Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1963)

FATES & FORTUNES Mr. Oswald BROADCAST ADVERTISING George C. Oswald elected executive VP of Geyer, Morey, Ballard, New York. Mr. Oswald joined GMB in 1961 as senior VP with responsibility for creation and coordination of agency's new regional offices. In first year with agency he was made board member and elected to executive committee. Before joining GMB Mr. Oswald was VP and account supervisor at Kenyon & Eckhardt where he served for nine years. Mr. Oswald takes executive vice presidency vacated by Richard J. Farricker, who became agency's president last January. Ross R. Millhiser, VP and director marketing, and Ray Jones, VP-sales for Philip Morris Inc., New York, elected to cigarette manufacturer's board of directors. Mr. Millhiser joined company in 1941; Mr. Jones in 1927. Emmett C. McGaughey, executive VP and Western division manager of Erwin Wasey, Ruthrauff & Ryan, with headquarters in Los Angeles, resigns. To replace him, David B. Williams, EWR&R president, has apointed executive management board to run division. Members are: Howard D. Wil Congress bound Robert E. L. Richardson, formerly chief congressional investigator on broadcast audience measurement firms, has announced his candidacy for Congress from Oklahoma. Mr. Richardson 6th district of Richardson resigned last summer as associate counsel of House Subcommittee on Investigations after two-year investigation of rating services. Since returning to native Oklahoma, Mr. Richardson has practiced law and is consultant on ratings to Gordon McLendon stations (Broadcasting, Sept. 16). He will oppose incumbent Representative Victor Wickersham (DOkla.) in Democratic primary next spring. Mams, former chairman of finance committee, now executive chairman; Mel Smith, executive VP in charge of operations and client services; Robert L. Redd, executive VP in charge of creative services, media and broadcast. It's Here! The Easiest-To-Use, Best Organized HiQuality Production Music Series In Broadcasting ! • Saves your time in selecting background music by categories, not titles — almost push-button selection. • Otters you a wide choice of classifications, from "News & Metro" to "Fashion Show Melodic". • Costs nothing extra — you pay only once for unlimited live use all material. Can be licensed for videotape or film scoring upon request and at a nominal cost. • Provides the assurance that goes with Capitol's High Fidelity Recording This is music especially created & recorded by experts for your needs. GET YOUR FREE DEMONSTRATION DISC TODAY. WIRE OR WRITE: Kizer Richard L. Lysaker, for past four years research director of Hunt Foods Industries, Fullerton, Calif., elected VP of Audits & Surveys Inc., New York, and director of test audit division. Benson R. Bieley, supervisor on Duncan Hines Mixes account at Compton Adv., New York, elected VP. Donald H. Arvold, management representative for Foote, Cone & Belding. Los Angeles, on Sunkist and Purex accounts since 1960, elected marketing VP for grocery products division of Purex Corp. Ltd., with headquarters at Lakewood, Calif. Robert J. Kizer, VP in charge of TV sales at Avery-Knodel Inc., national radioTV sales representatives, New York, elected senior VP. John S. Stewart, director of radio sales in New York for rep firm, elected VP. F. Robert KalthofL manager of Avery-Knodel's Midwest TV sales, with headquarters in Chicago, also elected VP. Samuel C. Zurich, supervisor of radio and live television production for N. W. Ayer & Son, New York, elected VP and managing director of commercial production for agency, succeeding William J. Ratcliff, who resigned. Mr. Zurich joined Ayer in 1955 as commercial producer. Earlier he had been announcer and production executive with various radio and TV stations, incuding wis Coumbia, S. C, and wbtv(tv) Charlotte, N. C. S. J. (Sy) Radzwiller, VP and account supervisor at Ted Bates & Co., New York, elected senior VP. Mr. Radzwiller, formerly with Grey Adv., joined Bates in 1955 as account executive. He was elected Mr. Radzwiller vice president in 1960. Robert Dusek, Leonard B. Garbin and Thomas G. Hagan elected VP's of Maxon Inc., New York advertising agency. Mr. Dusek is director of art department; Mr. Garbin, account executive, and Mr. Hagan heads agency's copy department. Al Munn and Marvin Pridgen appointed regional sales manager and local sales manager, respectively, at wsoc-tv Charlotte, N. C. Formerly local sales executive, Mr. Munn has been with wsoc-tv sales department for past six years. Mr. Pridgen, also with sta BROADCASTING, November 11, 1963 L CAPITOL LIBRARY SERVICES HOLLYWOOD AND VINE, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA J