Broadcasting Oct 31 - American Radio History

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Ewald, Warren, Mich., as VP, media group supervisor. Mark Shottland, divisional VP, Katz Ameri- can Television, New York, named VP and national sales manager, stars team. John Washington, VP, national sales manager, swords team, Katz Independent Television, New York, named to same post, with lancers - sabers team, Los Angeles. John Heidersbach, director of creative services, WarrenAndersonAdvertising, Daven- port, Iowa, named director of client services. Christy Togler, account executive, Christal Co., Detroit, named manager of office. Terry DeVoto, local sales manager, KYUU(FM) San Francisco, named general sales manager. K. Layton Miller, from his own KLM Media Enterprises, Dallas, joins KIXI(TV) Victoria, Tex., as general sales manager. Michael Ferko, local sales manager, wLYH -TV Lancaster, Pa., named general sales manager. Jane B. Start, account executive, wAAT(TV) Wildwood, N.J., named general sales manager. Ronni Brand, national sales manager, KABL(AM) San Francisco -KABL -FM Oakland, Calif., named general sales manager. Joe Pedicino, general sales manager, WRMM(FM) Atlanta, joins WCNN(AM) there as director of sales. Lois Rhinos, account executive, WKOL(AM) Amsterdam, N.Y., named sales manager. Appointments, KNBR(AM) San Francisco: Da- vid Bramnick, account executive, to sales manager, with emphasis on national sales, and Lynne Miller, from KLOK(AM) San Jose, Calif., and Linda Moss, from Katz Commu- nications, San Francisco, to account executives. Tom Peterson, account executive, KTVK(TV) Phoenix, named national sales manager. Appointments, KDNL -TV St. Louis: William Tynan, account executive, Corinthian Televi- sion Sales, Chicago, to national sales manager; Joe Cooper, national sales manager, KHOU -TV Houston, to local sales manager, and Kathy Parks, from Parker Group advertising agency, St. Louis, to local account executive. Jerry Gerson, account executive, KRQx(AM)- KZEW(FM) Dallas, named local sales manager. Vicki McFadden, from KTQX(FM) Fort Worth, joins KRQX-KZEW as account executive. Al Weber, from Image Productions, New York, joins WBBY(FM) Westerville, Ohio, as traffic manager. James Pontius, account executive, WADC(AM) -WIBZ(FM) Parkersburg, W. Va., joins wetly in same capacity. John Fusco, from w1AJ -Tv Altoona, Pa., joins wowK -TV Huntington, W. Va., as local sales manager. Don Johnson, account executive, KSEE(TV) Fresno, Calif., named local sales manager. Ron Fessenden, account executive, KTVx(rV) Salt Lake City, named local sales manager. Gregory Shelby, from KSTU(TV) Salt Lake City, joins KTVx(TV) as account executive. Barbara Crouse, member of local sales staff, wBZ(AM) Boston, named national sales director. Bruce Barrett, general manager, xsTU(TV) Salt Lake City, joins KPvt(TV) Pocatello, Ida- ho, as local -regional sales manager. R. Rigby Wilson, general sales manager, WLYH -TV Lancaster, Pa., joins WLKY -TV Louisville, Ky., as national sales manager. Jim Vandiver, from KZ)O(AM) Salt Lake City, joins KRSP -AM -FM there as account executive. Vic Olsen, from WIFE(AM) Indianapolis, joins WNDE(AM) -WFBQ(FM) there as account executive. Stephanie Chian, account executive, WWJ(AM) Detroit, joins WIND(AM) Chicago as account executive. Al PItcock, local sales manager, KSEE(TV) Fresno, Calif., and Zeta Williams, from KMPH(TV) Visalia, Calif., join KJEO(TV) Fres- no, Calif., as account executives. Programing Frank Smith, president, National Golf Foundation, New York, and before that senior VP, CBS/ Broadcast Group, and president, CBS Sports, in 30 -year ca- reer with that network, joins Caravatt Com- munications, New York -based special in- Smith terest cable program - ng company, as president. Appointments, HBO: Bill Grumbles, VP and general manager, Central region, Chicago, to head of Eastern