Teleklew Productions, Inc.

Santa Monica, CA, USA based parent company founded in 1950 by American bandleader Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra to produce The Lawrence Welk Show on ABC-TV (Tele plus Welk in reverse = Teleklew.) Expanded into music publishing with subsidiary Welk Music Group's aquistion of the Harry Von Tilzer catalog in 1957. Since diversified into event promotions; motion picture and video distribution; hotels and residential property management. The family remain active partners through the The Welk Group, Inc., Escondido, CA.