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The group included Stoddard P. Johnston, President; A.M. Bleiler, Richard W. Breuner, Robert J. Christ, Rilea W. Doe, Woodburn K. Lamb, W.H. Mordy, John N. Morris, Ingraham Read, John J. Reilly, and M.B. Scaggs.

Ward Ingrim

Ward D. Ingrim began his career as a salesman for KJBS radio in San Francisco in 1931, and later became advertising director at KFRC-AM and Vice-President/Sales for the Don Lee Broadcasting System in Hollywood. He helped establish KTVU and served as its president, treasurer, and Sales Manager until the station was sold to Cox Broadcasting Corporation. Ingrim then retired, although he served as a limited partner in KMST radio in Carmel.

William Pabst

William Dorsey Pabst, KTVU's first General Manager, began his career working at his father's Cadillac agency in San Francisco, after graduating from Stanford University. He moved into broadcasting at KFRC radio. He became known as an innovative station's manager. Among other "firsts", he started a unique program San Quentin on the Air. Before launching KTVU, he served one term as chairman of the National Association of Broadcasters "Television Code Review Board." He retired in 1968 and died February 19, 1996 in his Atherton home on the San Francisco peninsula.

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Along with Executive Director William D. Pabst, the management team of KTVU included Frank G. King, Vice-President and General Manager. Pabst and King had been in radio and television broadcasting and advertising fields since the early '30s.

Other officers of the corporation included: Ward D. Ingrim of Orinda, who was named KTVU's General Sales Manager, Stoddard P. Johnston of Oakland, Edwin W. Pauley, an oil company executive, Harry Lubcke and Willet H. Brown, all of Los Angeles.