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BROADCAST LEADERS BACK UN
^ New 'International Zone' series of 13 half-hour tv specials gets blue-ribbon support from industry
^ 61 stations already signed for programs produced by Alastair Cooke, underwritten by U. S. broadcasters
NEWSMEN covering the 15th session of the UN General Assembly will provide highlight film footage for 'The Year and the Men,' one of the new UN 'International Zone' series of tv shows
AMONG THE STARS of 'International Zone' specials, underwritten by committee of U.S. broadcasters, will be I l-r) Nasser of UAR, Sukarno of Indonesia, Nehru of India, Nlcruma of Ghana
Increasing evidence of the growing involvement of U. S. broadcasters in every area of public service came last week with the announcement that a blue-ribbon industry committee is underwriting a series of 13 half-hour tv specials, designed to give human interest treatment to the United Nation's global activities.
The series, titled International Zone, is backed by the U. S. broadcasters committee for the United Nations with Tom Shull, v.p. Storer Broadcasting Co. as chairman.
Other members of the committee include David C. Moore, Transcontinent Television: P. S. Sugg, NBC; William J. Kaland. Westinghouse Broadcasting; Roger W. Clipp, Triangle Publications; C. Wrede Petersmeyer, Corinthian Broadcasting; Donald McGannon. Westinghouse; R. E. Dunville. Crosley Broadcasting; George Storer, Jr., Storer Broadcasting; James C. Riddell. ABC; A. Louis Read. WDSU-TV. New Orleans; C. Howard Lane. KOIN-TV, Portland; J. S. Sinclair, WJAR-TV, Providence; Jack Harris. KPRC-TV, Houston; E. K. Wheeler. WWJ-TV. Detroit; and Harold S. Grams, KSD-TV, St. Louis.
Sixty-one stations have already signed to carry the new U.N. International Zone series, which will be presented every three weeks over a 39-week period.
Subjects include "Assignment Children." featuring Danny Kave and UNICEF; "The Man in the Blue Helmet," the story of the U.N. soldier; "The Delegate," a profile of a diplomat; "Sense in the Stratosphere," the U.N.'s part in air safety; "Graduation." the U.N.'s Trusteeship system; and "Continents." the whvs and wherefores of international economic cooperation.
Host and producer of the series will be Alastair Cooke, with production under the general supervision of United Nations Television. Executive producer is George Movshon and Frank Jacoby will direct. More information can be obtained from U.S. Broadcasters Committee for the UN, 62S Madison Ave., N. Y. 22. ^
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