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 #:
000530
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 OCTOBER 28, 1963 Personals NBC Chmn. Sarnotf receives Joseph E. Connor Memorial Award for excellence in communications, at Emerson College, Boston, Nov. 3. Frank M, Headley, H-R TV chmn. , re-elected to TvB board. . . Todd A, Spoerl, ex-U. S. A. F. , named publicity -public relations mgr. , WJZ-TV Baltimore. Vln Dlttmer, sales mgr. , CTV Montreal, promoted to business mgr. , Toronto. . . Charles Warren, Mutual's Washington news chief, also named bureau operations mgr. Col. DeWolf Schatzel (USMC-ret. ) joins A. Earl Cullum Jr. & Assoc. , Dallas consulting engineers, in charge of special projects including microwave & CATV. He retired from Marine Corps in 1961, recently served as dir. of engineering, Midwest Program on Airborne TV Instruction. Robert A. Bernstein, ex-Group W public relations dir. , recently vp of Softness Group PR firm, named nation^ public relations dir. , Triangle Stations; John F, Corcoran appointed publicity dir. , WFIL-TV-AM-FM Philadelphia. Clinton M. Barrlck, FCC Broadcast Bureau, appointed Comr. Bartley's engineering asst. , succeeding Nei K. McNaughten, named OEC Emergency Systems Div. chief. Don Kellerman, CBS News producer, becomes NET cultural programming dir. Jan. 7; William H. Kobln, ABC News producer, becomes NET public affairs programming dir. Jan. 1. Jack Berry, commercial mgr. , WNEM-TV-FM FlintSaginaw-Bay City, promoted to station mgr. . . Austin A, Harrison, ex-NASA consultant & broadcaster, appointed gen. mgr. , WIHS-TV Boston, new Ch. 38 station licensed to Catholic TV Center. John P. Higgins, ex -law clerk to D. C. District Court Judge Charles McLaughlin, joins Washington law firm of Lyon & Chase. Ben Colman, ex-Screen Gems, appointed sales mgr. , Westhampton Film Corp, 717 Fifth Ave. , N. Y, , now marketing 15 post-1960 features and planning to finance new TV & motion picture production; Henry S, White is Westhampton marketing vp. . . BUI Dttwes promoted to community relations dir. , WCPO-TV & WCPO Cincinnati. Barry Wlnton, ex -ABC FUms account exec. , joins Hamilton -Landis & Assoc. , Washington. John J, Nordberg, chief of FCC Common Carrier Div. , retires Jan. 6 after nearly 34 years in govt. He'll become vp for development at California Lutheran College, Thousand Oaks, Cal. He joined Navy Dept, in 1930’ came to FCC in 1935. Obituaries Eliot C, Lovett, 67, veteran Washington TV-radio attorney, died Oct. 21 of apparent heart attack in Boston. A past pres, of FCBA, he's credited with establishing right to attach recording device to phone, in case of SoundScriber vs. AT&T, which led to beep tone. He is survived by wife, daughter, 2 sons. Leslie J. Harter, 72, retired AT&T Long Lines executive, died Oct. 19 at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston. He is survived by widow, brother. i ) CBS Chmn. William S. Paley urged federal intervention & federal funds to meet educational requirements of space age, in Centennial Address prepared for delivery Oct. 26 at Bates College, Lewiston, Me., where he received Honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Paley called for establishment & enforcement of national ec^cational standards, even though it might require constitutional amendment, and for federal financial aid to educational institutions. He said that if states fail to supply necessary basic education, federal govt, should be empowered to "step in and fUl the void." President Kennedy called for generous public contributions to Radio Free Europe, at White House limcheon for 66 business, broadcasting, publishing executives who have contributed to RFE. Kennedy said need for RFE is particularly acute in Eastern Europe where "these brave people value freedom." He pled^d all peaceful U. S. govt, support for "adjustments" that would make these govt.'s more responsive to their people. Plan to spread ham radio to other countries to aid communications, particularly where Peace Corps is operating, has been discussed by: Sen. Goldwater (RAriz.), himself a ham operator; Peace Corps Dir. Sargent Shriver; officials of FCC, Commerce Dept. , American Radio Relay League, Boy Scouts; representa ! tives of electronic manufacturers. Albert Kahn, ElectroVoice, was named chmn. of committee to facilitate shipment abroad of ham equipment & educational electronic ' kits. HEW has received 6 more applications for ETV construction grants totaling $1, 359, 773: Metropolitan Pittsburgh ETV, $111,312 to expand Ch. 13; Community TV of Southern Cal., $528, 327 to activate Ch. 28 Los Angeles; Twin City Area ETV Corp., $126,332 to activate Ch. 17 Minneapolis -St. Paul; Kentucky State Board of Education, $380, 770 to activate Ch. 46 Lexington & 4 $213, 032 to activate Ch. 29 Somerset. Penn State amended its application from $239, 580 to activate Ch. 69 State I , College, to $200, 000 to start Ch. 3 Qearfield. ! Global TV Enterprises, specializing in world-u-ide distribution of TV programs, is formed by Sam Gang, former NTA & PTC executive. Address: 37 W. 57th St,, N. Y.; phone: HA 1-2648. Television Digest PUBLISHED BY TELEVISION DIGEST, INC. HEADQUARTERS: 2025 Eye Sf., N.W., Washington, D.C. Phone: 965-1985. TWX: 202-965-0979 20006 EDITORIAL ALBERT WARREN, Editor & Publisher JONAH GITLITZ, Managing Editor, Television Digest PAUL STONE, Editorial Director, Television Factbook BUSINESS EDWARD M. KELLY, General Manager RUDOLPH SAPPER, Circulation Manager NEW YORK OFFICE 580 Fifth Ave. Nev/ York 36, N. Y. Circle 6-2215 TWX: 212-640-6938 DAVID LACHENBRUCH, Editorial Director PHILADELPHIA OFFICE 1 1 1 Beverly Rd. Overbrook Hills Philadelphia 51, Pa. Midway 2-641 1 HAROLD RUSTEN, Associate Editor