Radio annual and television yearbook (1953)

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TV PERSONALITIES BERNARD C. EARTH, film buyer of WLW-TV, Cincinnati, Ohio, is as■■■^^^^nnnBH sistant to the director BB'^^^SjJIjIiSy^^^B of TV operations for JJ^^^gKjL^^^ Crosley Broadcasting j^HP^^^^B Corporation. He was ^^1 Ma| born and educated in W 00^m S°^*h Dakota. Bernard ^^IP^ W has been associated with KOBH, Rapid City, S. D., WKRC, Cincinnati, and WFIL, Philadelphia, as writer, producer and newscaster. Joining the staff of WLW-TV in 1948, he rose quickly from producer to program director and assumed his present post in the Fall of 1950. H. PETER LASKER. manager of the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation's TV outlet in Dayton, WLW-D, was born and educated in Switzerland. His first job was working in transportation advertising in France and England, which gave him the experience to take on the duties of director of transportation advertising for WLW, when he came to this country. Pete held that post for ten years before heading up WLW-D's sales staff. Now Pete bosses the entire Dayton setup of Crosley. HOWARD ANDERSON. film director of WFAA-TV, Dallas, ■; Texas joined the NBC ^^^^ "^^ affiliate in Febru JftJl^K^I^ '^^V' ^351 as a director, :^^HPM|H^ and took his present ^K^ !T post a few months 1^* -. J^ later. Howard gradu ^^^"'^^T'^y' ated in radio-speech from the University of ' ^ Utah. While attending the university, he did free lance writing, directing, and acting as well as amateur radio work. Howard joined KDYL-TV from the time the station went on the air, and was responsible for all remote telecasts until he left the station. *\ NED R. BROOKE, film director of WSAZ-TV, Huntington, West Va., joined WCMI as a staff announcer, after graduation from college, and was station director when he left. Ned opened on electrical contracting business in Huntington, which he operated until he joined the staff of a local contracting company. In February 1951 he joined the staff of WSAZ-TV as a member of the film department, and was later promoted to the position of film director, the post which he holds today. GEORGE A. DORSET, film director and program operations super "-^" --^ ^-^\' visor of WNBW, Washington, D. C, is a graduate of Duke University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. Following his graduation he joined the sales department of the Westinghouse Electrical Manufacturing Company, and was on a five-year leave of absence for Navy service during the war. George was a member of the station's staff when it first went on the air in June 1947. WILLIAM L. COOPER. JR.. fi WJAR-TV, Providence, R. I., started his career in the Visual Education Department of the Providence public schools. With the outbreak of World War II he served in the southwest Pacific with the Army Signal Corps. After release, he became southern New England manager of the Audio Visual Corporation. Leaving this to form his own corporation, he produced a series of documentary and public relations films for theatrical release. 975