[N.B.C trade releases]. (1955)

Record Details:

Title:
[N.B.C trade releases].
Date:
1955
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : National Broadcasting Company]
Volume:
[N.B.C trade releases].
Leaf #:
0001
Language:
English
Subjects:
National Broadcasting Company -- Periodicals, Television programs -- United States -- Periodicals","Radio programs -- United States -- Periodicals","Press releases
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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* * NBC-TV NEWS * # CHARLES T. AYRES AND THOMAS A. McAVITY APPOINTED CO-CHAIRMEN OP 1956 MARCH OP DIMES NATIONAL RADIO-TV COMMITTEE Charles T. Ayres , Vice President in charge of NBC Radio, and Thomas A. McAvity, Vice President in charge of the NBC Television Network, have been appointed co-chairmen of the 1956 March of Dimes National Radio-Television Committee to help direct the forthcoming campaign in that field. The announcement was made by Basil O'Connor, President of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Harold E, Fellows, President of the National Association of Radio and TV Broadcasters, will be chairman of the committee for the sixth consecutive year. Other leading members of the industry named co-chairmen are Don Durgin, Vice President of ABC Radio; John H. Mitchell, Vice President of ABC-TV; Howard G. Barnes, Vice Presi¬ dent of CBS Radio; Hubbell Robinson, Jr., Vice President of CBS -TV; and Robert A. Monroe, Vice President of MBS Radio. The committee will be largely responsible for calling to the attention of the nationwide television and radio audience the important issues of the 1956 fight against infantile paralysis. The campaign will begin Jan. 3 and run through Jan. 31. It will be directed toward raising $47,600,000 needed to carry on aid to patients and medical research and professional education activities in 1956. NBC-New York, 11/30/55