Production Encyclopedia 1952 (1952)
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TELE VI SION STATIONS
Program Manager Herb Cahan
Assistant Program Manager James Kilian
Director of Public Service and
Publicity joe! Chaseman
Traffic Manager Charlotte Darsch
Director of Engineering. Benjamin Wolfe
Chief Engineer Glenn H. Lahman
Baltimore WBAL-TV (1948) NBC
Channel 11 ....VP: 36.2 Kw AP: 47.2 Kw.
Owned-Operated By The Hearst Corporation
Business-Studio Address 2610 N. Charles St.
Phone Number.... HOpkins 3000
Transmitter Location Violet and Cottage Aves.
Air Time 110 hours weekly
News Service INS, UP
Representative .Edward Petry
Membership TBA
Vice-President-General Manager D. L. Provost
Vice-President (charge Engineering) ....John T. Wilner
Station Manager Leslie H. Peard, Jr.
Business Manager F. W. Cardall
Commercial Manager W. K. Freiert
Program Director Victor F. Campbell
Program Manager Jerre V^yatt
Promotion, Publicity Director Tom V^hite
Director of News and Special Events Keith McBee
Film Director Jean Conwell
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston WBZ-TV (1948)
NBC
Channel 4 AP: 7.70 Kw VP: 15.61 Kw.
Owned By Westinghouse Radio Stations, Inc.
Business-Transmitter Address ..1 170 Soldiers Field Rd.
Phone Number ALgonquin 4-5670
News Service INS
National Representative NBC Spot Sales
President Walter Evans
Studio Manager W. C. Swartley
Sales Manager C. Herbert Masse
Program Manager W. Cordon Swan
Chief Engineer W. H. Hauser
Advertising and Sales Promotion
Manager... J. G. Still, Jr.
Boston WN AC-TV (1948)
ABC, CBS, DuMont, Yankee
Channel 7. AP: 13.3 Kw VP: 26.6 Kw.
Owned-Operated by The Yankee Network Division of
Thomas G. Lee Enterprises, Inc.
Business-Studio Address 21 Brookline Ave.
Phone Number Commonwealth 6-0800
Transmitter Location Medford
Air Time Varies
News Service UP
Representative H-R Representatives, Inc.
Membership NARTB
President William O'Neil
Executive Vice-President and General
Manager... Linus Travers
Vice-President in Charge TV George Steffy
Vice-President Thomas O'Neil
MICHIGAN
Detroit WJBK-TV (1948)
CBS, DuMont
Channel 2 AP: 7.51 Kw VP: 14.26 Kw.
Owned-Operated By Fort Industry Co.
Business-Studio Address 500 Temple
Phone Number TEmple 3-7900
Transmitter Location 8009 Lyndon
Air Time 82 hours weekly
News Service INS
Membership NARTB
Representative Katz
President George B. Storer
Program Director Richard E. Fischer
General, Commercial Manager Lee B. Wailes
Production Manager Lanny Pike
Promotion Manager, Publicity Director. .Pat Maclnnes
Director of News and Special Events Larry Ruppel
Film Director Don Striker
Director of Remotes Ted Beimel
Chief Engineer Paul Frincke
Consulting Engineer Earl Cullum
Detroit WWJ-TV (1947)
NBC
Channel 4 AP: 10.25 Kw ...VP: 20.5 Kw.
Owned-Operated By Evening News Assoc.
Business-Studio Address 622 W. Lafayette
Phone Number WOodward 2-2000
Transmitter Location Penobscot Building
Newspaper Affiliation The Detroit News
News Services UP and AP
Representative Hollingbery
Membership: National Association of Radio and TV Broadcasters.
General Manager ....Harry Bannister
Station Manager Willard E. Walbridge
Program Director ....Melvin C. Wissman
Promotion Director Jake Albert
Director of News and Special Events.. ..Tom McMahon
Production Manager John E. Hill
Publicity Director.... Fran Harris
Film Director Douglas Wright
Chief Engineer Russell Williams
Detroit WXYZ-TV (1948)
ABC
Channel 7 AP: 13.9 Kw VP: 27.9 Kw.
Owned-Operated By American Broadcasting Co.
Business Address 1700 Mutual Building
Phone Number WOodward 3-8321
Studio-Transmitter Location Maccabees Building
Air Time 117 hours weekly
News Service AP
Representative ABC Spot Sales
Membership NARTB
President (ABC) Robert Kintner
General Manager, President of
WXYZ, Inc James G. Riddell
Commercial Manager John Pival
Program Director Peter Strand
Promotion, Publicity Director ...William Morgan
Production Manager Ed Sanchez
Director of Special Events and Remotes.. Mort Walton
Film Director Ken Simms
Chief Engineer Charles Kocher
Grand Rapids WOOD-TV
ABC, CBS, NBC, DuMont
Channel 7 AP: 10 Kw VP: 20 Kw.
Owned By Grandwood Broadcasting Co.
Business Address. ...Grand Rapids National Bank Bldg.
Phone Number 9-41 25
Transmitter Location E. 92nd Street
Air Time 100 hours weekly
News Service UP
Representative The Katz Agency
General, Commercial Manager Willard Schroeder
Program Director, Production
Manager Hal Kaufman
Chief Engineer Robert Wilson
Kalamazoo WKZO-TV
ABC, CBS, NBC, DuMont
Channel 3 AP: 8.0 Kw VP: 16.0 Kw.
Owned-Operated By Fetzer Broadcasting Co.
Address 124 W. Michigan Ave.
Phone Number 3-1 223
Transmitter Location Mr. Nr. Plainwell, Mich.
Air Time 84 hours weekly
Representative AveryKnodel, Inc.
Membership NARTB
President, General Station Manager John E. Fetzer
Commercial Manager ....Donald DeSmit
Program Director Harry E. Travis
Promotion, Publicity Director.. Donald DeSmit
Director News, Special Events Dr. Willis F. Dunbar
Chief Engineer Carl E. Lee
Consulting Engineer Paul F. Godley
Lansing WJIM-TV
ABC, CBS, DuMont, NBC
Channel 6 AP: 9.3 Kw VP: 18.7 Kw.
Owned-Operated By WJIM, Inc.
Address Bank of Lansing Building
News Service I NS
Phone Number 2-1 333
Representative H-R Representative
General Manager Harold F. Gross
Station Manager, Program Director. Howard K. Finch
Commercial Manager Roger S. Underhill
Film Director Emil Popke