Pittsburgh, joins WPXI -TV there in same ca- rate manager, customer service, American pacity. Television and Communications Corp., Den- ver, Julie Viellieu, marketing representative, East- joins CNBC as director, affiliate market- man Kodak Co., Indianapolis, joins ing. WTHR(I V) there as account executive. Larry Rosen, independent writer /producer, Appointments at WBTV(TV) Nashville: Ar- joins dick clark productions, Burbank, Ca- mando Fitz, account executive, Katz Inde- lif., in development department. Rosen will focus on pendent TV sports and specials division, developing, writing and producing New York, Ileen Brown Spack, local sales comedy and dramatic series. manager, KTXH(TV) Houston, and Gary Mog- gio, account executive, syndicator sales, Car- den & Cherry Advertising, Nashville, all to account executives. News and Public Affairs Appointments at WQTV(TV) Boston: Wade Christmas, national sales representative, Maureen Bunyan, co- College Quest, Mylene Hodgson, account ex- anchor, 5:30 p.m ecutive WHLL(TV) Worcester, Mass., and Pe- news, and host 22:26 ter 'Daum, account executive The Christian public affairs pro- Dean Shepherd, correspondent and Science Monitor Syndicate, Boston, all to gram, WUSA -TV Wash- co- anchor, The Nightly Business Re- account executives. ington, adds duties of port, produced at noncommercial co- anchor, II p.m. wPBT(rV) Miami, and seen on 260 PBS Michael Chambers, national sales manager, news. stations nationwide, joins Money maga- KSRF(FM) Santa Monica, Calif., joins KFAC- zine, New York as financial correspon- (AM) Los Angeles, as account executive. Alejandro Benes, news director, dent. Shepherd will also anchor week- wxTV(TV) Paterson, day business reports for wCBS(AM) New N.J., joins Noticiero York and Your Money Minute, the daily Bunyan Programing Telemundo/CNN, At- personal finance report based on infor- lanta -based Spanish -language news broad- mation from Money and offered to CBS cast produced by CNN for Telemundo net- Radio Network aff iliates. Prior Jon M. Nottingham, executive VP, sales and to joining work, as The marketing, LBS Communications, Los An- executive producer for elections Nightly Business Report in 1985, news and coverage. Shepherd geles, named president of distribution station political spent four years with RKO Radio sales. Wendell Wood, director of stations services, Networks (now United Stations), Associated Press, Washington, named direc- New York as news anchor and business Marty Brooks, VP of programing, Madison correspondent. Before that he was Square Garden Network, New York, named tor of corporate communications. news director for KING -AM -FM Seattle. VP of programing and network operations. Linda M. Lloyd, producer /director, Weather Channel, Atlanta, named executive producer. Fred McLeod, sports director and sports an- Tom Simon, executive chor, 1.1.18K-IV Detroit, adds duties of sports in charge of produc- Nancy Hall, noon producer and 5 p.m. news director, WRIF(FM) there. tion for Explorer, Na- associate producer, KOCO -TV Oklahoma City, tional Geographic se- named producer, 6 p.m. news. Andy Rubin, Stuart Satow, weekend sportscaster and re- ries on WTBS(TV) news assistant, KOCO named noon producer porter, KxTV(TV) Sacramento, Calif., named Atlanta, named co-ex- and 5 p.m. associate producer. sports director. ecutive producer for Lynda Solomon, weekend news producer, Jaime Garcia, reporter, KvBC(TV) Las Vegas, and execu- Explorer wxYz-Tv Southfield, Mich., named producer joins KFSN -TV Fresno, Calif., as morning tive in charge of pro- weekday news. anchor /reporter. duction for National Marci Christensen Geographic Televi- -Burdick, news director Lori Stokes, weekend anchor and medical and early news co- KOTA Rapid sion, Washington. anchor, -TV reporter, WCIA(TV) Champaign, Ill., joins City, S.D., joins KYTV(TV) Springfield, Mo., Simon WBTV(TV) Charlotte, N.C., as weekend co- Don LaCombe, direc- as news director. anchor. tor of video services, KPNX -TV Mesa, Ariz., John Turner, associate producer, WHEC -TV and manager of Gannett Production Services, Jeff Fowler, general assignment and investi- Rochester, N.Y., named assignment editor. joins WTVR -TV Richmond, Va., as program/ gative reponer, KTVY(TV) Oklahoma City, /operation manager. Larry Conley, freelance college basketball an- joins KSDK(TV) St. Louis, as general assign- alyst, ESPN, Conn., joins the network exclu- ment reporter. Mark Klose, on -air personality and acting sively on national basis. program director, KSD -FM St. Louis, named program director. Russ Salzberg, sports anchor, CITY-TV Toron- to, Canada, joins WWOR(TV) Secaucus, N.J., Bill Curtis, on -air personality and production Technology in same capacity. direction, WSNY(FM) Columbus, Ohio, joins WJQI -FM Virginia Beach, Va., as program Monica Pellegrini, weekend sports anchor, Jeffrey S. Wetherell, executive VP, Telex director. WHIZ -TV Zanesville, Ohio, joins WCBD -TV Communications Inc., Minneapolis -based Charleston, S.C., in same capacity. Andrew F. Trentacosta, programing and film manufacturer of communications antennas, acquistions, SELECTV, division of Telstar Satellite Corp., Los Angeles, joins Playboy Blair moves. Alan Bennett, who joined Blair Entertainment in January of this year, has Channel there as director of film acquisitions resigned as president of the entertainment arm of John Blair and scheduling. Communications Inc. "At the time I joined Blair, the company's strategic thrust was development and expansion of Lynn Deegan, VP, comedy development, significant first -run syndication strips and specials. More recently, the company has decided MTM Enterprises, Studio City, Calif., joins to follow a different course involving other types of programing ventures," said Bennett. "As a Castle Rock Entertainment, Beverly Hills, result," he said, "I feel it is best for me to follow my own agenda in terms of TV program Calif., as VP, television production. production, distribution and marketing." Laurence M. Smith, VP, national accounts, In other changes at Blair, Alan Berkowitz was named executive vice president and general Home Shopping Network, Clearwater, Fla., manager of Blair Entertainment. Prior to moving to Blair, Berkowitz had been president of joins Consumer News & Business Channel RPR Productions, the sports programing arm of Blair Entertainment. Berkowitz has been with (CNBC), New York, as regional VP, affiliate Blair since 1982. relations, East Coast. Patricia Karpas, corpo-

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