Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1962)
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6— TELEVISION DIGEST
JULY 30, 1962
Personals
Darryl F. Zanuck elected 20th Century-Fox pres., succeeding resigned Spvros S. Skouras, elected chmn., replacing Samuel I. Rosenman. Zanuck’s election finally quashed rumors that CBS-TV Pres. James Aubrey was in line for post (Vol. 2:30 p8).
Robert F. Hurleigh re-elected MBS pres.; Philip D’Antoni named vp-gen. sales mgr., elected a dir. Also elected to board: Stephen J. McCormick, radio news & Washington operations vp; Donald E. Garretson, chief accountant of parent Minnesota Mining & Mfg. John J. Verstraete Jr., 3M communications dir., elected chmn. of newly formed MBS exec, committee.
John M. Otter promoted to NBC-TV Network national sales dir., succeeding Thomas B. McFadden, resigned; succeeded as special program sales dir. by Sam K. Maxwell Jr., ex-CBS-TV . . . Daniel Sklar, formerly ZIV-UA, appointed dir., CBS-TV business affairs, Hollywood.
Aubrey W. Groskopf named to CBS-TV dir. of commitments, talent & properties, new post.
Douglas Streff named ABC-TV Central Div. asst, daytime sales mgr. . . . Morris W. Butler appointed WLWC Columbus, 0. special broadcast services dir., succeeding Bud Gillis who joined Ohio ETV Network Commission as exec. secy.
Frank E. Mullen, former NBC exec, vp-gen. mgr., named pres., AP Management Corp. . . . Ralph S. Hatcher, national mgr., ABC-TV station relations dept., resigns Aug. 1 to become owner & operator of radio WJBS DeLand, Fla.
Dennis Scuse named head of BBC’s U.S. hq staff in N.Y., succeeding Derek Russell who becomes BBC’s Canadian rep. . . . Bill Sheehan appointed ABC News London correspondent, succeeding Yale Newman who will be assigned to U.S. duties.
Rodric M. Smith appointed Westinghouse Bcstg. systems & procedures dir., a new post . . . Robert A. Frase named technical dir. of WMCT Memphis; Landon Covington chief plant engineer . . . Ray Stanfield named Peters, Griffin, Woodward eastern sales mgr.-radio, a new post.
Edward Codel, Katz Agency vp, elected pres., Station Reps Assn, for 1962-63. Other elections: Adam Young, Adam Young Companies pres., vp; Robert Dore, Bob Dore Associates pres., secy.; Daren F. McGavren, Daren F. McGavren Co. pres., treas.; Lloyd Griffin, Peters, Griffin, Woodward TV pres., elected to board for 2-year term.
Charles L. Getz Jr., ex-KYW-TV Cleveland, and Norman Wain, formerly radio WDOK Cleveland, form Wain & Getz Assoc, in that city for advertising & PR . . . Robert W. Schellenberg advances to WJXT Jacksonville gen. sales mgr. . . . Russell G. Gast promoted to WOW-TV Omaha midwest sales mgr.
Michael S. Kievman, ex-Ziv-UA, joins Warner Bros. TV as central div. district sales mgr., hq in Cincinnati . . . James J. Badaracco promoted to RCA Service Co. ETV receiver & distribution systems sales mgr., N.Y.
Obituary
Thomas S. Sullivan, 37, associate of Washington law firm, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, accidently killed himself July 25 while cleaning gun in his Fairfax, Va. home. Exasst. U.S. attorney in Washington, he had also served at SEC.
TV-newspaper cooperation can sell more ads & help retailers move more goods, TvB local sales vp Howard P. Abrams told Rockford, 111. business executives group. Noting growing trend of fashion shows on TV, he said TvB is “prepared to work with any newspaper which would like to work with a TvB member to help local retailers sell more fashion goods.” He said that audiences reached by TV fashion shows “were not obtained by TV alone — they were created in part by other media as well.”
FCC has returned as “unacceptable for filing” application by WPST-TV for Ch. 10 Miami. Commission noted it had previously concluded that applicant lacked “the qualifications to operate the station sought,” pointed out that less than year has elapsed since FCC lifted station’s license for off-record contacts with ex-Comr. Mack. Comr. Lee dissented; Comr. Craven not participating.
Conforming with U.S.-Mexican agreement, FCC has added following channel assignments: Ariz. — Nogales, Ch. 11; Prescott, Ch. 7. Cal. — El Centro, Ch. 7 & 9. N. M. — Silver City-Truth or Consequences, Ch. 6. Tex. — Brady, Ch. 13; Boquillas, Ch. 8; Del Rio, Ch. 10; Ft. Stockton, Ch. 5; Marfa, Ch. 3; Presidio, Ch. 7; San Angelo, Ch. 6; Sonora, Ch. 11.
Mileage cuts, rules waived, were granted by FCC last week to: (1) WKBT (Ch. 8) La Crosse, moving 29 mi. to spot near Galesville; (2) KVKM-TV (Ch. 9) Monahans, Tex., moving 28 mi. toward Odessa-Midland; (3) WVUATV (Ch. 12) New Orleans, moving from Socola to Chalmette; (4) WTEV (Ch. 6) New Bedford, moving to location near Tiverton, R.I.
Ga. Assn, of Bcstrs. 27th annual summer meeting at Jekyll Island, Ga., Aug. 5-7, will feature speeches by NAB Pres. Collins, House Commerce Committee Chmn. Harris (D-Ark.), FTC Food & Drug Advertising Div. Chief Charles Sweeny, Zenith Sales Corp. PR Dir. Ted Leitzell. GAB has invited presidents of all state broadcasting associations.
Recent book on TV, including discussion of govt, role, is paperback TV In America by Meyer Weinberg, historian & social scientist, teacher at Wright Junior College, Chicago (Ballantine Books, 101 Fifth Ave., N.Y., 312pp., 75tf).
TV spot food billings totaled $51,879,000 in first quarter 1962, up 9.4% from $47,427,000 a year ago, TvB reports. Network billings increased 7.9% during period, from $32,365,903 to $34,933,184.
NAB Pres. LeRoy Collins will be keynote speaker at Oct. 28-30 Broadcasters’ Promotion convention at Holiday Inn Central, Dallas.
Program & commercial film “integrater,” to eliminate delays & blackouts in cuing, has been developed by NBC, is now used in its N.Y. & Chicago projectors.
Motorola has introduced new closed-circuit TV equipment line embracing 3 transistorized cameras & “glareproof” monitor.
Closed-circuit equipment prices will be raised average of 5% by Dage Div. of Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, covering cameras, monitors, controls & power supplies.
Deft touch is shown by radio WMT Cedar Rapids, in humorous booklet commemorating 40th anniversary. Station reports it also has serious history for stockholders.
FCC approved sale of KTRE-TV & KTRE Lufkin, Texas to Forest Capital Communications Corp. for $750,000. Comr. Bartley dissented.