FATES & FORTTJES

Narraganset Broadcasting, Providence, New York, named director of sales. R.I., joins KDNL -TV St. Louis as director MEDIA M. VP, corporate com- of finance and business affairs. Ronni Faust, munications, Network Media America Patricia Robinson, human resources Inc., New York, joins Television Bu- Jeff Ruhe, senior VP and executive pro- consultant, Times Mirror Co., joins E! reau of Advertising there as director of ducer, SportsChannel America, Wood- Entertainment Television, Los Angeles, communications. as director, human resources. bury, N.Y., named president and chief S. Kay Broaddus, product line devel- operating officer, succeeding Jim Neil Manheimer, cable industry finan- opment manager, Coca -Cola USA, joins Greiner, named senior VP, financial cial and management consultant, Cable TBS Superstation, Atlanta, as VP, mar- operations and business development, Communications Consultants Inc., Falls keting. NBC News, New York. Va., Church, joins Monmouth Cablevi- Appointments at CBS Television Sta- sion Associates, Wall Township, N.J., tions, national spot sales: Al Ramono, as director of finance and administra- account executive, Katz American Tele- tion. vision, New York, to same capacity Henry Balfanz, sales manager, WIRL there; Julie Ballard, office manager, (AM)- WSWT(FM) Peoria, Ill., joins Los Angeles, adds duties as director of KRVR(FM) Davenport, Iowa, as general Western sales, and Marc Lesage, ac- manager. count executive, Harrington Righter & Parsons, Chicago, to same capacity Barbara Sampeur, manager, customer there. service, TKR Cable, Warren, N.J., joins Riverview Cablevision Associates, Maryanne Micchelli, account execu- Hoboken, N.J., as director of customer tive, WFAN(AM) New York, named na- service operations. tional sales manager and research direc- Ruhe Frank tor. Greg Roberson, director of affiliate re- Sarah Frank, senior VP, British Broad- lations, Motor Racing Network, Dayto- Lisa Churchville, manager, local sales casting Corporation co- productions, na Beach, Fla., joins American Network office, WMAG -TV Chicago, named direc- New York, named president and CEO, Group Inc., Nashville, as affiliate rela- tor of sales. BBC /Lionheart Television International tions director. Dave Kerr, national sales manager, Inc., succeeding Jack Masters, re- signed. WLIT -FM Chicago, named general sales manager, succeeding Mike Gahagan, Patti L. Hoth, VP, operations, Pikes SALES AND MARKETING resigned. Peak Broadcasting Colorado Co., formerly Springs, owner of one AM, one FM and Robert Ramoska, of two TV's, named president, succeeding WBBM(AM) Chicago, joins WMAQ(AM) John Hopkins, chairman, Ogilvy & there as account executive. Harry Hoth, named chief executive of- Mather, Australia, joins Foote Cone & ficer and chairman of board. Belding International, Sydney, Austra- Appointments at WHDH -TV Boston: Michael A. Fields, executive producer, lia, as chief executive, succeeding Kelly Adam Levy, account executive, WLVI- TV Cambridge, Mass. (Boston), named KDKA-TV Pittsburgh, joins WQEX(TV) Farrimond, named chairman and CEO. Morris Peck, sales there as station manager. account executive; Robert J. Kunath, VP and general manager, CBS Television Stations Na- James Morgese, station manager, manager, WNYW(TV) New York, joins tional sales, Boston, named account ex- WUFT(TV) Gainesville, Fla., joins KRMA- Group W Sports Marketing there as se- ecutive, and Jeffrey Silverman, assis- TV Denver in same capacity. nior VP and general manager. tant account executive, Telerep Inc., Mike VP and general manag- New York, named account executive McGann, trainee. er, WEST(AM)- WLEV(FM) Easton, Pa. (Al- lentown, Bethelehem), joins WKHK(FM) Steve Vourakis, retail marketing man- Colonial Heights, Va. (Richmond), as ager, KMPH(TV) Visalia, Calif. (Fresno), general manager. joins KTXL(TV) Sacramento, Calif., as Kelly Carls, program director, local sales manager. KQFX(FM) Georgetown, Tex. (Austin), David Joseph, national marketing man- named general manager, succeeding ager, WRGB(TV) Schenectady, N.Y., Greg Hale, who resigned. joins K'rru -TV Tucson, Ariz., as general Timothy P. Gilbert, general sales man- sales manager. Maria Elena Verdugo, ager, KATC(TV) Lafayette, La., joins account executive, KKLD(FM) Tucson, WTwo(TV) Terre Haute, Ind., as general Kunath Linden Ariz., joins KTTU -TV there in same ca- manager, succeeding Mark Allen, who pacity. resigned. Jay Linden, director of Eastern spot Len Davis, national sales manager, Michael E. Sileck, director of finance, sales, NBC television stations, WNBC -Tv WCIA(TV) Champaign, Ill., retires.

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