Daniel Black, associate VP, Vitt Media Inter- Craig Roberts, sportscaster, warv(TV) In- Programing national, named director of business affairs, dianapolis, joins KPRC -TV Houston in same Kleiman Co., which handles pay- television capacity. Stuart Sheslow, VP- current comedy pro- operations of QM Productions, Hollywood. grams, NBC Entertainment, Los Angeles, Rick Meeder, from KEZ( -TV Eugene, Ore., joins named VP -drama development. Peter K. Preis, Eastern sales manager, MCA KOMO -TV Seattle as sports director. Corporate Films, named East Coast manager of Leeza Gibbons, PM Magazine co -host, Belo Paul Hunter, VP, comedy series development, television sales, Samuel Goldwyn Co. Broadcasting's KFDM -TV Beaumont, Tex., joins ABC Entertainment, Los Angeles, named VP, co -owned WFAA.TV Dallas as PM Magazine co- ABC Entertainment. Barbara Gary Grossman, teacher and television critic, Corday, direc- hest..- tor, comedy series development, named VP- named director of program development, Brad comedy series development. Marks Productions, Los Angeles. Candace Hasey, feature reporter on ABC - TV's Good Morning America, joins. WBZTV Joseph H. Levinsohn, assistant director of in- arts and Boston as co -host of Evening Magazine. ternational operations, Robert Kanter, humanities associate, United Artists Televi- Public Broadcasting Service, Washington, sion International, New York, joins ABC Pic- Bob director of special projects, named assistant director of arts and humanities Sirott, tures International there as director WRCK(FM) Chicago, named of market- programing. entertainment and ing services, television sales. life -style reporter for WBBM -TV Chicagò. Tina Loy, former special projects producer, Stephen Girard, partner in Girard /Flaherty Kevin Meagher, documentary producer, KCST -TV San Diego, joins Multi Image Produc- Agency, joins Columbia Pictures Television, Group W, Pittsburgh, named Senior producer of tions, San Diego -based multimedia and Burbank, Calif., as VP He will be involved in all On. the Town; weeknight strip magazine, Videotape production company, as producer - phases of company's operations, KNxt(TV) Los Angelis. director. Dianne AtkinstinHirdson, associate producer B randy French, manager of syndicated pro- Ann Miller, producer for morning strip show on for on WDIV(TV) Detroit, gram development, Columbia Pictures Televi- Kelly and Company KPIX(TV) San Are named Francisco, Peuple Talking, named coordinating proddcer for station. sion Distribution; Burbank, Calif., named executive producer of programing for director of syndicated program development. Shawn reporter, Wri,u Milwaukee, KPIX. Marlon Whigham, director, People Are Briggs; -tv named co -host and co- producer A New Day Michael Seeger, manager of network opera- Talking, named production manager for station. of on WTMJ -Tv. tions, Showtime, New York, named director of Christa Rasing, production assistant for Eue - network operations and post -production. Jay ning Magazine on Keix, named associate pro- Doug Dòdd; anchor, Korv(Tv) Tulsa, Okla., Utterback, facilities and log coordinator, ducer for Evening Magazine's Good Ideas unit. named producer- of PM Magazine ón Korv. named manager of network operations. Paul Richard Plotkin, production manager, Connie KruteKelth; clerical office manager, Erstein, coordinator, named man- production wsNs(TV) Chicago, named manager of program- Delay and Rourke Temporaries, Nashville, Maga- ager Of post -production and studio operations. ing and production, succeeding Peter Strand joins KOTV as associate producer of PM zine. Frank DéROse, production assistant, named who joins ON /TV Chicago. Gerald Miller, senior consultant,.South- production coordinator. western Bélt, joins }wry as producer- director. Dale Bell, director of special projects, noncom- Bob Morris, from engineering department of Carl De Santis, director, business affairs and mercial WQED(TV) Pittsburgh; named VP -pro- KOTV, named production photographer. programing, WCI Home Video, New York, duction. named VP- business affairs and programing. Mark Bowilan; associate program producer of Imboden, director, wsB -TV Atlanta, Bill named Evening Magazine WIZ-TV Rich Hussey, manager, sports development, on Baltimore, named production manager. producer. Randy Blair, weekend and Bill Madden, manager, affiliate relations sports anchor, named weeknight and production,_TVS Television Network, New Dale Mitchell, producer -director, WFRV -TV wrz -rv, sports anchor, at 6 and I I p.m. York, appointed VP, sports, and VP, program Green Bay, Wis., named production manager. sales and production, respectively. Lester Mike Berry, sportscaster and sports talk show Billy Brill, former national promotion director B ielsblett, media supervisor, J. Walter host for ABC -owned WXYZ(AM) Detroit, named for Mercury Records, Los Angeles, joins staff Thompson Co., New York, named manager, sportscaster for weekend editions of 6 and II of PM Magazine on Krrv(TV) Los Angeles. advertiser Sales and Steven Hydeh, controller, p.m. news on ABC's wABC -Tv New York. Niccua Merchandising, appointed financial Ai Baker, production and news director, manager of TVS. KXKS(AM)- KK1Y(FM) Albuquerque, N.M., assumes additional duties as operations director. Jeffrey Lawenda, former VP- general manager of CBS.Radio Spot Sales, named VP- advertising Robert Kaghan; operations manager and pro- sales and commercial program development for gram director, WR1z(AM) Knoxville, Terin., joins USA Network, Glen Rock, N.J. WBCY(FM) Charlotte, N.C., as program director. Maureen Morales, programing assistant, Appointments, Home Box Office, New York: WMAL(AM) Washington, named music director. Betty Bitterman, producer of Meru Griffin Show, named director of variety programing for Chuck Evans; air personality, KDWB -AM -FM HBO; Harry Wenette, director of special pro- Minneapolis, joins wRCK(FM) Chicago in same jects, HBO, named director of HBO program capacity. services; Jim English, director of programing Peter Nunn Davis, from Central Missouri for STV program services, named director of State university, Warrensburg, and formerly programing for HBO program services; with WMGK(PM) Philadelphia, rejoins WMGK as Stephen Striek, formerly with New York law air personality. firm of Hess, Segall, Couterman, Pelz & Steiner, joins HBO as associate director of busi- Jay Oulnh,.air personality, WxEZ(FM) Sylvania, ness affairs for specials and sports; With Ohio (Toledo), joins wRQX(FM) Washington in B eltran, HBO network scheduling manager, same. capacity. named manager, programing and scheduling, David Ochs, fotmer announcer, KERE(AM) and Peggy Davis, former manager of schedul- Following in father's footsteps. Denver, joins KLDR(AM) there as sportscaster. ing for Take 2, named scheduling manager for While WPIX -TV New York reporter Jeff Cinemax. Kamen button -holed former President John D. Kay, president of High -Yield Market- Richard Nixon on latter's doorstep when ing, Chicago, joins ON TV /Chicago as manager Nixon returned from Shah's funeral, News and Public Affairs former Kamen's 12- year -old son Nathan snap- of marketing and sales. Peter Strand, Ron Fortner, news director, xErv(rv) Tijuana, program wsNS(TV) Chicago, joins ON this of former President. AP manager, ped photo Mexico (San Diego), joins WPEC(TV) West Palm ON TV will in- TV as programing manager. purchased photo for use on photo -wire; Beach, Fla., as news director. troduce over- the -air subscription television to younger Kamen got $38 for his novice Chicago in September. journalistic effort. Chris Davala, assistant news director and

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