) Los Angeles, elected VP of association. Jackie Brown, of Los Angeles public relations firm, Bergen & Lee, continues as secretary-treasurer. Mary Anne Nyburg, former reporter and TV writer for Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, joins staff of ktvu(tv) Oakland-San Francisco. FANFARE Marjorie Thomas, formerly PR representative of Motion Picture Relief Fund, joins Julian F. Myers Inc., Beverly Hills, Calif., public relations firm, as account executive. Jack Drum elected VP of The Softness Group, New York public relations and sales communications firm. Mr. Drum will assume many of functions formerly handled by Robert A. Bernstein, who resigned last month to become director of national public relations for radio-TV division of Triangle Publications. Mr. Drum joined Softness organization early this year. Linda Hecht, staff writer, promoted to account executive. Johnny Grant, personality at kmpc Los Angeles for past 13 years, has been transferred from on-air work to special public relation assignments. Gary Owens takes over Johnny Grant Freeway Club period, 3-6 p.m. weekdays, starting today (Nov. 4). Jo-Anna Reilly named publicity director of kfwb Los Angeles, succeeding Doni Scott, who resigned. Francis E. McCarthy, former account executive at worl Boston, appointed sales promotion coordinator for wgan Portland, Me. INTERNATIONAL Stuart MacDonald appointed sales manager for western television division of Stovin-Byles Ltd., Toronto station representation firm. William G. Moyer named broadcast manager of ckpr-am-fm-tv Fort William, Ont. Bernard Riley to program manager of ckpr-am-fm, and Ronald H. Knight to news director of ckpr-amfm-tv. Jack D. Lusher, public relations officer of Canadian Broadcasting Corp., named director of public relations at CBC headquarters, Ottawa, succeeding W. A. Macdonald, who has been loaned to Canadian National Centennial Administration, that city. James Johnston appointed associate producer of People in Conflict series produced for Screen Gems (Canada), BROADCASTING, November 4, 1963