Variety (October 1960)

BA DIO-TEI.K VISION Wednesday, October12, I960 TV-Radio Production Centres ■ ■ - - - - Continued from page 28 the action decreesjj. . . Comedienne Jean Carroll in. from the. State? for an Associated Television Palladium Shove Sunday (16). Connie Francis lined up for the program. Oct. 23. while Kay Stair has her own Saturday Spectacular on the same web the preceding day (22.) . R. B. Henderson* general manager of Ulster Television since early '59, becomes managing | director . . . Tyne Tees Television reintroduces its monthly 60 : miniiter, "Your Kind of Music,” Oct. 26 featuring in part the music of Richard Rodgers . . . Comedian Harry Worth kicked off: his new BBC-TV series,- “Here’s Harry.” last night (11 > . . . A-R brings, back iN circus program “Hippodrome” for a nevv gallop tonight (.12) . . . BBCNTV examines Joseph L. Mankiewicz in its “Film Profile" Oct. 38 . . Granada TV aiming to set up a regular helicopter service to commute between its tv centre and the local airport . . . A-R does a. self-explanatory program Friday (14r on “Great Britain Or -Little America?" . ATV adds “American Viewpoints” to it* library, of publications, being I the texts of six interviews aired In the “Right To Reply” series . luister TV has launched a weekly 30-minute, skein “Preview” focussing on the world of entertainment . . Elkan Allan skies to the U. S. Sunday il6> to ready an A-R “This Week” program on the elections, set for Nov. 4 exposure. Director Rollo Gamble and interviewer Kenneth Harris follow. IN WASHINGTON Patti Buck, WTTG-TV secretary, w’on itie “Miss Virginia” title in the “Miss World” contest and left for Bridgeport. Conn., to compete for the; “Miss U.S.A;” honor . . . Kent Thoriip and Mary Beth Larrabee will be host and hostess for the local Junior League’s WTOP-TV week¬ ly program. “The 25th Hour,” beginning its third year this week um der sponsorship of ja department store . . A W T WDC editorial by Ben Strouse. station proxy, was transmitted by the Courier, satellite on its 13th pass around the world and broadcast directly from outer space by the AM-FM outlet . James A. Gustafson, local manager for WTTG-TV, is teaching an advanced course in tv-radio management at American U. here . . . Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, national prez of American Women in. Radio and Television, honored at a party given by Ann Hagen. U. S Information Agency tv expert. I V BOSTON{. . . WNAC, RKO General flagship station, completely revamping pro¬ gramming sked under helm of new prexy William M. McCormick /with target date Monday (17) . Four newspaper, editors on WfiZ-TV’s “Starring the Editors” to recreate the show in six p. a.’s this month before ed. civic, bizj and religious groups . . . WBZ-TV ass’t. ad mgr. Shelly Saltman speechmaking with extensive sked of tv talks at N. .E. colleges and universities . . . WBZ-Ty newswoman Betty Adams guest speaking at Beverlyj;Woman’s Club . . . Rex Trailer, Channel 4 “Boom- town," and sidekick, “Pablo,” visiting greater Boston schools and lec¬ turing from top Of;fire trucks on fire prevention . . . Don GiHis and Hank Forbes new' broadcasters for I960 B. U. football games bver WHDII-Radio. Gillis doing play-by-play w ? ith Forbes handling color . . . New's ed Leland C, Bickford leads off new WNAC programming with “News in Depth” reports. 15 minutes eacli, every hour on, the hour from 6 a r m. through 11 p.m. starting Monday (17) . . . Yankee net Inked for Kasco Dog Meal on 32 stations including WNAC with mu¬ sical jingles . . . WNAC also nabbed Gravyrriaster, Temp-Tee,! Chock Full O’Nuts, Norelco Electric Shaver for ad skeds •. . . Extensive, hockey basketball sked of Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics underway on WHDH-Radio . WBZ Radio had Jerry Landay, news director, and Art Gardner, newsman, at the Electra plane disaster scene at 6:03. one of first of Boston news media, to set up a position for eye witness account . . j. WBZ radio football contest, which drew 20.000 entries last year, on WBZ-WBA for 10 weeks: WBZ listeners will. bC challenged by Leo Egan, radio sports director, to select winning teams of 10 big grid contests. IN SAN FRANCISCO . . Sherwood Gordon hooked his KQBY up with Mutual . . . Pat Wea¬ rer, Steve Allen, Frank Baxter and Rod Serling among those sched¬ uled to speak at 36th annual convention of National Assn, of Educa¬ tional Broadcasters, j meeting in Frisco Oct. 18-21 . . “KingNorman” Roseriburg moved kids’ show from KGO-TV to KTUS and also raised* age level slightly making it a “talent derby” for college scholarships .. : . NBC's Robert W. Sarnoff told Frisco Ad Club NBC hopes to use “Great Debate” format to air local and statewide political contests, too; Funny quirk before Sarnofffs Wednesday (5) .speech: Frisco. Examiner carried a headline proclaiming. “Gen: Sarnoff to Speak Here.” and referred to him as “Gen. Robert W. Sarnoff” couple of times in story . . . KGQ- AM got Standard School Broadcast which used to be beamed bv KNBC . . . ETV KOED. which normally is off the air at the time, picked up David Susskind’s “Qpen End” live from 'WNTA-TV and telecast it.; throughout Bay Area . . . KTVU named Glenn W. MaehL local.sales manager. named Donna Butler as assistant Ir. audience promotion de¬ partment and Michael James as assistant In sales promotion . VKGO- TV picked up five more Metro features. “Goodbye Mr. Chips-” “Easter Parade.” “For Me aipd My Gal,” “Ziegfeld Girl,” “Sea of Grass.” IN PHILADELPHIA . . WFIL-TV’s “Bandstand” celebrates its 13th annl locally (13) . . Kay Hinnan, one of a handful of licensed femme meteorologists;, add-- ed to the staff of WRCV-TV . . Sam Ettinger, formerly With W1P,. joins WCAU news staff as writer . . . Charles (Chuck) R. Dougherty, recently assistant manager at WKWK ; Wheeling, now in the : WIP dee- jay lineup . . . Arnie Minter, 19, the area’s youngest, program, director at WIFI-FM, is a product of Horn & Hardart “Children’s Hour”. Cal Rudman, schoolteacher who doubles as a d;j. on WCAM, Camden, is profiled In the November TV-Radio Mirror . . . WDAS has joined the QXR network o£ FM stations . . . Frank Ford, theatre tent owner and WPEN gabber,, planed for Manila. Cambodia, Hong Hong and points west. His post: will he taken by Kal Ross for the first two week?, and Red Benson fill? in remainder of the month . ., . Hy Lit, WCAM J deejav. lagged the “fastest disk jockey” in the Vineland drag races . , . WRCV newsman John Franklin promoted to the rank of Lieuten¬ ant Colonel In the U. S. Army Reserve . . . Westinghouse tv outlets in Pittsburgh, Boston, j Baltimore, Cleveland and San Francisco airing WFIL-TV’s “University of the Air.” Triangle stations televise trie Westinghouse series “Lab 30”.. ,- Over $1,360 has already been award¬ ed this year to listeners calling in news tips to WIBG . . . Blue Cross and Blue Shield bankrolling “High School Highlights” with vet sports- caster Tom Moorehead and football coach Charley Tomasco as hosts, on WRCV . . WRCV-TV has acquired the NTA package of 61 post- 1948 20th-Fox features including “All About Eve." “Viva Zapata;” “Letter to Three Wives,” “Prince of Foxes”. . . WRCV public service director Frank Hall conducts a public speaking course for execs at tKfe Haddonfield. N. J., Adult High School. IN DETROIT ... Ted .Lindsay, Detroit Red Wing hockey star, joins CKLW-TV In .1 sports interview program called “The Ted Lindsay Show” in the 7:45- 8 p.m. Saturday spot!:. , . John F. Pival, prexy of WXYZ, cited for “out¬ standing public service” by