Yearbook of radio and television (1959)

Record Details:

Title:
Yearbook of radio and television
Date:
1959
Publisher:
New York : Radio Daily Corp.
Volume:
Radio annual and television yearbook (1959)
Leaf #:
000875
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound, Books, and Year Book
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 28, 2023
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Program Dir Robert Doty Chief Engineer William Witt WE ATTV-West Palm Beach 1955 Channel: 12 VHF. .AP: 83 Kw.. .VP: 250 Kw. Owned-Oper. By WEAT TV. Inc. FLORIDA-GEORGIA Business Address P.O. Box 70 Tel.: TE 3-9668 ABC Representative Venard Rintoul McConnell President Rex Rand Gen. Mgr Bertram Lebhear. Jr. Gen. Sales Mgr E. J. Hennessy Production Director Jack Poole Chief Engineer J. Ross McPheraon ++++*++*++++++++*+*+++++++++++***+*++*• Pop.: 3,809,000 Families: 1,003,000 Radio Homes: 999,000 Georgia Stations in State: 124 \ TV Homes: 744,000 Z TV Stations: 13 WAGA-TV-Atlania-1949 Channel: 5 AP: 50 Kw VP: 100 Kw. Owned-Operated By Storer Bcstg. Co.. Inc. Business Address 1018 W. Peachtree St. Tel.: TR 2-3553 CBS Representative KaU President George B. Storer General Manager J. Robert Kerns Commercial Manager William Flynn Program Director Henry Davis Promotion Director Louis O. Hertz. Jr. Film Manager Douglas Johnson Chief Engineer Hugo Bondv Owners of: WJBK-TV, Detroit; WSPD-TV, Toledo; WJW-TV, Cleveland. (See Page 836) WSB-TV— Ailania— 1948 Channel: 2 VHF. . .AP: 50 Kw.. ..VP: 100 K.w Owned-Oper. By ... . The Atlanta Newspapers Business Address. .1601 W. Peachtree St., N.E. Tel.: TR 5-7221 NBC Newspaper Affiliations . . . Journal-Constitution Representative Petty Board Chairman James M. Cox. Jr. Exec. Dir J. Leonard Reinsch General Manager Marcus Bartlett Comm. Mgr Don E. Heald Prom., Pub. Dir Walter Paschall Film Director Jean Hendrix Chief Engineer R. A. Holbrook W ALBTV-Albany— 1954 Channel: 10 VHF..AP: 56 Kw...VP: 112 Kw. Owned-Oper. By Herald Publishing Co. Business Address Stuart Ave. Tel.: HE 5-8388 ABC-CBS-NBC Newspaper Affiliation Herald Representative . . . Venard, Rintoul & McConnell President James H. Gray Gen., Comm. Manager .... Raymond E. Carow Program Director Harold Suit Prom.. Dir., Film Mgr Reba Hill Chief Engineer Bruce Singleton WLW-A-Ailania-1951 Channel: 11 VHF..AP: 160 Kw.. .VP: 316 Kw. Owned-Oper. By Crosley Bcstg. Corp. Bus. Address.... 16 11 W. Peachtree St. N.E. Tel.: TR 2-1141 ABC Representative Bomar-Lowrance; Moore President R. E. DunviUe V.P.-General Manager H. A. LeBrun V.P. -Business Manager J. P. Dwyer Comm. Sales Manager James H. Burgess Program Dir Bob Hendrickson Prom. Dir Howard Rowe Production Manager Jim Sharp Chief Engineer Harvey Aderhold WJBF-TV-Augusia-1953 Channel 6: VHF. . .AP: 50 Kw....VP 100 Kw. Owned-Oper. By. .Georgia-Carolina Bcstg. Co. Business Address Television Park Tel.: PA 2-6666 ABC-NBC Representative Hollingbery President, Gen. Mgr J. B. Fuqua Commercial Mgr George Oliviere Program, Prom. Dir John Radeck Chief Engineer John Jopling WBDW-TV-Augusla-1954 Channel: 12 VHF. .AP: 60 Kw...VP: 102 Kw. Owned-Oper. By. . .Southeastern Newspapers Business Address P.O. Box F, N. Augusta Tel.: TA 4-5432 ABC-CBS-NTA Newspaper Affiliation Chronicle, Herald Representative Branham Company President Pat H. Rice, Jr. General Manager J. W. Hicks Sta., Comm. Mgr Lou Stratton Program Dir Richard A. Fennel Prom., Pub. Dir Don Shepherd Film Manager Frank Allen Chief Engineer Joseph P. Gill, Jr. WBBL-TV— Columbus— 1953 Channel: 4 VHF. . .AP: 70 Kw.. . .VP: 100 Kw. Owned-Oper. By Columbus Bcstg. Co. Business Address 1350 13th Ave. Tel.: FA 2-0602 CBS-ABC Newspaper Affil Ledger Enquirer Representative Hollingbery Gen. Manager J. W. Woodruff, Jr. Sta. Mgr., Film Buyer Ridley Bell Commercial Manager. . .George "Red" Jenkins Program Director Robert H. Walton Promotion Director Carrie Barry Pub. Dir Doug Wallace Film Manager Fred Tomlin Chief Engineer Joe A. Gamble 835