region, New York; Mike Welch, regional director, north Central region, Chicago, succeeds Grumbles, and Claude Wells, regional manager, Chicago office, succeeds Welch. David Safford, president, Comworld Interna- tional, Los Angeles, joins newly formed Cen- terpoint Distribution Inc., Nashville -based television production and distribution firm, as president. Appointments, Sports lime, St. Louis -based pay sports cable joint venture among An- heuser- Busch, Multimedia and TeleCom- munications: Michael Roarty, executive VP, Anheuser -Busch, to president and chief executive officer; Walter Bartlett, president and chief operating officer, Multimedia, to executive VP, and Lawrence Albus, director, sports marketing group, Anheuser- Busch, to VP and general manager. Jim McDonald, manager of current programs, Columbia Pictures Television, Los Angeles, named director of current programing. Peggy King, story analyst and consultant, The Ladd Co., Los Angeles, joins ABC Mo- tion Pictures there as manager, story depart- ment. Pamela Dawson, manager, compliance and practices, NBC -TV, Los Angeles, named director, game programs, NBC Entertainment, responsible for supervision of Dream House and Wheel of Fortune and daytime reruns of Diffrent Strokes. William Allen Jones, staff attorney, MGM/UA Broadcasting Oct 31 1983 92 Entertainment Co., Culver City, Calif., named VP, general counsel, corporate, and secretary, succeeding Stanley Feuer, who re- tires for health reasons. Appointments, Multimedia Entertainment: Leland Jackoway, general sales manager, Cincinnati, to VP, syndication sales; Joseph Cifarelli, New York sales manager, Multime- dia Entertainment, to VP, media sales, and Robert Kruetzkamp, manager of legal and business affairs, Cincinnati, to office manager. Joseph Taritero, president, Mattel Produc- tions, Los Angeles, joins Hanna -Barbera Productions there as VP, development. Robert Bell, VP, programing, Central Educa- tional Network, Chicago, joins JPD Televi- sion Network, Los Angeles -based satellite delivered low power television network, as VP, special projects, responsible for satellite and network operations and purchase of programing. Gary Montanus, director of advertiser sales, Columbia Pictures Television, New York, joins SFM Entertain- ment there as director of program marketing and strategic planning. Anne Boatman, free- lance television producer, joins Nashville Montanus Network, Nashville, as administrative assistant, programing. Jim McDonald, manager, current programs, Columbia Pictures Television, Los Angeles, named director of current programing. Scott Anderson, from program research de- partment, NBC, Los Angeles, joins Univer- sal 'Thlevision there as current programing executive. Jordan Rost, VP, sales, Warner Amex Satel- lite Entertainment Co., New York, joins Showtime/The Movie Channel there as VP, national accounts. Anne Rodgers, director of station relations, At The Movies, Tribune Entertainment Co., Chicago, named corporate director of station relations. Allan Grafman, VP and general manager, Om- nicom Cablevision of Illinois, Elk Grove Vil- lage, Ill., joins Tribune Entertainment Co., television production and distribution company there, as business manager. Alix Horland, research analyst, NBC, New York, joins Almi Television Productions there as director of research and account executive. Ruth Vitale, director of film acquisition, The Movie Channel, Warner Amex Satellite En- tertainment Co., New York, joins Vestron Video, Stamford, Conn., as VP, film acquisition. Kathie Van Brunt, VP, creative affairs, Polygram Pictures, New York, joins Vestron Video there as VP, program development. Bill Widder, chairman, Dateline Communica- tions, Santa Monica, Calif., assumes addi- tional duties as host of Dateline USA, nation- ally syndicated program produced by subsidiary, Dateline Productions. Leonard Soglio, VP, Muller Media, New