Detroit Area Council of Boy Scouts of America . . . WJK planning comprehensive coverage of 43d National Automobile Show with, many shows originating' at Cobo Halt : • ,*Ar- BATTLE OF BRITAIN Recent story datelined Frankfurt and dealing with the new iride- 1 pendent German tv setup starting Jan. 1 incorrectly identified th With. Edward R; .Murrow, Blair projected second G 0 vernme#tnet\york. According to the German Clark, others consulate in N. Y., the projected web will be "tailed “Deutschland Producer: Dan>Bloom Fernschen,” whereas the existing network is called “Deutsches Fern- 55 Mins., Sun., Oct. .9, 9:05 p.m. sehen." Story incorrectly used the latter title to identify the project- CBS Radio., (tape). ' ed web. CBS News had to have a postal- Difference in semantics is this: “Deutschland Ferrisehen” -would gic time of it putting together this as ‘‘Germany TV," whereas the other translates to “German sound history of. Great' Britain’s T ' ,: _ ’ tht» h *a nnafs^of''radio The Practising Law Institute of N. Y. will offer a course on current; news * ' problems in radio and tv law during its. regular autumn evening. . ■ . t . „ semester: Group Will meet for six broadcast, sessions at 30 Rockefeller - T , h u e Plaza, in NBC studio ,6A starting Oct. 24. ing the W orld. War II months^ of. p ro g ram chairman is Harry R;- Olssen Jr., NBC senior, attorney. ' t ^ roug ‘ l 111 Lectures will be on music copyrightihg, starting a station, radip-tv °L ■ > when a massiye Nazi air. liability insurance, liability for broadcast defamation, recent FCC rule-, offensive threatened to soften the making decisions, the acceptability of material for broadcast, tax prob- Lsles for sea and land invasion, i e ms for packagers and title clearance, was a fascinating presentation of ■ '■ the voices and events of a heroic Prudential Insurance is going to the mails to pinpoint a promotion of defense, the fourth season preem of its : CBS-TV “20th-Century” show. Opener • Featured : were. Ed Murrow’s . Oct. 30 will be “The Violent World of Sam Huff." a close film study “This. Is. London”: reports, inter-1 of the New York pro-football Giants’ linebacker at home iti West views with Britain's -r- pilots and | Virgin! , in training near Burlington. Vt., and in exhibition games (for. civilians — under fire, and the '! some of the footage, both Huff and Giant coach Jim Lee. Howell voices of Hitler and Goefing and],were Wired for sound with shortwave mikes). .. Prime Minister Wihston Churchill. j CompLling a mailing list primarily through offices of the 12 National ' whose brilliant rhetoric gave a ? Football League teams, Prudential and the. Kalnius -Coli pubrelations : listenef pause to consider the ; firm for “Twentieth.” have sent out a series of postcards directly to. WHBQ Chi Tape Flay sound of today's statesmanship. I football fans around the country. More than 25.000 have gone out. Show was loaded with thff side- Show also is getting ori-air promos during Giant, telecasts and a lights that give fln extra dirnension I scoreboard- plug, has been arranged for fYinkee Stadium when the- to history. A member of the RAF : Giants play, at home. Oh the day of .the show v p ; a. announcers through^ ground prew told how, at the out the league \VilL be broadcasting plugs. height: of the. odds-on battle (900 ! ; . : • . .. RAF to 2 800 German aircraft) a i Canada’s first national conference on educational television is ex- British pilot landed and fell sound ! pected to be set up for next May in Toronto. . Plans are for a five-day asleep before he could get out of huddle at the U. of Toronto to mull all angles of educational video for his plane. A civilian told, of the j^dtiUs, schools and universities. merchant whose shop was leveled 1 . . .. ... . to