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[[/caption]] SAM FORD AND MARTHA TEICHNER [[/caption]]

Sam Ford and Martha Teichner, CBS News Reporters, have been named CBS News Correspondents. Both are based in Atlanta, Ga.

Ford has been assigned to the CBS News Bureau in Atlanta, since March 1978, where he covered the Corpus Christi oil spill (August 1979), racial unrest in Birmingham, Ala. (July 1979) and Pope John Paul II's visit to the Dominican Republic and Mexico (February 1979), in addition to various other stories in the Southeast. He joined CBS News as a Reporter in the New York Bureau in February 1977. One of his major assignments was covering the "Son of Sam" slayings and the subsequent capture of David Berkowitz in August 1977.

Before coming to CBS News, Ford worked as a reporter for WCCO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Minneapolis, Minn.; and in various positions for KMSP-TV, Minneapolis; KSJN-FM, St. Paul, Minn.; and WREN-AM in Topeka, Kansas.

He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas in 1974.

Teichner has been a Reporter in the Atlanta Bureau since joining CBS News in November 1977. Previously, she was with WMAQ-TV in Chicago where she received two Emmy Award nominations while working as a general assignment reporter from February 1975 to November 1977. Prior to that she was  a reporter for WTVJ-TV, the CBS affiliate in Miami (September 1973-January 1975); a reporter-photographer for WZZM-TV, Grand Rapids, Mich. (August 1972-August 1973); a reporter and anchor for WJEF-AM (now WCUZ) and WJFM, Grand Rapids (June 1971-April 1972); and a freelance writer for Almanac Publications (October 1971-April 1972).

A native of Michigan, Teichner is a 1969 graduate of Wellesley College, with a B.A. degree in economics.

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[[caption]] LeBARON TAYLOR [[/caption]]

LeBaron Taylor Promoted to Vice President and General Manager, Divisional Affairs, CBS Records

In a move to fortify CBS Records' ongoing commitment to Black artists, community relations and minority career development, Bruce Lundvall, President, CBS Records Division has announced the promotion of LeBaron Taylor to the newly created position of Vice President, General Manager, Divisional Affairs CBS Records. He will report directly to Bruce Lundvall.

In his new position, Taylor will function in a Senior policy making role representing all of the minority development interests of CBS Records with an additional broad-based overview responsibility for the Black artists signed to and marketed by the Company.

To assure CBS Records' continuing participation in the Black community, Taylor will maintain close ties with the prominent community leaders. He will also act as liaison with record industry trade and Black organizations and will continue to take an active role in various national associations.

Taylor will also oversee CBS Records Group and Divisional policies regarding minority career development. In this capacity he will insure opportunities for promotion of minority executives and will be directly involved in designing special career development programs for mid and top-level Black executives.

Additionally, Taylor will act as an advisor and consultant to the Columbia and Epic/Portrait/Associated labels in regard to marketing and A&R decisions concerning Black and Black-oriented artists.

In making the announcement, Lundvall commented: "We are extremely proud to have a man of LeBaron's experience and capabilities to fill this important role at CBS Records. He has been instrumental in bringing CBS Records' Black music area to its current leadership position in the industry, and he is widely acknowledged for his deep commitment to political and charitable causes. Having worked in virtually every aspect of the recording industry with great success, we look forward to LeBaron's involvement in this new undertaking."

Taylor has served as Vice President, Black Music Marketing, CBS Records since 1974. He began his career twenty years ago at Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) on the engineering staff of University Computation Laboratory, as well as working as broadcast engineer, on-air personality and program director at WCHB in Detroit. He subsequently joined WDAS in Philadelphia, rising to the position of Vice-President and Station Manager, he then moved to Atlantic Records in New York, holding the position of Director of A&R for all black-oriented product until joining CBS Records.

Taylor, a staunch supporter of community relations, is currently on the board of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the Black United Fund, and the Black Music Association, where he is also Recording Division Vice President. He has been honored by many community and business organizations, the most recent of which was Johnson Publications which named him one of the Top Five Black Businessmen of 1979. Mr. Taylor is involved in a host of political, philanthropic and Black organizations including the National Urban Coalition, The Sickle Cell Disease Foundation, the NAACP and many others. In its "Superstars" article, Ebony Magazine proclaimed Taylor as "...the man who's doing more than anyone else to help Black organizations."

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[[image 1 - headshot photograph of Sam Ford]] [[image 2 - headshot photograph of LeBaron Taylor]]