Yearbook of radio and television (1959)

BRANCH OFFICES 54 W. Randolph St., Chicago, III. Regional Director Morton Schaefer 1491 N. Vine St., Los Angeles, Calif. {egional Director Lucky Wilber 36 E. 5th St., Cincinnati, 0. Regional Director Danny Engel 225 26th St., Santa Monica, Calif. legional Secretary Al Comparte FUNCTIONS Charitable and Benevolent Organization. RADIO FREE EUROPE Two Park Ave., New York 16, N. Y. Phone: LE 2-8902 OFFICERS Director Thomas H. Brown, Jr. \ss't Dir John L. Dunning H. Y. Prog. Mgr Jos. L. Ranft >R Dir Alton Kastner recti. Dir Claude Harris Eur. Dir. (Munich) Erik Hazelhoff Mng. Dir. (Lisbon) Henry Lolliot FUNCTIONS Radio Free Europe, a private organization supported sy contributions of the American people to Crusade For Freedom, transmits progra/ns over 28 transmitters to Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Ronania. Its programs of truthful news and information ibout the free world and the Iron Curtain countries issist the captive people in their endeavor to establish free democratic societies, representative government, lational sovereignty and full personal liberties in their ands. RADIO ADVERTISING BUREAU INC. 460 Park Ave., New York 22, N. Y. MUrray Hill 8-4020 OPERATING GROUP President Kevin B. Sweeney /ice-President and General Manager. John F. Hardesty Director of Promotion Miles David \sst. Secy.-Treas William L. Morison GOVERNING GROUP Chrmn. of the Board Kenyon Brown KGLC, Miami, Okla. secretary William B. Mcbiarn WHDH, Boston, Mass. Treasurer John S. Hayes Washington Post Best. Div. Chrmn. of Executive Committee Allen M. Woodall WDAK, Columbus, Ga. Chrmn. of Finance Committee John S. Hayes Washington Post Best. Div. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Hugh K. Boice, WEMP, Milwaukee, Wis.; Edward Breen, KVFD, Ft. Dodge, Iowa; Kenyon Brown, KGLC, Miami, Okla.; Richard D. Buckley, WNEW, New York, N. Y.; Charles C. Caley, WMBD, Peoria, III.; Henry B. Clay, KWKH, Shreveport, La.; Matthew J. Culligan, NBC, New York, N. Y.; Victor C. Diehm, WAZL, Hazelton, Pa.; George Comte, WTMJ, Wilwaukee, Wisconsin; Herbert Evans, Peoples Broadcasting Corp.; Columbus, Ohio; Frank P. Fogarty, WOW, Omaha, Neb.; Simon Goldman, WJTN, Jamestown, N. Y.; Arthur Hull Hayes, CBS, New York, N. Y.; John Hayes, WTOP, Washington, D. C; Frank M. Headley, H-R Representatives, Inc., New York, N. Y.; Alex Keese, WFAA Dallas, Texas; Elroy McCaw, WINS, New York, N. Y.; Donald McGanion, WBC, New York, N. Y.; William B. McGrath, WHDH, Boston, Mass.; Robert T. Mason, WMRN, Marion, Ohio; Weston C. Pullen, Jr., Time, Inc., New York, N. Y.; William E. Rine, Storer Broadcasting Co., Miami Beach, Fla.; Edward De Gray, ABC Radio, N. Y. C; Don Searle, Farm & Home Radio, Grand Island, Neb.; Lester Smith, KJR, Seattle, Wash.; Ben Strouse, WWDC, Washington, D. C; Kevin B. Sweeney, RAB, New York, N. Y.; Allen M. Woodall, WDAK, Columbus, Ga.; Adam J. Young, Jr., Adam J. Young, Inc., New York, N. Y. FUNCTIONS To sell national and regional advertisers on the concept of Radio as an advertising medium; and through media and product research to develop sales aids for the use of member stations in selling greater volumes of business at the local level. ORGANIZATIONS RADIO-NEWSREEL-TELEVISION WORKING PRESS ASSOCIATION 527 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N. Y. PLaza 1-2720 OFFICERS President Julian Anthony 1st Vice-President Herb Schwartz 2nd Vice-President Gabe Pressman Sergeant-at-Arms George Jordan Secretary Charles Campbell Ass't Sec'y Cy Avne* Treasurer Richard Milbauer BOARD OF GOVERNORS Chairman: Nick Archer. Robert F. Donahue, Jack Fern, David Klein, Arnold Lerner, Phil Scheffler, Ed Silverman. FUNCTION To promote and protect the professional interests and welfare of working newsmen in radio, television and newsreels. RADIO AND TELEVISION DIRECTORS GUILD, AFL-CIO 114 East 52nd St., New York 22, N. Y. PLaza 9-0949 OFFICERS President Michael J. Kane 1st Vice-President Stuart Ptielps 2nd Vice-President Clifford Braun 3rd Vice-President E. Shields Dierkes Secretary Tom Donovan Treasurer John Dillon Exec. Dir Newman H. Burnett NATIONAL BOARD New York: Kirk B. Alexander, Lamar Caselli, John J. Dillon, Tom Donovan, Ken Fickett, Dick Auerbach, Gray Delmar, Arthur Hanna, Fred Poller. Hollywood: John F. Shea, Jr., Michael Kane, Stuart W. Phelps, Seymour Berns, Ron Bacon. Cleveland: Carl Heise. Washington: Richard Cox. Detroit: Shields Dierkes. Chicago: Cliff Braun. BRANCH OFFICES New York Local, 114 E. 52nd St., NYC 22, PLaza 9-0875. Exec. Secy., Newman H. Burnett. Hollywood Local, 7046 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, Cal., HOIIywood 2-3324. Exec. Secy., Miss Nora Padway. Chicago Local, Box 3391, Chicago 54, III. Detroit Local, 202 Stephenson Bldg., Detroit, Mich., TRinity 2-7920. Exec. Secy., David O. Tytherleigh. Washington Local, 706 Meridian St., Falls Church, Va. President, Richard M. Cox. Cleveland Local, 3423 W. 117th St., Cleveland 11, Ohio, Pres., Carl Heise. FUNCTIONS A national organization to advance, foster, promote and benefit the interests of directors, associate directors and stage managers of television, live and film, and radio programs and to protect and secure their rights in their professional activities. RADIO AND TELEVISION EXECUTIVES SOCIETY, INC. Hotel Biltmore, New York 17, N. Y. Phone: MUrray Hill 9-3480 OFFICERS President Donald H. McGannon 1st Vice-President Geraldine Zorbaugh V. P.'s Don Durgin, Frank E. Pellegrin Secretary Omar F. Elder, Jr. Treasurer Jay Smolin Executive Director Claude Barrere BOARD OF GOVERNORS Ted Bergmann, Robert Jay Burton, Robert J. Leder, Mary MicKenna, Sam J. Slate, John C. Daly, Josef C. Dine, Ernest Lee Jahncke, Jr., Winfield R. Levi, Alfred L. Mendelsohn, David C. Moore. FUNCTIONS 1. To create a lasting fraternity of persons professionally engaged or interested in radio and television broadcasting and its allied fields and to provide a common meeting place for all members. 2. To pro 1351