riibble by bomb, and who In a spirit Of cooperation, WPIX. WNTA-TV and New York Board minutes after planted a sign In the of Regents, joined forces to keep daytime educational tv ori the iir wreckage ’.'Business as Usual.” in : N. Y. during the World Series. -Because of WPIX s commitmeht to Murrow told of th* King and carry the Series, arrangements were made with WNTA to. carry the Queen’s trip through a country vil- ETV schedule which otherwise would have ; been preempted by WPIX's lage. and marvelled at the., fact pick-up. that a leader of a country under ■—■■■——4 fire—let alone in peace time— could travel with so little protec- IIVIIDA ALS TamA DUai hav r a WW cni, tape riay Show had several! of Murr)>w’s ====== continue* from pag. rsr-n-g,- ■' m reports, and the war correspon- (i n{ j epen( ie n t commercial makers also ; on stagehands; engineers and S^tly ^!*x c ep«ed.^GN-Ty W in the kidst P^uctlon^rso^l. ; ^ of today., even though his “history , of a move to a new plant and prob- At where , commereial in a hurry” in^retrospect occasion- jablv' won’t be ensconced until next fpl?P^ h wffh n2 allv had a sob-sister rine ; “the V , ■ is going in reverse. With recording little people in thwe little houses Up the slack of : . . the unknown heroes of this VTRs, but all of them belong to I live .shows, manpower is^ being war.” v ,ABC-T\ r, s Tape Central and are better utilized than it has been in ; US aany «e d UP ?i e ?nn • «;fc ^ ^ tation chores - Bnd -W^BM-TV” be necessai^ to. add on technical irOlZioM-into^tion: I W rsoi >"el if thp volume Increases., ■ : ' - ■ (taping sessions because its two] A definite selling point has beeri !tape recorders are kept busy with’the NBC station’s ability to shoot Beaiunont. Tex. Construction ; station work. (color. Lytton’s clothing store, one. has begun on a new television cen- j initially it was the CBSrTV o&ojof the few State . St. emporia .using ter,, including studios, offices arid- that made the loudest- pitch f6r 1 television, is buying airtime again other facilities, for KEDM-TV, op-; commercial business; but in recent (because it’s enamoured of color, erating on Channel 6. The new [months the station has been soft-] And with tape. Lyifon’s can shoot, building is to be ready for occm; pedaling the sideline. Not long ago j-a week’s worth of blunhs in one pancy by Jan. 1. The station is op-: WBBM-TV axed its tape operations ,se*si , eliminatiiig the stress arid erated by the Beaumont Broadcast-(manager, Scott Young, indicating strain of live, production ever ing Corporation arid is the CBS its Virtual withdrawal frpm the riight. affiliate, in this area. jfield, and subsequently cut. back- ’ Among the other sponsors that -- “77^—t-:—■ ' ■. \ —^ 1 —:—' -^’ . have tapped WNBQ for coininercial thur D. Levin, one of three trainees hired by ABC, is on a four Week a ™. Sunbeain. .»««» v ui uii cc udinccs uucu uy ijj uu a tuiu it ■ j. i, j ^ • j | visit at WXYZ, the net’s O&o outlet ’. . Detroit Symph orch. major; l evening concerts will be broadcast in their entirety on WWJ, with l^s Illmpis3ell, and: Blptz^ Martens serving as emcee . . . WXYZ-TV is producing a documentary' j Pa ^‘. a ? ld - -Meister. Brau.br^Weriea. series. “The Excitipg Years.” utilizing exhibits on display at.the Heriry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village : New WXYZ-TV entries are “Circus. Boy;” “Deadline,” and. reruns of “Playhouse 90”. . WXYZ- • Tlili ETV prexy John F. Pival is iri N. Y. this week visiting ABC headquarters ( I BAQa t l W arid Blair T\ . Continued from page 29 j— IN CINCINNATI . . 1952., After channel lay dormant, WJW-TV announced it would carry a schedule of about 56 Cleveland Sari Aritonlo educatiopal.