Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1957)
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Personal Holes: Thomas K. Fisher, who joined CBS legal dept, in 1955 after 10 years with N. Y. law firm of Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, promoted to v.p. & gen. attorney for CBS-TV ; Mrs. Geraldine B. Zorbaugh, who recently resigned as v.p. & special asst, to ex-ABC pres. Robert E. Kintner, named v.p. & gen. attorney for CBS Radio, with Julius Brauner remaining as gen. attorney for corporate matters; Leon Brooks, Washington counsel for CBS Inc., henceforth will concentrate exclusively on TV ... W. Spencer Harrison, CBS v.p. in charge of legal & business affairs, assumes new position of v.p. & business mgr. of talent & contract properties . . . Louis Hausman, staff v.p. of CBS Inc. and ex-v.p. of old CBS-Columbia, appointed v.p. in charge of adv. & promotion for CBS Radio, succeeding Jules Dundes, now CBS Radio v.p. for station administration . . . John G. Trezevant, managing editor of Collier’s Magazine at time of its withdrawal from publication 3 weeks ago, joins NARTB as mgr. of news & publications; Joseph Sitrick, publicity & information services mgr., assumes new post of mgr. of special projects & member participation . . . Merle S. Jones, CBS pres., and Don Durgin, ABC radio v.p., named chairmen of TV-radio committee for Brotherhood Week Feb. 17-24 . . . David Lowe, ex-DuMont Network, appointed supervisor of NBCTV’s educational series starting in March for the 25 noncommercial stations (Vol. 13:3) . . . James C. Richdale Jr., v.p.-gen. mgr. of KOTV, Tulsa, elected a director of KOTV Inc. ... A. James Ebel, gen. mgr. of KOLN-TV, Lincoln, elected v.p. & director of parent Comhusker TV Corp. . . . George Henderson, ex-Crosley stations gen. sales mgr., named gen. sales & promotion mgr. of upcoming WSOCTV, Charlotte, N. C. (Ch. 9), due in spring . . . Howard Duncan, ex-WTVN, Columbus, 0., joins WEHT, Henderson, Ky .-Evansville, Ind., as sales mgr. . . . Mark Smith promoted to operations mgr. of KLRJ-TV, Henderson-Las Vegas . . . Norman W. Williams promoted to production mgr. of KMTV, Omaha, succeeding Lew Jeffrey, now program mgr. . . . Jack Poppele, ex-director of Voice of America, now consultant at his home in Orange, N. J., elected to board of Veteran Wireless Operators Assn. . . . Martin M. Heller, ex-RKO Radio Pictures, joins ABC legal dept, under Mortimer Weinbach, v.p. & gen. counsel ... S. Jay Eby promoted to mgr. of adv. & sales promotion, GE broadcast equipment . . . John Klindworth, central district mgr., and Lewis Radford Jr., eastern district mgr., handling broadcast equipment sales in DuMont technical products div., resigned as of Jan. 21 . . . Gregg Lincoln, ex-Crosley N. Y., named sales director of Crosley’s WLWC, Columbus,
succeeding C. R. Dodsworth, resigned to form own ad agency in Columbus; Jackson Launer named production mgr., succeeding Sidney Barger . . . Cal Tinney, ex-syndicated newspaper columnist & radio commentator for ABC & Mutual, joins WNBF-TV & WNBF, Binghamton, N. Y. as director of news dept. . . . Bette Doolittle, ex-NARTB & Paramount Pictures, named executive director of spring convention of American Women in Radio & TV April 25-28 at Chase Park-Plaza Hotel, St. Louis . . . Harry J. Wright, mgr. of AB-PT tax dept., elected to board of Tax Institute Inc. . . . Ben Waple shifts from FCC docket section, becoming asst, to Commission Secy. Mary Jane Morris . . . Wm. Veneman resigns as gen. mgr. of KTVW, SeattleTacoma, his duties assumed by owner J. Elroy McCaw; James Hawkins promoted to assistant general mgr. . . . John J. Quinn, from N. Y. staff, named adv. mgr. of TV Guide’s Philadelphia edition, succeeding James R. Wescott, now on magazine’s national promotion staff ... Nat Liebeskind, ex-Latin American mgr. of Universal, Warner Bros. & RKO Pictures, named gen. mgr. of Sterling TV.