York -based distribution and syndication firm, resigns. Tim Overmyer, from 'Rimer Program Ser- '¡es, Atlanta, joins Columbia Pictures Tele- Distribution there as Southeast sales executive. Brian Gruber, marketing manager, Peninsula Cable TV, San Mateo, Calif., joins C -SPAN, Washington, as director of marketing. Jay Miller, staff member, Primetime Radio, Tampa, Fla. -based radio syndication firm, named program director. Jane Edmondson, director of advertising and promotion, National Captioning Institute, Washington, named director of market development. Richard Cummings, program director, WENS(FM) Shelbyville, Ind., named national program director for parent, Emmis Broad- casting Corp. In that capacity he will contin- ue to oversee WENS, while assuming addition- al responsibility for WLOL(FM) Minneapolis- St. Paul; KSHE(FM) Crestwood, Mo., and KMGG(FM) Los Angeles. Lee Barber, air personality, WKOL(AM) Am- sterdam. N.Y., named program director. Ace Young, news director, KMET(FM) Los An- geles, joins WCNN(AM) Atlanta as program director. Drew Wilder, program director, WLAD(AM) Danbury, Conn., joins WNLK(AM) Norwalk, Conn., in same capacity, and will assume an- nouncing duties at WELI(AM) New Haven, Conn. Jay Michaels, production manager, wzzK(FM) Birmingham, Ala., named program director. Bob Saisberg, news assignment editor, WBZ- TV Boston, joins co-owned wBZ(AM) there as assistant program manager. Alan Arthur, anchor -reporter, KMOL -Tv San Antonio, Tex., joins Entertainment This Week, Paramount Television, Los Angeles, as co- anchor. Randy Paige, from noncommercial KTEH(TV) San Jose, Calif., joins KSBY -TV San Luis Obi- spo, Calif., as weekend sports anchor -reporter. News and Public Affairs Peter Flannery, general manager, news programing, ABC Radio, New York, named VP, ABC News, radio, succeeding Robert Benson, who was named VP, ABC News and Sports, radio ( "Fates & Fortunes," Sept. 26). Appointments, CBS Flannery News: Jack Hubbard, producer, weekend editions, The CBS Evening News, New York, to producer and assistant bureau manager, Dallas; Kathy Moore, associate producer, weekday editions, CBS Evening News, New York, to assistant bureau manager, Los Angeles, and Harvey Goldberg, associate producer, CBS Morning News, Washington, to assistant bureau manager, Chicago. David Phillips, producer, NBC News, Lon- don, named Paris bureau chief. Marshall Phillips, reporter, KTNt -FM San Ra- fael, Calif., joins KOME(FM) San Jose, Calif., as news director. Appointments, WDEF -TV Chattanooga: Mike Lewis, anchor, KOAM -TV Pittsburg, Kan., to assistant news director and anchor; Joyce Os- car, weekend news anchor, WJBF(TV) Augus- ta, Ga., to co- anchor, and Ben Tacked, weath- er anchor, WCBD -TV Charleston, S.C., to same position. Scott Killgore, anchor -producer, WIS(AM) Co- lumbia, S.C., joins WBCY(FM) Charlotte, N.C., as news director. Kenneth Coy, anchor and executive director, KPHO -TV Phoenix, joins KSEE(TV) Fresno, Ca- lif., as news director. Wendie Feinberg, 6 p.m. news producer, wPvl -Tv Philadelphia, joins WTNH -TV New Haven, Conn., as assistant news director. Paul Slavin, associate producer, weekend news, ABC News, Washington, named bureau producer. C.J. Beutien, anchor -reporter, WRCB -TV Chat- tanooga, joins WHBQ -TV Memphis as 10 p.m. producer. Appointments, KTBS -TV Shreveport, La.: Jonathan Knopf, reporter, to producer, 5 p.m. news; Ken Smith, 1I p.m. producer, WBIR -TV Knoxville, Tenn., to six and 10 p.m. producer, and Jim Roberts, reporter, KLTV(TV), to same capacity. Josh Loory, executive producer, wEWS(TV) Cleveland, joins WTCN -TV Minneapolis -St. Paul as weekend producer- supervisor. Adlai Stevenson IV, reporter, wFNH -TV New Haven, Conn., and grandson of former Illinois gover- nor and presidential candidate, joins WTCN- Tv in same capacity. Appointments, KOIN -TV Portland, Ore.: Caro- lyn Young, producer, 5 p.m. news, to producer- reporter, Northwest Illustrated; John Ray, producer, 1l p.m. news, succeeds Young; Nancy Vardanega, 6:30 a.m. producer, succeeds Ray; Micheal Keaton, producer -reporter, KVAL -TV Eugene, Ore., succeeds Vardan- ega; Janis Johnson, assistant producer, 5 p.m. news, to reporter; Mary Jane Call, associate producer, KGW -TV Portland, Ore., succeeds Johnson. Marla Miller, vacation relief reporter, KNTV(TV) San Jose, Calif., named associate producer and night assignment editor. Don David Fernandez, news photographer, named senior news photographer. Marc MagllaN, news manager, noncommercial WNW -FM DeKalb, Ill., named news and public affairs director. Laura Zonka, reporter and assignment editor, WNOG(AM)- WCVU(FM) Naples, Fla., named assistant news and public affairs director and Morning Edition anchor. Michael Hoffeld, from WMAR -TV Baltimore, joins WXYZ -TV Detroit as weekend anchor. Suzan Stevens, weekend anchor -reporter, WATE -TV Knoxville, Tenn., named 6 p.m. co- anchor Astrid Conte, from NBC. Burbank, Calif., joins KFDA -TV Amarillo, Tex., as anchor -reporter. Broadcasting Oct 31 1983 cr Marc Levinson, anchor -reporter, wucr(TV) Syracuse, N.Y., joins New Jersey Nightly News, New Jersey Network, Trenton, N.J., as co- anchor. Technology James Badaracco, head of own management consulting firm, Success Management Con- cepts, Cherry Hill, N.J., joins Satellite Tele- vision Corp., Washington, as VP, field operations. Randall Keylor, director, direct sales, Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment, Dallas, joins TeleFirst Entertainment Recording Service, Chicago, as director of telemarketing. Marge Sherwood, video specialist, Group W Production's Television Syndication Center, Pittsburgh, named sales representative, in- dustrial accounts, responsible for arrange- ment of videoconference services and video- cassette tape duplication. Joel Engel, from AT &T Consumer Products, Holmdel, N.J., joins Satellite Business Sys- tems, Mclean, Va., as VP, engineering. Appointments, ADDA Corp., Los Gatos, Ca- lif.: Robert Stephens, manager, employee relations, general products division, IBM, San Jose, Calif., to VP, finance and administra- tion; Frank Alioto, from King Communica- tions, Wellesley, Mass., to national sales manager; Peter Jensen, treasurer, Plantron- ics, San Jose, Calif., to corporate controller, and Frank Shufelt, New England regional sales manager, to European sales manager, to be based in London. ADDA manufactures digital television equipment for broadcast and cable. Ted Dickson, district manager, Sony Video Communications division, Los Angeles, named sales engineer, Sony Broadcast Pro- ducts Co. Marilyn Kliman, director of marketing and development, Centel Video Productions, Oak Brook, Ill., named general manager. Wesley Schick, project engineer, Zylstra- United Cable, Minneapolis, joins Anixter Communications there as Central region specialist. Terry Richards, from Anaconda -Ericsson, Overland Park, Kan., joins Valtec, Reston. Va., as manager of newly opened Mid- Atlan- tic office. Richards will be responsible for account service and development and new business opportunities for Valtec fiberoptic cable and telecommunications systems. James Hurley, director of engineering, WTAE- TV Pittsburgh, named VP, engineering for WTAE division of parent, Hearst Corp. Jerry Nichols, assistant chief engineer, wrvZ(TV) Norfolk, Va., named director of engineering. LaRue Hatchell, operations supervisor, WTVZ, succeeds Nichols. Promotion and PR Barbara Turner Sachs, motion pictures development executive, ABC Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, named director of creative affairs. Daniel Flamberg, director of public relations, Mutual Broadcasting System, Washington,
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