Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1956)

6 Personal Notes: Louis G. Cowan, serving since last Aug. as supervisor of Good Morning with Will Rogers Jr. & Captain Kangaroo on CBS-TV, elected v.p. -creative services of CBS Inc., functioning as program adviser to chairman William Paley & pres. Frank Stanton; he continues to retain ownership of Louis G. Cowan Productions ($6Jf,000 Question) . . . Robert E. Kintner, ABC pres., to address Broadcast Advertising Club at Chicago’s Sheraton Hotel May 16 on “The Future of ABC” . . . Theodore B. Grenier promoted to chief engineer, ABC western div., Hollywood, replacing Cameron G. Pierce, now pres, of new Ling Electronics Inc., Los Angeles . . . Donald Manson, who retired in^l952 as gen. mgr. of CBC after 16 years with network, named special Ottawa consultant & a director of S. W. Caldwell Ltd., specializing in govt, liason for company and subsidiaries Sponsor Film Services & Teleprompter of Canada Ltd. . . . Irving A. Fein resigns as CBS Radio v.p. in charge of adv., sales promotion & press information to become pres, of J&M Productions Inc., producers of Jack Benny TV shows . . . Wm. Froug promoted to CBS Radio v.p. in charge of network programs, Hollywood, succeeding Guy della Cioppa, now CBS-TV director of network programs, Hollywood . . . Gordon F. Hayes, western sales mgr. of CBS Radio Spot Sales, promoted to gen. sales mgr., replacing v.p. Wendell Campbell, resigned . . . Ridgway C. Hughes rejoins ABC-TV as asst. mgr. of sales development, having served recently with NBC-TV & Look Magazine . . . J. Paul Popkin appointed production mgr. of 20th Century-Fox’s TCF-TV production unit, replacing Richard L’Estrange, resigned . . . Carleton D. Smith, NBC v.p. in charge of its WRC-TV & WRC, Washington, appointed general chairman of Washington area’s first united charity fund drive . . . Fred Shawn, ex-WABT, Birmingham, named gen. mgr. of WSUN-TV, St. Petersburg, succeeding Charles Kelley, now operations mgr. of upcoming WCKT, Miami (Ch. 7), due in June . . . I. E. (Chick) Showerman resigns as resident v.p.-station mgr. of WISN-TV, Milwaukee . . . Frank Oxarart elected v.p.treas. of Albert Zugsmith Corp., continuing as exec. v.p. of subsidiary Continental Telecasting Corp., which has bought radios KRKD, Los Angeles & KITO, San Bernardino, plans expansion into TV (Vol. 11:45) . . . John F. Dickinson, onetime eastern sales mgr. of WBKB, Chicago ADVERTISING AGENCIES: G. Maxwell Ule, Kenyon & Eckhardt v.p. in charge of research, named senior v.p. in charge of marketing services, supervising TV-i'adio, media, research & promotion depts. ; Edwin Cox, senior v.p. & creative director, promoted to vice-chairman of agency; Barrett Brady, v.p. & copy director, named senior v.p. in charge of creative services; David C. Stewart named treas. & senior v.p. in charge of corporate services; Don C. Miller & Anderson F. Hewitt, both v.p.’s, named senior v.p.’s in charge of account management; Wickliffe Crider resigns as TV-radio director June 1 . . . Roy Anthony, ex-sales promotion mgr. of Pillsbury Mills, joins McCannErickson as v.p. in charge of new sales development dept., N. Y., taking over all merchandising & sales promotional services; John H. O’Toole Jr., Wallace J. Rigby & Ferd Ziegler promoted to v.p.’s in new dept. . . . Edmund L. Cashman, v.p. of Foote, Cone & Belding, named western TV-radio director, in charge of all Hollywood originations . . . Wm. J. Griffin Jr. resigns as v.p. & creative director, J. Walter Thompson, to join Kudner as senior v.p. & member of exec, committee . . . Sam M. Ballard, exec, v.p., elected pres, of Geyer Adv., succeeding B. B. Geyer, who continues as chairman; latter