Gordon Gray — telecaster, publisher, educator & govt, official — has been selected by President Eisenhower to replace Arthur S. Flemming as director of Office of Defense Mobilization. Currently Asst. Secy, of Defense for International Security Affairs, he served as Secy, of Army in President Truman’s cabinet. He’s former pres, of U of North Carolina and publisher of Winstorb-Salem (N. C.) Journal and Twin City Sentinel. He is sole owner of Winston-Salem’s WSJS-TV & WSJS, having recently bought out 33%% interest held by Buddy Rogers & Mary Pickford Rogers (Vol. 13:1).
Newspaper Advertising Executives Assn, elects these new officers: pres., Gilbert P. Swanson, Spokane Daily Chronicle and Spokesman Review; exec, v.p., Charles B. Lord, Indiatiapolis Star and News; 1st v.p., George Lemons, Greensboro (N.C.) News and Record; 2nd v.p., Russell W. Young, Seattle Times; secy.-treas., Robei’t C. Pace (reappointed).
Edison Radio Amateur Award, GE’s annual presentation for outstanding service, goes this year to Mrs. Mary Burke, Morton, Pa., who sends some 3000 messages monthly to servicemen overseas. Cup and $500 will be presented in Washington at dinner Feb. 28 by Rear Adm. H. C. Bruton, chief of naval communications.
Edward M. Webster, former FCC commissioner, appointed Western Union consultant on international communications.
“Overzealous” equipment salesman have led purchasers operate transmitters without proper FCC authorization, Commission stated this week in letter to RETMA pres. Dr. W. R. G. Baker, and it asked RETMA to look into the matter and see what can be done about it. Commission cited no cases, and RETMA has asked for specific details before canvassing members. Commission’s letter stated that salesmen had given out “inaccurate, improper, misleading” information, causing purchasers to violate FCC rules. Reportedly, one TV station operator in Montana bought private microwave equipment and put it to use without FCC authorization. There are said to be similar instances of infractions among mobile radio users.
B.MI’s TV clinics on program & operational problems will be held in N. Y. and Ft. Worth March 4 & 5, Atlanta and Chicago March 7 & 8, San Francisco March 11 & 12.
H-R Representatives Inc. opens Miami office Feb. 1 at Pan American Bank Bldg., with Alex Campbell Jr., exGeneral Teleradio, in charge (Franklin 3-7753).
WMLIR-TV, Manchester, N. H. (Ch. 9) opens regional sales office in Sherry Biltmore Hotel, Boston.
Community antenna operators are having their troubles with state legislatures. Latest: (1) Bill introduced in Utah legislature to permit political subdivisions to levy tax for purpose of financing TV transmission equipment, presumably including translators and CATV systems. National Community TV Assn, counsel E. Stratford Smith says NCTA will fight measure, which he says is of dubious constitutionality. (2) W. Va. legislature has bill before it to regulate CATV systems, introduced by Clarksburg delegate. Similar bill was rejected by the legislature last year.
Pulse Inc. is expanding into Mexico to report on radio audiences in Matamoras and Reynosa opposite Brownsville, Tex. International div. of rating service, already surve3nng Montreal TV viewers, also is extending Canadian TelePulse operations to Toronto market area, including U. S. stations. In England TelePulse will cover Manchester, where new ITA station has started, in addition to London and Birmingham.
First Texas TV studio equipped for live audience participation is claimed by WFAA-TV, Dallas. Radio WFAA’s 250-seat Studio “A”, converted to TV, will open Feb. 16.