fairs, John H. Secondari/ Productions, West Allis, Wis., joins Collins Radio Co., New York -based documentary film pro- Kaiser -Field top echelon. Board of Dallas, as VP, corporate industrial rela- ducer, joins Winters -Rosen Productions. representatives to operate five Kaiser tions. Los Angeles, as VP, business affairs. Broadcasting Corp. and one Field Communications television stations L. R. Dongelewicz, Northern and Eastern Richard M. Denham, program manager, under new partnership (BROADCAST- European area sales representative, broad- WRC -AM -FM Washington, joins WFMD- ING, Aug. 21) will Include six mem- cast and commercial communications (AM)-WFRE (FM ) Frederick, Md., as bers from Kaiser (77.5% owner and products, RCA, Geneva, appointed man- program -production manager. three from Field Communications ager, field sales, Europe, Africa and Mid- Fred Gray, with WLMD(AM) Laurel, Md., (22.5% owner). They are: Edgar F. dle East. appointed program director. Jim Herron, Kaiser, chairman and chief executive Robert R. Stone, coordinator, technical with station, appointed assistant program officer, Richard C. Block, vice presi- facilities, National Public Affairs Center director. dent and general manager, E. E. for Television, Washington, joins non- Ray Smithers, with WIND(AM) Chicago, Trofethen Jr., Donald E. Browne, commercial KCET(Tv) Los Angeles as joins wyEN(FM) Des Plaines, Ill., as James F. McCloud and James K. engineering manager, studio and remote program director. Parker of Kaiser. Representing Field operations. are Marshall Field, James E. Fletcher Lynn Willoughby, chief engineer, WACO- John Russell, with WASP(AM) Browns- and Alexander Hehmeyer. Name will ville, Pa., appointed program director. AM -FM Waco, Tex., joins KEFC(FM) be Kaiser Broadcasting Co. there in same capacity. Bob Gallemore, with WACO -AM -FM Waco, Tex., joins KEFC(FM) there as program Broadcast Music Inc. as field representa- director. tive in mid -Atlantic region. He will be Allied Fields based in Washington. Marvin J. Strauzer, with Adam Young Broadcast Journalism Jarrett Day, program director, wxLN(AM) Inc., New York, joins American Re- Potomac -Cabin John, Md., joins WLMD- search Bureau there as regional manager, Jobu R. Corporon, broadcaster services. head of Newsweek (AM) Laurel, Md., as music director. Broadcasting Service, Jack M. Thorne%, with Office of Tele- New York, named di- Cable communications Policy, Washington, joins Diversified Communication Investors Inc., rector, news operation Robert H. Symons, of weix(Tv) there. He Lubbock, Tex., as president and chief VP and general man- executive officer. formerly was VP, gen- ager, Teleprompter eral manager of Post - CATV division New Newsweek's WTOP -TV York, joins Televi- Deaths Washington and be- sion Communications William A. Fay, 72, pioneer broadcaster fore that VP, news Corp., New York, as of Rochester, N.Y., died Aug. 18 of heart and public affairs, VP of newly created failure in Genesee hospital there. He Metromedia TV. metropolitan systems went to Rochester in 1928, was manager H. Calvin Thornton, manager, UPI cen- division, responsible of WHAM (AM ) there until early fifties and tral division, Chicago, elected to new for company's CATV general manager of affiliated WHAM -TV post of VP- marketing New York. He will operations in urban (now WROC -TV) from 1949 to 1957. direct UPI's sales and marketing opera- markets. Mr. Symons After licensee Stromberg-Carlson Co. tions in both broadcast and newspaper Robert L. Gault, marketing manager, merged with General Dynamics Corp., fields. Rollins Broadcasting's CATV system, Mr. Faye was elected president of Richard C. Graf, director, news program Wilmington, Del., joins FCB Cablevi- successor Stromberg- Carlson Broadcast- services, NBC, New York, joins non- sion, Irvine, Calif., as national marketing ing Co. He retired in 1968. His wife, Mil- commercial wNET(Tv) there as managing manager. dred, son, William K., and daughter, Julie, survive. editor, The 51st State, nightly news pro- Ed E. Bookout Jr., systems manager, gram. National Transvideo Inc., Bristol, Tenn., Stanley W. (Stan) Shaw, 64, retired radio Stan Atkinson, reporter, NBC News. joins Teleprompter Cable TV of Galves- and television announcer, who originated Burbank, Calif., joins KFTY(TV) Santa ton. Tex., as manager. late -night Milkman's Matinee program on WNEW(AM) New York in 1935, died Rosa, Calif., as director of news and Perry G. Nash, manager, Teleprompter's public affairs. Aug. 16 in Newton, N.J. Mr. Shaw con- cable -TV system, Rawlings, Wyo., ap- tinued with program until 1942 and later Dick Dale, with WNRI(AM) Woonsocket, pointed manager, Teleprompter's Rich- worked for wtxs(AM) New York and R.I., appointed news and public- affairs land, Wash., system. wPtx(rv) New York until 1947. He is director. Michael J. Monahan, general manager, survived by two sons. John Watkins, with wsTx(AM) Wood- Auburn (N.Y.) Cablevision, joins Parker John Wayne Kirkpatrick, 70, former gen- stock, Ill., joins WYEN -FM Des Plaines. Cablevision, Worcester, Mass., as man- eral manager, woRD(AM) and later WSPA- Ill., as news director. ager. AM-FM, both Spartanburg, N.C., died Roger Heydt, with KFQD(AM) Anchorage, Werner Koester, VP- operations, Oak In- Aug. 13 there after brief illness. At time joins wLMD(AM) Laurel, Md., as news dustries, Crystal Lake, Ill., CATV divi- of death he was account executive with director. sion, appointed director, European opera- WSPA- AM -FM. He is survived by his wife, Jon Matthews, with KxoL(AM) Fort tions. Eloise, son, daughter and stepdaughter. Worth, joins KITE(AM) Terrell Hills. Charles L. Covey, formerly with KDKA -Tv Edwin R. Perry, 55, director of account Tex., as news editor -reporter. Pittsburgh, joins Mt. Lebanon Cable TV services, ABC Inc., New York, died Aug. Randy Wood, with WCAU-AM -TV Phila- Corp., Pittsburgh, as general manager. 20 at his home in Rockville Center, N.Y. delphia, joins ABC News, New York as He joined ABC in 1963 as manager of news correspondent. Equipment & Engineering guest relations, and assumed account services post in 1968. He is survived by Wes Sarginson, with KYW -TV Philadel- Hank Maynard, senior engineer, RCA, his wife, Charlotte, and two sons. phia, joins WMAL -TV Washington as co- Burbank, Calif., joins Telemation, Salt anchorman. Lake City, as chief engineer, research Dr. Calvin Miles Thompson, 76, who and development. had conducted religious program on WSYR(AM) Syracuse since 1936, died Music Dr. Lowell I. Smilen, with RCA, Moores- there Aug. 17 after brief illness. He was Charles W. Godwin, who resigned two town, N.J., joins Laser Link Corp., also advisor, religious programing, for as VP, engineering. months ago as Mutual's VP, station re- Woodbury, N.Y., WSYR- AM- FM -TV. He is survived by his lations ( "Closed Circuit," June 26), joins Robert L. Malcolm, with Allis- Chalmers, wife, Helen Ruth, and one daughter.

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