Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1963)

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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 #:
000482
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:
September 19, 2024
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6-TELEVISION DIGEST SEPTEMBER 30, 1963 Personals James Levey, ABC-TV asst, to program development dir., promoted to daytime programming mgr. . . Alfred I. Miranda, ex-asst. to pres., ABC International TV, appointed dir. of new client relations dept., CBS TV Stations National Sales. Robert Northshleld, NBC News & Public Affairs producer, promoted to gen. mgr. . . Jack Deutscher, NBC organization development mgr., promoted to organization development, employment & training dir. NBC Chmn. Sarnoff leaves Sept. 30 for Orient, Middle East, Europe, in connection with 1964 Olympics. FTC Comr. A. Leon Higginbotham nominated by President Kennedy as U. S. district judge for eastern Pa. . . Alvin M. King, NAB stations relations field dir., promoted to newly-created state assn, liaison dir. Paul Blakemore Jr. named head of "Television Age" midwest adv. sales. . . Leonardo. West, ex-ITA Electronics & RCA named chief project engineer, CCA Electronics. Donald H. McGannon, Group W pres., addresses Broadcast Advertising Club of Chicago Oct. 8. . .William Dozier, Screen Gems west coast vp, appointed senior vp for production & west coast operations. Robert Schmidt, KAYS Hays, Kan., elected AP Radio & TV Assn. pres. Other officers: Tom Eaton, WTIC Hartford, eastern district vp; Carl Lee, WKZOTV Kalamazoo, central district vp; F. O. Carver, WSJS Winston-Salem, southern district vp; John Thompson, KRCA-TV Los Angeles, western district vp. Bernle Sandler, promotion mgr., radio WGR Buffalo, promoted to similar post, WGRTV, succeeded by Richard D. O'Connor, ex-sales promotion mgr., CurtissWright. Joseph S. (Dody) Sinclair, pres. & gen. mgr., WJARTV Providence, is separated from his 2-year -old whiskers, grown for membership in Brothers of the Brush to celebrate city's 325th anniversary; (Television Digest will be tickled to report whether other major beards remain outstanding in TV-radio industry). Tom A. Reynolds, WOR-TV-AM N. Y. traffic mgr. , promoted to operations dir., succeeding Bernard (Barney) Boyle, retired. . . G. Woodihilf Sloan Jr. promoted to WTIC-TV Hartford regional sales mgr. George M. Green, business mgr. & secy.-treas., KOSA-TV Odessa, Tex., elected vp-gen. mgr. & asst, treas. of licensee Southwest States' TV-radio stations. Charles H. Colledge, RCA Broadcast & Communications Products Div. vp-gen. mgr., was slated to leave at weekend for 2-week European circuit to confer with network people in Rome & London, inspect RCA micro wave facilities in Madrid; returns Oct. 17 for RCA Victor board meeting in Montreal. Carl Llndemann Jr., ex-NBC News special projects vp, appointed NBC sports vp, succeeding Tom S. Gallery who has joined Subscription TV Inc. as rep & sports dir. Willard E. Walbrldge, KTRK-TV Houston exec, vp-gen. mgr. , elected chmn. of TV Information Committee, governing body of TIO, succeeding Clair McCollough, Steinman Stations pres. . . Perry Smith promoted to NBC sports mgr. Obituaries Albert L, Capstafl, 50, pres. & gen. mgr.. Virgin Isle TV Cable Corp. & former NBC executive, died in sleep at home in St. Thomas; he also had residence in Darien, Conn. He was producer of Kay Kyser & Jack Benny radio shows, was vp-programs for NBC Radio 1959-1962. He' s survived by wife, 3 daughters, son. George Frechette, 57, pres, of WSAU-TV-AM Wausau, vp & gen. mgr. of WFHR Wisconsin Rapids, died Sept. 24 of heart attack. He' s survived by wife, son, daughter. NEW & UPCOMING STATIONS: WNTV (Ch. 29 ETV) Greenville, S.C. received STA Sept. 25 for Sun. Sept. 29 start. It's year's 10th new starter and with last week's debut of WVAN-TV (Ch. 9 ETV) Savannah, Ga. (which got program test authorization Sept. 16) and Sept. 12 start of WHYY-TV (Ch. 12 ETV) Wilmington, Del. , raises ETV operating total to 82 ^d U. S. over-aU total to 644. WNTV has GE transmitter & 146-ft. tower built by Greenville Iron & Steel Co. R. Lynn Kalmbach is gen. mgr.; George E. Blair, educational dir.; Henry J. Cauthen, dir. of production & engineering; Charles S. Morris, technical dir. WVAN-TV is 2nd station to get on air of 4 planned by Ga. State Board of Education. It wiU use personnel at WXGA-TV (Ch. 8 ETV) Waycross; James Rodgers as resident engineer. Other CPs held by State Board are WJSP-TV (Ch. 28 ETV) Columbus & WCLPTV (Ch. 18 ETV) Chatsworth; neither has definite starting dates. 19: In our continuing survey of upcoming stations, here are latest reports received from principals: KFME (Ch. 13 ETV) Fargo, N. D., installing antenna on 426 -ft. Blaw-Knox tower tiiis month, is keeping to Nov. 1 target for programming, reports Clair R. Tettemer, gen. mgr. It has 10-kw RCA transmitter nearly ready at site on U.S. 81, 2.5-mi. S. of Fargo. KBLU-TV (Ch. 13) Yuma, Arlz. has set Dec. 1 target for start as CBS-TV outlet, writes Robert W. Crites, gen. mgr. It has 2-kw Dynair transmitter scheduled for delivery in late Sept. Construction of studio-transmitter building began in late Aug. It wiU use 200-ft. Blaw-Knox tower. Base hourly rate hasn't been set. Rep will be Grant Webb & Co. WNJE-TV (Ch. 77 ETV) Glen Ridge, N. J. , hopes to begin "early in 1964", says Robert Pellet, project dir. It is planned as first of 4 interconnected uhf ETV stations designed to serve entire state. Fund-raising campaign is still underway and order for transmitter hasn't been placed. It has "considerable" amoimt of other equipment donated by CBS, NBC & WOR-TV. It wlU share tower of radio WJRZ West Orange, paying only maintenance. Vacated school in Glen Ridge will be used for studios & offices. ETV has own splash for new season, quite impres ' sive— with press kits, news conferences, brochures, etc. i Write NTIT, 10 Columbus Circle, N. Y., for materi^ ' describing shows you might want your children to watch. ■ We took our press kit home. New CATV franchise: Dajtona Beach Shores, Fla., , to Halifax Cablevision Inc. , subsidiary of Community v TV Systems, New Haven, Conn. (William Schlank, Pres.), i