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TV PERSONALITIES
WINSTON HOPE. :ilm buyer of WTAR, Norfolk. Virginia, attended the University of Virginia, where he was prominent in the Glee Club, and later attended the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He sang in numerous network programs as a member of several choruses and did solo work in churches from N. Y. to Ala. He entered the Army in 1941 as a private and emerged a captain. Winston joined WTAR as staff announcer and disc jockey and became production manager for WTAR-TV when it opened in April 19S0.
BARRY HERSH. of WKRC-TV, Cincinnati, O., is perhaps the young
aest film coordinator in the TV business, having reached his 21st birthday in October, 1952. His ambition always had been to enter the field of TV, and he took the most menial job at WKRC-TV to get his foot in the door. From that point on, it has been the story of rapid progression upward to his present position. Barry attended the University of Cincinatti for two years, and is a member of the United States Naval Reserve.
JULES HUBER, film buyer of WTTG, DuMont, Washington, D. C, was born and educated in New York. He joined WTTG's film department six years ago, when Washington's first TV outlet was in its acorn days. During World War II, Jules spent four years in the Merchant Marine. At the present time, when he's not buying film, he's buying building supplies and actually constructing a home for
himself and family, which he's hoping to occupy this summer. He is married and has two daughters.
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JAY HICKS, program director and film buyer of KDUB-TV, Lubbock, Texas, joined the station when it hit the air in October 1952. He is a graduate of Texas Western University, having majored in history. Jay got his start in radio at WBML, Macon, Ga., in 1944 after his discharge from the Army. Returning to his native El Paso, Texas, he took the position of program director at KEPO, spending four
years there before going to KDUB-TV. Jay is married and has two children.
LABE B. MELL, film director of WTV] is also 'loneral manager of its ivubsidiary corporation, Reela Films, Inc. Mell los been associated v/ith WTVJ since 1948 v/hen he transferred to ihe station from his theatre manager's posi'ion with the parent organization, Wometco . heatres. Inc. Upon his transfer he was sent to IJew York where he n/un<:'l .'iix month's TV '•xf.f.nonco with the Dul/ont television network. !. ':T\ WTVJ went on the air, Mel v/'; rn director. Mell is manied owl Yiry^ v^fj oaughters.
GLENN HARRIS, film buyer of KMTV, Omaha, Neb., is also program manager for the May Broadcasting Co. Glenn
started his career with m'^if^^^mmr'-'ii^^i/, ■/■■ KYSM in Mankato, p^^^HB-.f Minn., leaving to join KMBC in Kansas City, returning to Minnesota, when he joined the KSTP announcing staff. There he developed many of his audienceparticipation shows, and he was soon getting all of the emcee assignments. When
KMTV went on the air in Sept. 1949, Harris found himself solely responsible for the programming on the new TV station.
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