^busincss Indians baseball gariies next season. Before that word, WE\VS-TV. which ’- aBd ^ adl T^ grPriPS. banded with carried 'the'.games for the last five years, reported it. would riot pick *be L. of Texas and Austin -inter-' them up in 1961 ...... Ken Armstrong, WJWrTV news director,, back from 1 1 P : .--. . . subscription cainpaign a, lour behind the. Irori Curtain, his foijrth in foiir years When that, netted 'Xlpse tp ;$400.000 in. “Meet the Press” was pulled Out of its Cleveland committment for donations and pledges. The umvei> . $und.ay, Clevelanders again wondered just what the curse is here so S f l -V remains operational and far as network tv goes. “The Great Debate” was yanked oiily a week promotlonal. with monetary parties earlier ... WERE promoted new movie. “The Crowded Sky.” by dump- d Pri‘P d by. a state statute ing 1,000 tickets to opener at Palace from heiicopter, with Phil McLean, forbidding use of state monies for" disc jockey, doing, the pitch . Douglas G. Oviatt <S: Son, Inc f , won a v P Ur P°? es - new FM license .here and the firm, builders arid developerf;, said, their Channel 9 station... skedded for pitch would be gopd music and public service. It’s the 13th EMer for first telecasts in ,early 1962, will: the area;. . Jack Hanrahan has joined WERE as a staff writer, Coming serve both San. AntOriio .and Aus- from American Greefirigs, where lie thought: up sick .cards. tin, with a strong signal, available IN PITTSBURGH ; Agent. George Claire booked Elroy Facer Harvey Haddix and Hal Smith of the pennant winning Pirates on the ABC World Series spec¬ tacular as singers . . . He also set Billy Eckstine for the national arithem bit.;. Wild, has made, a cash grant of $2,000 ■ to WQED. the area’s edu¬ cational tv station. . .. Former slugging star Ralph Kiner is in town to do the wrap-up on WIIC after each world series game . . . He Is op with ;Sari Francisco’s Russ Hodges, regular Pirate broadcaster Jim Woods and the station’s Ed Conway , . . WIIC is also originatirig pick¬ ups for. the Dave Garroway Show with Jack Lescoulie arid Joe Gkragiola, the former catcher who is now a successful author and sports anriouncer in St.. Louis . . , Post Gazette political editor Pat O’Neill is the quiz¬ master on “For..the Record” on KDKA now that politicians are: the main subjects . . . Household hints Is now a WEDO with Davey Tyson, on WAiyiP with Lee Vogel and WAMO with Bill Powell. All three have the. same sponsor and all three give housewives advice over the phone . . . Dennis Day is the key figure in a big advertising campaigning here for “Irish Hams” . . . KDKA-TV has bought a package of 22 “Tarzan” plctiiriei. ’ Texas ETV ssss Continued from page 29 aisiai' 1952., After channel lay dormant, San Antonio educational, business and radi -tv groups .banded with the U. of Texas and Austin inter¬ ests in. subscription campaigri that- netted close to $400;000 in donations and pledges. The'iinivei> sity role remains operational and promotional, with monetary partic¬ ipation denied by: a..state statute forbidding 1 Use of state monies for¬ ty purposes. Channel 9 station... skedded for first, telecasts in early 1962, will: serve both San. AntOriio .and Aus¬ tin, with a strong signal, available by rabbit ears, due .most of; the two cities. . Programming Will Include in¬ structional and enrichment seg¬ ments, plus cultural, informational arid news ,features.. . Originations will stem from uni¬ versity cariipus, and commercial, studios lri San Antonio. Micro- W'ave-linked..; transijiitter . will be midway between San. Antonio and .Austin, which Are some 70 miles apart; Channel 9 will provide Austihi with an; approximation of a “sec¬ ond” station- jonly local. station here now being KTBC-TV, Channel 7. A number of Austin area view¬ ers pick up Sah: Antonio stations on outside rigs.