Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct-Dec 1963)

ing Van Hefln, who has resigned because of heavy theater and motion picture commitments. Mr. Johnson's narration will first be heard on "The Colonel From Connecticut" Jan. 10. Jon R. Anderson, formerly of production staff of whdh Boston, joins production staff of wtar-tv Norfolk-Newport News. Va., as staff director. Bob Casey appointed sports director of kdwd St. Paul, Minn. Arthur L. Simmons, former news director and air personality at wtsa Brattleboro. Vt.. joins wkbk Keene. N. H.. as traffic and continuity director. Reginald N. Lavong joins wrcv Philadelphia as air personality. Ida Kay, formerly with promotion staff of NBC in Hollywood, moves to khj-tv Los Angeles as film secretary. Arthur Mann joins announcing staff of wjob Hammond. Ind. NEWS Lee Nolan, formerly general manager of wvtr White River Junction. Vt., joins wbab Babylon, N. Y., as director of news and special events programing. Carl Rochelle, with news department of witn(tv) Washington. N. C. since June 1962, promoted to news director, replacing Bennie Waters, who resigned. Carl K. Bell, manager of Associated Press* Phoenix, Ariz., bureau for past seven years, appointed chief of AP*s Charlotte, N. C, bureau, replacing Tim Parker, who died Nov. 27 after heart surgery. Frederick W. Moen, news editor and second in command of AP's Kansas City bureau, succeeds Mr. Bell in Phoenix. Carter Davidson, news commentator at wbbm-tv Chicago, named editorial director, effective Jan. 6. succeeding John Madigan, who served as editorial assistant to general manager prior to assuming duties of wbbm-tv news director. Thomas H. Wolf, veteran producer of motion picture and TV documentaries, joins ABC News' special program unit in New York as producer. Most recently Mr. Wolf has done freelance writing and producing of documentaries for TV division of USIA, National Geographic and CBS News. Bill Downs joins ABC News as correspondent. EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING Robert J. McGeehan, member of board of directors and one of the original founders of Entron Inc.. manufacturer of TV distribution equipment, Silver Spring, Md., elected executive VP. Frank C. Mahoney, formerly of Transitron Electronic Corp., appointed district sales manager in New York State Chesley elected president Harry W. Chesley Jr., president of D"Arcy Adv., elected president of Media Club of St. Louis. Alfred Fleishman, senior partner in Fleishman-Hillard Inc., elected board chairman of club. Other officers elected: Ray Krings, advertising manager of AnheuserBusch Inc., VP: William Zalken, public relations director of St. Louis Opera and St. Louis Symphony Society, secretary: William Sanborn, president of WiniusBrandon Co.. treasurer. Robert Hyland, CBS Radio VP and general manager of kmox St. Louis, named honorary board chairman. for Motorola Semiconductor Products Inc.. Phoenix. Three promotions in technical operations department of wbtv(tv) Charlotte. N. C. were announced last week. Elevated to new positions are Robert Dycus, maintenance and remote supervisor: Ozzie Simerly, control supervisor; and Dal Townsend, tape supervisor. Raymond F. Ryan elected secretarytreasurer of Kollsman Industries, Chicago. He was controller of company's tuner division at Melrose Park, 111. Al Leknes appointed to sales staff of General Film Laboratories, Los Angeles, replacing Wilson Leahy, who retires Jan. 1 . Mr. Leknes joined company in 1953 when it was organized. Peter Block, previously with Lear Siegler Inc.. appointed advertising and public relations manager of Stellarmetrics Inc., manufacturers of electronic instrumentation equipment. Santa Barbara. Calif. FANFARE Andre F. Rhoads, VP of Infoplan, public relations division of Interpublic Inc., New York, appointed manager of division's newly established Chicago office at 318 S. Michigan Ave. Telephone: Webster 9-3700. Robert Regehr elected VP in charge of internal operations at Hanson & Schwam Public Relations. Hollywood. Mr. Regehr joined firm in 1958 in radio-TV department, later moving to creative department. Shirley Ann Welsh joins Market Facts Inc.. international marketing research organization. Chicago, as director of public relations. Anthony DiMarco and Roy C. Guyver elected VP's of The McDermott Co.. New York-based national public relations firm. Effective Jan. 1. Mr. Di Marco becomes director of all creative services for McDermott, and Mr. Guyver becomes director of administration and personnel. Emilie C. Cook, formerly with wbkb (tv) Chicago, joins wbbm-tv there as on-the-air promotion writer. DEATHS Adolph J. Schneider, 53. VP in charge of production at Magna Film Productions, Boston, died Dec. 3 in that city. Mr. Schneider formerly served for 15 years as news and special events director for NBC. Luther P. Weaver, 78, board chairman of Weaver-Gardner Inc.. St. Paul. Minn., advertising agency, died Nov. 27 at St. John's Hospital there. George Ehret Burghard, 68, retired electronic products distributor, amateur radio operator and philatelist, died Dec. 8 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, six days after suffering heart attack. Mr. Burghard organized and was president from 1920 to 1934 of Continental Radio Corp., New York, a distributor of RCA products, and later served as president of Continental Sales Corp.. Newark. N. J., radio equipment suppliers, until he dissolved that concern. He was president of Radio Club of America from 1921 to 1925. In 1921 CONTINENTAL'S 50 KW SOUND OF QUALITY A .,A.,-V.,-A DHD 5 KW Driver 5 KW Power Supply \ i 50 KW Tuning Networks 50 KW Power Supply PART 4: COMPACTNESS Entirely self-contained except for PA blower, Continental's 317B requires only 72 square feet of floor space. All transformers, chokes and switchgear are contained in aluminum cabinets. Write for details today. 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