Tribute to Jan Vermazen and an era of Film Jan Vermazen Jan Vermazen was one of the original Channel Seven Perth employees, and a very important person during the film era. Early news staff included not only Darcy Farrell as News Editor, but also journalist Ross Cusack, cine cameramen Peter Goodall, Digby Milner, […]
“Help people, Jimmy” – the life of Jim Cruthers John Cruthers I’d like to thank you all for being here today to farewell our Dad, Jim Cruthers. I’ll be speaking about Dad’s early days and our family life together. Bill McKenzie will talk about Dad’s work as a broadcaster, while Ian Constable will cover […]
Sir James Cruthers Professor Ian Constable We all know of the long and exceptional service to the WA community of Sir James Cruthers. Thus to honour his life and service in this hallowed cathedral is truly uplifting. Jim was a choir boy here in his early life and 70 years later a philanthropic leader […]
POPPA JIM Sam Cruthers Every year, for as long as I remember, our family would travel to Perth for summer holidays with Nanna and Poppa. We stayed in their house at Bird Street, Mosman Park, with its great back yard. It was near Cottesloe Beach, the Swan River, Chidley Point Golf Club and the […]
Tribute to Sir James Cruthers (1924-2015) Sir James Cruthers (1924-2015) passed away peacefully on Tuesday 13th October, aged 90. He was the founder of TVW Channel Seven in Perth, the first television station in Western Australia, which opened on Friday 16th October 1959. A Eucharist to celebrate the life of Sir James […]
Lois Fildes the Television Wife who made a Big Difference The unsung hero of the early days of commercial television was the wives of key people working in the industry, for the husbands often worked long hours to establish the stations. There were also financial pressures within the companies until they could recoup […]
Archiving of Local News Film from Channel 9’s Library Over the past year and more Terry Spence, former News Director, together with former Chief Film/Tape Editor Geoff Wallace and freelance News Cameraman Daryl Binning, have been on a rescue mission. The team has been evaluating what should be preserved from STW Channel 9’s […]
TVW Female Staff Uniform – Modesty Issues Well before the bikini, the two or even one piece swimming suit there was a more stringent attitude to the morality of dress and how much skin could be shown in western society. Morality or modesty seemed to also to be the issue during the early […]
Tribute to Bill Meacham (1929 – 2014) We sadly and belatedly report the passing of former Seven Perth senior News and documentary cameramen Bill Meacham in January of 2014. Bill was the last survivor of a generation of TVW cameramen that included Digby Milner, Tom Hall, Lu Belci, Stan Jeffery, Matt Williams and […]
Channel Nine Perth is Moving to a New Home Channel Nine Perth is moving from Dianella into a new home at 253 St Georges Terrace in late 2016. Aerial View It will have a state of the art fully digitised studio and an outdoor video wall. Ground View This will cover approximately 2,500 […]
