Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1963)

Record Details:

Title:
Weekly television digest
Date:
Jan-Dec 1963
Publisher:
Washington D.C. : Television Digest, Inc.
Volume:
Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1963)
Leaf #:
00050
Language:
English
Subjects:
Television -- Periodicals, Television broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals.
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
A weekly digest of brief reports tracking recent developments in the U.S. television marketplace. Published out of Washington, D.C. with much more focus on the retail of TV sets than the other D.C.-based trade paper, BROADCASTING. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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6— TELEVISION DIGEST JANUARY 28, 1963 Personals Lyndon 0. Brown, Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample senior vp, elected Advertising Research Foundation chmn., succeeding Frank W. Mansfield, Sylvania marketing research dir.; Richard J. Babcock, Farm Journal publisher, named vice-chmn.; Arthur C. Bryan, Union Carbide Consumer Products Co., elected treas.; Vernon C. Myers, Look publisher & Ray Weber, Swift & Co. advertising dir., elected dirs. Paul Miller, Gannett newspapers & bcstg. pres., elected AP pres., succeeding Washington Star editor Benjamin M. McKelway. George Patrick promoted to ABC-TV program & commercial production mgr. . . . Lester Dinoff, ex-WABC-TV N.Y. publicity & exploitation dir., appointed asst, to publicity-PR dir., Fi’eedomland Inc., Bronx, N.Y. Michael Peacock named head of 2nd BBC-TV channel due to start April, 1964, will be succeeded as BBC-TV news editor by deputy news editor Waldo Maguire. John Sias, ex-Westinghouse Bcstg. national TV sales mgr., appointed vp & dir., Metromedia’s Metro Broadcast TV Sales div. . . . William B. Hull promoted to WJW-TV Cleveland special services mgr., a new post . . . Sydney A. Abrams, Mercer Island (Wash.) Reporter publisher, also named KIRO-TV & KIRO Seattle merchandising dir. William R. McAndrew, NBC News exec, vp., invested by Francis Cardinal Spellman as a Knight of Malta, one of highest honors given Roman Catholic laymen. T. Mayer promoted to Marconi Bcstg. Div. mgr., succeeding D. G. Smee, recently promoted; F. J. Sidebotham moves up to sales mgr., A. A. McKerrell to asst, sales mgr.; D. Law named product planning chief, a new post. Manny Reiner, ex-UA TV international operations vp, appointed Four Star TV foreign operations vp, a new post . . . Marshall Davidson promoted to CBS News film production mgr. Henry V. (Hank) Greene Jr., ex-KDKA-TV Pittsburgh, appointed national TV sales mgr., Westinghouse Bcstg. Co. Martin Codel, former Television Digest publisher, now consultant, leaves Feb. 7 with Mrs. Codel for 10-week survey trip to Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Japan & other Far Eastern countries. In last 3 years, he has surveyed nearly 50 countries for TV-radio-telecommunications potentials. Lament L. Thompson, ex-TvAR Chicago mgr., appointed KPIX San Francisco sales mgr., succeeding Bill Hunefeld, resigned . . . Patricia Peterson promoted to administrative asst, to Metromedia Chmn. & Pres. John W. Kluge. Richard Sinclair resigns as KHJ-TV Los Angeles advertising & promotion mgr. . . . Don Mills, ex-TV Radio Mirror assoc, editor, appointed educational KQED San Francisco PR dir., succeeding Marianne Goldman, resigned. William Condon promoted to TvAR midwest sales mgr., succeeding Lament L. Thompson, recently named KPIX San Francisco sales mgr. . . . David Tasker promoted to Canadian Bcstg. Corp. employe & talent services dir., a new post. Joseph A. Staton, deputy chief of National Institutes of Health clinical & professional education branch, named interim secretary of Council on Medical TV, succeeding Exec. Secy. John K. Mackenzie, who joins American Assn, for Advancement of Science as producer of its Science and Engineering TV Journal on educational WNDT N.Y. Phil P’Antoni, MBS vp & gen. sales mgr., and news & public affairs dir. Norman Baer, resign from network to form own TV production & talent rep firm, TV Productions of America, Inc., N.Y. Douglas W. Hartman, former Senate Commerce Committee minority counsel, joins Washington law firm of Roberts & Meinnis . . . David Green promoted to KMBCTV Kansas City advertising & promotion dir. Arthur O’Connor promoted to Avery-Knodel Detroit dir., succeeding Stuart 1. Mackie . . . Martin Ludington, exGardner Advertising, St. Louis, named mgi’. of new Venard, Torbet & McConnell office at 915 Olive St. there. Don Shepherd, ex-WLOS-TV Asheville, N.C. promotion dir., named to similar post with KFRE-TV & AM, KFRM(FM) Fresno. . . . George Finkel, ex-WTVO Rockford, named WFIE-TV Evansville production mgr. OhUnary Dr. Walter M. W. Splawn, 79, one of drafters of Communications Act of 1934, died in Washington Jan. 17. As aide to Sam Rayburn, when latter was chmn. of House Commerce Committee, he had hand in legislation forming many regulatory agencies. He was later appointed chmn. of Interstate Commerce Committee, served agency 19 years. Widow & 2 daughters survive. FCC adopted resolution of respect & regret, forwarded it to his widow. ■ FCC staff appointments we reported (Vol. 3:3 p2) were announced officially: James Ban’ to chief, Safety & Special Bureau; Robert Rawson to chief, renewals & transfers div.; Sylvia Kessler to chief, offices of opinions & review. Appointment of James Sheridan as chief of Broadcast Bureau presumably won’t be announced until predecessor Kenneth Cox is confirmed as a commissioner. New officers of Federal Communications Bar Assn, elected Jan. 25: Donald Beelar, pres.; Thomas Wilson, first vp; Maurice Jansky, 2nd vp; Philip Bergson, secy.; Herbert Schulkind, asst, secy.; Ernest Jennes, treas.; Warren Baker & Marcus Cohn, 3-year term on exec, committee; W. Theodore Pierson, 2-year term on exec, committee. NAB Public Service Institute Feb. 7-8 at American U., Washington, will include 56 representatives from 51 nonprofit organizations & govt, agencies. Institute is set up to acquaint delegates with problems & techniques involved in making public service time available to them. Delegates included representatives from military, many cabinet-level departments, non-profit associations. Advertising Federation of America & Advertising Assn, of the West will hold annual mid-winter conference in Washington Feb. 6. Major speakers: HEW Undersecretary Ivan Nestingen, FCC Chmn. Minow, FTC Chmn. Dixon. Establishment of NAFMB N.Y. office and hiring of exec. dir. were approved by board at recent meeting. Pres. T. Mitchell Hastings said negotiations for office space are underway and committee is screening applicants who may submit resumes to him at WNCN, 11 E. 47th St., N.Y. FCC personnel changes: Richard F. Solan, to Budget Officer; Pauline M. Foster to asst, chief, manpower utilization & survey div. — ^both in Office of Executive Director.