The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 132

msT1 jm 1 Harrison Is Director Sunday July 29 1956 THE MIAMI HERALD 7-H Biscayne To Have Unique Ventilation H) I--' 1 -S i 1 Top Newsmen Map Of South Florida For WCKT iOO A UNIQUE AIR conditionlng'own zone without effecting toe sSx svstem which uses the heat of the studio lights and other electrical equipment to warm the building in cold weather is one of the interesting construction featuies of Biscayne Television 3 1 Corp's TV-radio center Most air conditioning systems i simply toss the building heat away through their cooling tow- 1 ers But the 200-ton svstem in- tailed by Hill-York Sales Co at Biscavne pumps it back in on rest of the studio days Another innovation In Bis- he system employs a reverse may ne's air conditioning svstem le heat pump As the coollngldeals with the prohlem of sound or siphons off thf heat gen- To iniul a ncncinR of air by the Intense lighting n'fIowfnR through the ducts Into big 60 by 80-foot TV studio he studio the ducts have been and from the equipment in the fmed with acoustically treated control room the pump bi-oathpsjniuffor Ciamels The complex air conditioning it back into the administrative of- fices A TEAM of veteran newsmen and cameramen headed tty Charles Han-ison former news director of Philadelphia's WFIL will keep south Floridians on top of the news and special events here and elsewhere Few local television stations in the nation can boast of moie experienced personnel or better equipment to do the job X'erve center for the news operation will be a completely equipped news room adjacent to the main studio It will embody the main features of a newspaper city room wire service machines reporters' desks a small copv desk for editing and a facsimile machine for receiving still photos electronically But it will be adapted to the news requirements peculiar to television and will on occasion be used as a TV studio "V1J N- 7 I 5 tow A chilly crated tiie WCKT Swayze in his ninth year as a TV newscaster reaches an audience of 12000000 viewers and ha3 received more than 30 major awards for news commentary "GLAD WE COULD GET TOGETHER" is the familiar sign-off of John Cameron Swayze whose NBC "News Caravan" with a complete coveraae of national and international news will be carried at 6:45 pm Monday through Friday over NS svstem was result of planning by a team consisting of Laffer-tv Biwayne's chief engineer Mil ton Scott architect Stefan Zaeh at and ills consulting engineer John Sasnett and Hill-York's chief engineer Lou Stoll CHARLES HARRISON News Director GORDON SHAW Morning Newscaster Naturally the studio control room and other rooms with heat-generating equipment won't ever need the return warmth They will have to he cooled even when the air outside has a chill Has Fine Record Greene Injured In TV Battle HARRISOV the alert dark-eyed young ex-Philadelphian ho will gpneral the entire operation comes here with an impressive record During his tenure with WFIL he covered the gamut of news from floods and hurricanes to politics and congressional Bal Wish icS NEW YORK Richard Greene title role star of Adventures of Robin is nursing an injured ankle as the result of a screen fight with Jack Melford in "The Imposters new production in the TV series in the battle no punches were pulled Greene's ankle was badly twisted hut after 40 minutes he returned to the set to continue filming though limping badly In 1913 he earned the distinguished service award given annually by (he Radi News Association for outstanding coverage of a news story A television studio is one of the few types of structures which can be a source of its own heat Usually says Laffer-ty secretary-treasurer and sales manager of Hill-York the reverse cycle pump must draw its heat from wells sunk deep In the ground Biseavne's main and radio buildings have 21 hermetically sealed air conditioning circuits Although hooked iitfo a central system each circuit can operate independently according to the comfort requirements of each building area TIip circuits used in the big TV studio have an unusual feature The studio is divided into zones The cooling process in each one thermostatically adjusts itself to the temperature in its Harrison served his apprenticeship with WING Dayton Ohio WHBF Rock Island 111 and WIBU Poynette Wise In addition to his off-camera work Harrison will he on camera with a local news program called Dial" at 630 pm Monday through Friday Unimportant Point of View PHIL KELLEHER Late Newscaster GENE STRUL' To Edit News INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS BY Strut Assistant AS HIS NEWS editor Harrison 1918 Before coming here he Pvl Crosby Sings For Air Force Aid ami Chamber of Commerce citation for outstanding service in behalf of