Buyer's Checklist New Representatives Banner Ratio is now national sales representative for KDKO/KHIH(FM) Denver and KOLO/KWNZ(FM) Reno. KWNZ has an adult contempo- rary format and KOLO programs James E. Haviland has been appointed country music. KDKO offers album general manager of Century Broadcas- Robert A. Epstein has been named oriented rock and KHIH carries clas- ting's WLOO Chicago. He moves in vice president, general manager of sic rock 'n roll. from New York where he had been WEYI-TV Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, president and general manager of Mich. He moves in from Telemundo Capital Cities/ABC's WABC and be- in New York to succeed Michael J. Christal Ratio is the new national fore that he had been with Viacom. Fiorite, now vice president, general sales representative for WKRL(FM) manager of Anchor Media's WLOS- Tampa and* WWHT AM-FM Charles- TV Asheville-Greenville-Spartanburg. ton, S.C. The Charleston stations si- mulcast dance hits and WKRL pro- grams classichits. Philip J. Giordano, senior vice presi- dent, ABC Radio Network, has been appointed to new responsibilities as Eastman Ratio has been appointed head of affiliate affairs and non-enter- national sales representative for Em- tainment programming for all six of mis Broadcasting's* WFAN/ ABC's radio networks. He had headed WQHT(FM) New York and KVEC/ finance, planning and administration KPGA(FM) San Luis Obispo, Calif. for ABC Radio Network. KPGA features classic rock and Richard Fennema, sports marketing KVEC broadcasts news, sports and specialist for the Texas State Net- talk. WFAN is all sports and WQHT work, has been promoted to general Richard Keating has joined Caballero is a CHR station. sales manager. That puts him in Spanish Media as general manager of charge of ad sales for the TSN News the company's KNEZ Santa Maria- Network, TSN Agribusiness Network, Lompoc and KXEM McFarland-Ba- Spanish Information Service and the kersfield, both California. Keating had Onward at Katz Cowboys Radio Network. been sales manager for Tichenor Spanish Radio's KDXX/KBNA(FM) El Paso.

Greg Noack has joined Capitol Broad- Upward at Christal casting's WRAL(FM) Raleigh, N.C. as general manager. He replaces Dick de- Butts, now vice president, radio for Signature Broadcasting and general Ru tinan manager of WTMG Nashville. Noack moves in from Katz Radio where he Joan Rutman, Melba Meade, Cindy had been vice president, stations. Smolin and Gisele Dolan have been elected divisional vice presidents of Katz Independent Television and Pep- C. David Whitaker, general manager per Gould, manager of the Houston of- fice, moves up to vice president, Katz Hauck of WJW-TV Cleveland, recently ac- quired by Gillett Holdings Inc., has Television Group. Newly elected vice presidents at Chris- been elected president of Gillett Com At the same time, Margaret Caputo, tal Radio include Maggie Hauck, Ken munications of Ohio. He came to the Michael Spiesman and Mark Ryan Nanus, Susan Specht, Kim Jack and station in 1983 and now steps up from have been named divisional vice presi- Judi Cohen. Cohen joined Christal vice president. dents of Katz Continental Television. from Blair Radio in 1984 and is manag- Ryan is New York manager of the er of the Philadelphia sales office. Jack South Central station group, Spiesman heads the Seattle office and came to Paul A. La Camera has been promot- is New York manager of the Southeast Christal in 1984 from KIRO-TV Seat- ed to the new post of vice president/ station Group and Caputo heads the tle. Nanus joined Katz Radio in 1979 station manager of WCVB-TV Bos- West Central station group in New and became an assistant sales manager ton. He has been with the station since York. for Christal in 1985. He currently heads before it bowed in 1972 and has been Meade continues as sales manager of Christal's New York sales office. vice president, public affairs and pro Katz Independent's Dallas sales office Specht, manager of the Houston office, gramming since 1984. He is a past and Rutman is director of Independent joined Christal in 1985 from KKBQ president of both the Massachusetts Research. Dolan heads Independent's AM-FM Houston. Hauck came to Broadcasters Association and the Na- Sabers sales team in Chicago and Smo- Christal in 1985 from CBS Radio and is tional Broadcast Association for Com- lin is manager of the Swords in Chica- the rep's director of research. munity Affairs. go.