Yearbook of radio and television (1959)
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FUNCTIONS A lobar organization having jurisdiction in the fields
opera, concert, ballet and dance; a branch of the isociated Actors and Artists of America. Its scope
nationwide, covering the United States and Canada, d its activities consist of protecting the interests d working conditions of its members in the above :lds as well as the furthering and expansion of opera, ncert and ballet institutions and performances roughout the United States and Canada.
.MERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS (AGVA)
110 West 57th St., New York, N. Y. Phone: Circle 6-7130
OFFICERS
esident Penny Singleton
t Vice-Pres Rajah Raboid
id Vice-Pres Johnny Woods
d Vice-Pres Frank Ross
easurer Joe Smith
•cording Secy Sally Winthrop
if I. Admin. Secy Jackie Bright
BRANCH OFFICES 0 W. 57th St., N. Y. 19, N. Y.;Phone: CI 6-7130
stern Regional Director Lou Smolev
W. Randolph St., Chicago, III.; Phone: CEntral 6-5561
id-West Regional Director Ernie Fast
13 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, Calif.; Phone:
HOIlywood 4-8281
estern Regional Director Irvin Mazzei
FUNCTIONS A branch of the Associated Actors and Artists of nerica (AFL-CIO); AGVA is the labor union for rformers in the Variety Field of the entertainment dustry.
MERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION
27 East Monroe St., Chicago 3, III. CEntral 6-8306
OFFICERS
esident Wendell R. Smith
P-'s Harper W. Boyd, Jr.,
Robt. T. Browne, Donald R. Longman, Jack C. Griffin
cretary Schuyler F. Otteson
'easurer John P. Bennett
:ec. Dir William C. Gordon, Jr.
BRANCH OFFICES 44 Chapters in the U.S. & Canada
FUNCTIONS A professional society for the advancement of sciice in marketing. Membership open to all persons rtively engaged in the field of marketing.
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION
750 3rd Ave., New York, N. Y. YUkon 6-8200
OFFICERS
esident D. Tonnant Bryan
ice-President Mark Ferree
cretary Walter J. B'ackburn
reasurer J. Hole Steinman
eneral Manager Cranston Williams
BRANCH OFFICE
360 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 1, III. PheiM:
anklin 2-3746; George N. Dale, Chairman.
FUNCTIONS To foster and protect the business and business terests of daily newspapers.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS (ASCAP)
575 Madison Ave., New York 22, N. Y.
MUrray Hill 8-8800
OFFICERS
President Stanley Adams
Vice-President Louis Bernstein
Vice-President Otto A. Harbacb
Secretary Deems Taylor
Asst. Secretary Arthur Schwartz
Treasurer Frank H. Connor
Asst. Treasurer J. J. Bregman
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Stanley Adams, Louis Bernstein, Jack J. Bregman, Irving Caesar, Frank H. Connor, Paul Cunningham, Max Dreyfus, L. Wolfe Gilbert, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto A. Harbach, John Tasker Howard, Alex C. Kramer, John D. Marks, George W. Meyer, Jack Mills, Douglas Moore, Gustave Schirmer, Maurice Scopp, Herman Starr, Deems Taylor, Adolph Vogel, Ned Washington, Jack Yellen, Bonnie Bourne.
BRANCH OFFICES In all principal cities throughout the United States.
FUNCTIONS
ASCAP is a performing right society through which
commercial users of music obtain clearance of the
right to perform publicly for profit the copyrighted
works of its members.
AMERICAN WOMEN IN RADIO AND TELEVISION. INC.
501 Madison Ave., New York 22, N. Y. ELdorado 5-7281
OFFICERS
President Nena Badenoch
River Forest, Illinois
V.P.'s Josey Barnes, KTVT, KDYL, Salt Lake
City, Utah; Margret McDonald, WBAP-AM-TV, Fort Worth, Tex.; Louise Morris, WDAK Radio, Columbus, Ga.; Dee Sweet, WISH-TV, Indianapolis, Ind.; Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, Tufty News Bureau, Washington 4, D. C.
Secy., Treas Martha Rupprecht
CBS-TV, New York, N. Y.
DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE Marion Annenberg, WDSU-AM-TV, New Orleans; Jeanne Bacher, KGST, Fresno, Cal.; Martha Crane, WLS, Chicago, III.; Bea Johnson, KMBC-AM-TV, KFRM, Kansas City, Mo.; Henrietta Kieser, Bozell & Jacobs, Omaha, Neb.
CHAPTERS
Central: Chicago, III.; Hoosier, Indianapolis area, Ind.; Wichita, Kans.; Detroit, Mich.; Minnesota, Minn.; Kansas City & St. Louis, Mo.; Omaha, Neb. 8c Cornhusker (Nebr. outside of greater Omaha) Nebr.; Heart of America, Neb., Kans., Mo., N. D., S. D., la.; Akron, Portage Trail, Ohio; Ohio, Ohio; Cleveland, Western Reserve, Ohio; (provisional) Hi-O, Ohio.
Eastern: Washington, D. C; Maryland; New England, Me., N, H., Vt., R. I., Mass., Conn.; Northern New Jersey; Central New York, New York City, NYS Capital District, Western New York, all N. Y.; Philadelphia & Pittsburgh-Gateway, Pa.
Southern: Birmingham — Heart of Dixie, Ala.; Florida & Gold Coast (Orlando south to Miami) Florida; Atlanta & Chattahoochee Valley (Columbus area) Ga.; New Orleans, La.; Piedmont, S. C; Mobile, Ala.; North Carolina, N. C.
Southwestern: Oklaiioma-Sooner, Okia.; Houston, Texas State, Texas.
Western: California, Fresno, Sacramento, San Francisco Bay area, Cal.
FUNCTIOiNS Year-round medium of exchange for women in broadcasting & allied fields, with individual chapter meetings held regularly, area conferences during the year, and annual nat'l four-day convention serving members as "refresher course" in all industry segments.
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