the phjsically handicapped and blind Sam Levenson summer sub for Herb Shriner on "Two for the asked contestant Nayvman Bill Cox Jr a Southerner whether he had met any Yankee girls and if so vvhat did he think of them "From what point of view?" Cox parried "From w'hatever point you've been viewing them! Levenson replied served with the Ohio stations WCOL Columbus Lima and WLW-WSAL Cincinnati WWJ and WJR Detroit and WMAL WBUZ and WOL Wash ington DC A will have Gene Strul who had been with WIOD for 10 years seven of which were as its news director Strul has lived in Miami for 21 years He attended the University of Miami and before joining WIOD's staff worked on The Mi ami Dailv News and the Coral Gables Riviera Regarded As Dean RICHARD PLUMER llUrnrw Good Old Days HOLLYWOOD Gary Crosby of the United States Army lost his touch Bing's No 1 soldier returned to his basic training at Fort Lewis Wash the other day slightly deaf from the cheers of more than 60000 military personnel and civilians who packed a huge hanger at Elmendorf air base in Alaska to hear him headline a show that raised $120-000 for the Air Force Aid society Crosby the only soldier in an otherwise all-IIollvwood cast included "Birth of the Blues" and Blue Skies" in his medley of hit songs Harrison's assistant newscasters on-camera will be veterans Gordon Shaw and Fhil Kelleher both formerly with WQAM The important photographic phase of news coverage will be directed by Jay Spencer formerly of The Miami photographic staff Before joing The Spencer was with Graphic Arts Louisville Ky Hughes Productions Lexington Ky Photography Inc Washington and the Lexington Ky Herald-Leader He is winner of numerous photographic awards Spencer has recruited a team of three cameramen and with more to come as the news operation expands KELLEHER who is generally regarded as dean of south Florida announcers will do the evening news program at 11 pm A veteran of 24 years of broadcasting here Kelleher has one of the best known microphone voices in the area In addition to his broadcasting work Kelleher has busipd himself in Greater Miami's civic and fraternal affairs PL 9-5714 NEW YORK Will Rogers Jr startled viewers of Morning with Will Rogers Jr" the other morning when he read an advertisement for a new car The full price was $295 "Here it is" he said showing a picture of an ancient Fhae-ton "and only 32 years ago you could have bought it" Shaw who will give the news in four segments every half hour in the morning starting at 7:25 am has been in the business since 1935 He had been with WQAM since In 1935 he rereived the Mi CONGRATULATIONS NILES TRAMMEL President HARRISON General Contractor SYSTEM NO 1 YOUR ARCHITECT (STEFAN ZACHAR) HAS PLANNED YOUR ENGINEER (JOHN SASNETT) HAS DESIGNED AND HILL YORK HAS FURNISHED AND INSTALLED A MOST UNIQUE MODERN MULTIPLE UNIT MULTIPLE ZONED REVERSE CYCLE HEAT PUMP CENTRAL TYPE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM OF 185 TONS CAPACITY 1 85-Ten Central combination cooling tower end heat source 64-tea York Central type multiple 5-yeor guaranteed her metie units designed far multiple senes within the large WCKT Studio This system fur nishes heat to central cooling tower in Miami's coldest weather RADIO STATION BUILDING TV STUDIO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES SYSTEM NO SYSTEM NO 4-'V-r RADIO STATION BUILDING 40-Tons York Multiple 5-yeor guaranteed hermetic units designed to air condition end heat (reverse cycle heat pump! three separate senes in this building SOME RECENT HILL YORK INSTALLATIONS TONNAGE FONTAINEBLEAU HOTEL 1050 EDEN ROC HOTEL 700 HOLLYWOOD BEACH HOTEL 750 IVANHOE HOTEL 200 DANIA BANK 100 (MULTIPLE RFVERSI CVCLI YORKAIRES) US POST OFFICE ANNEX 200 (MULTIPLE REVERSE CYCLE YORKAIRES) NOW IN PROCESS 163rd STREET SHOPPING CENTER 1300 AMERICANA HOTEL 750 PALM BEACH TOWERS APARTMENTS 1000 (MULTIPLE UNITSI KENILWORTH HOUSE HOTEL 150 (MULTIPLE REVERSE CYCLE YORKAIRES) 44-Tens York Multiple S-Yeer guaranteed hermetie units designed to removo the large amount of heat from WCKT's power transmitting equipment room These units discharge this heat into the central cooling tower to become a powerful heat source in Miami's coldest weather SYSTEM NO 3 34-Tens York reverse cycle heat pump units cooling and dehumidifying the Administration offices in Miami's warm weather and tronsferlng thru the powerful reverse cycle principle the heat that systems No 1 end Ne 2 ora removing from the studio end the transmitting equipment HILL YORK BROWARD CERTIFIED YORK GABLES YORK 5345 SW 8th STREET Hi 6-1636 2125 ANDREWS AVE FT LAUDERDALE JA 3-7394 304 NE 79th STREET 84-7534 PAN AMERICAN YORK BEACH YORK 1443 ALTON ROAD MIAMI 8EACH JE 8-4716 HILL YORK SALES CORP 1225 SW 8th STREET 82-1411 1225 SW 8th STREET 82-1411- A 3.