Shane Nugent worked in the TVW videotape area from 1974 to 2004, during which time Channel 7 made the transition to colour. Videotape equipment evolved considerably during this period from quadraplex two inch low-band black and white reel to reel, to two inch high-band colour reel to reel and cassette machines. The technology also improved from manual intensive operation to automatic loading with manual assist, to cassette facilities under automatic operation. The next evolutionary stage for reel to reel was the move to one inch helicon scan equipment that alleviated much of the complexity with having four heads passing over the tape at a 90 degree angle.

Photos kindly provided by Shane Nugent

1976 Videotape Area

Front – Shane Nugent, Rear – Ray Furness

1993 BCN 1” Videotape for time shifting satellite program for local broadcast

1994 Hopman Cup

Left to Right – Phil Holder, Dave Embry, Lisa Fillingham, Adrian Faure

1994 Videotape Telecine

Amanda Gasic (VT Operator), Shane Nugent (VT Supervisor), Brendon Weselman (Traffic Manager)

1994-95 Videotape Telecine

Left to Right – Shane Nugent, Charlie Collins, Lisa Fillingham, Scott Sloggett, Simon Hubbard

1995 ACR-25 2” Ampex Videocartridge Machine

Lisa Fillingham

1997 Staff in Videotape Area

Left to Right – Justin Claney, Mia Medizza (Deceased), Nathan Habbard

Shane Nugent Photo Collection