has sold 50% of Geyer stock to group of 40 executives & key employes . . . W. T. Okie, v.p. & director of J. M. Mathes Inc., elected pres., succeeding founder James M. Mathes, who becomes chairman & KTLA, Los Angeles, promoted to v.p. of rep Harrington, Righter & Parsons, continuing to head business development dept. . . . H. C. Bernstein retires May 15 as Pacific Coast mgr. of ANPA’s Bureau of Advertising, San Francisco, which he has headed since its formation in 1938 . . . David Smith, ex-market research mgr. of Buchanan Co. & onetime administrative mgr. of Colgate-Palmolive market research dept., joins headquarters research staff of Westinghouse stations, N. Y. . . . Horace W. Gross, extreas. & commercial mgr., WFMZ-TV & WFMZ, Allentown, Pa., joins Howard S. Frazier TV-radio management consultant firm, Washington . . . Robert M. Booth Jr. leaves Washington communications law firm of Bingham, Collins, Porter & Kistler to establish own offices in Bowen Bldg. (Republic 7-8154) . . . Russell L. Furse, ex-operations director of K*EYT, Santa Barbara, named asst, to pres. John Cohan of KSBW-TV, Salinas-Monterey . . . Robert Hoffman, ex-Associated Artists & TPA, appointed national sales director of Guild Films, Art Gross continuing as gen. sales mgr. . . . Rene Barrette, from AM affiliate, named gen. mgr. of upcoming CFCL-TV, Timmins, Ont. (Ch. 6), due in June, with Jean DeVillier program director and Roch Demers technical director . . . Edythe Fern Melrose, WXYZ-TV & WXYZ, Detroit, elected pres, of American Women in Radio & TV . . . John T. Ross, gen. mgr. of Robert Lawrence Productions (Canada) Ltd., elected a v.p. . . . J. Stevens Stock resigns as v.p. of Alfred Politz Research to form J. Stevens Stock Research Co., 90 Riverside Drive, N. Y. . . . Richard Carlton, eastern sales mgr. of UM&M TV Corp. & ex-v.p. of Sterling TV, named sales v.p. of Trans-Lux TV Corp., new TV film distributing subsidiary of Trans-Lux Corp., headed by Richard Brandt. Stuart D. Cowan, 63, founder & ex-pres. of Cowan & Dengler Adv., died of heart attack May 1 at home in Rye, N. Y. Cowan & Dengler was dissolved last year, its accounts & personnel transferred to Donahue & Coe Inc., N. Y., where he served as consultant. He is survived by widow & 2 sons, one of whom is a v.p. of Donahue & Co. Arthur C. Anderson, 54, pioneer radio engineer and engineering director of KVAR, Phoenix-Mesa, died April 25 of heart attack. Widow and son survive. . . . John P. Kelley, v.p. & part owner, elected pres, of Mumm, Mullay & Nichols Adv., Columbus, 0., succeeding Michael H. Sloman, who becomes chairman ... A. Hundley Griffith named TV-radio director, Doremus & Co. . . . Norman E. Mork, Salt Lake City radio veteran, named v.p. in charge of new San Francisco office of Compton Adv. . . . Carlos A. Franco, ex-Crosley stations, named N. Y. TVradio director of Frank Block Assoc., St. Louis . . . Grant Atkinson resigns as TV-radio director, Campbell-Mithun, Chicago . . . Mrs. Sylvia Edlen named TV-radio director, Robert J. Enders Adv., Washington. James T. Quirk, publisher of TV Guide, wins Villanova U’s first annual St. Augustine Medal for distinction in journalism, to be presented May 9 at banquet in Philadelphia’s Drake Hotel. Allan Kander, Washington station-newspaper broker, and A. H. Kirchhofer, pres, of WBEN-TV & WBEN and editor of Buffalo News, among 5 winners of U of Missouri medal of honor for distinguished service in journalism. Robert W. Sarnoff, NBC pres., presented plaque May 3 by Advertising Federation of America for distinguished service as chairman of AFA’s National Advertising Week. Add awards: Hamilton Watch Co. establishes “Hamilton Awards” to TV & radio commentators.