Vale Dr Russel Perry AM     Dave Berinson copied advice of this to Kevin Campbell, who in turn has copied it to colleagues who either worked with or were associated with Russel Perry.     Kevin said that, “He was a champion “bloke” in all respects and his death is very sad indeed.”     Richard Ashton added, “Golly, my old boss, what a sad loss. I used to help with some of his Rugby shows. I agree with you Champion bloke. Good TVW management man too, including Telethon.”     Russel Perry was employed...

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 sqm across three buildings.     From next August, the viewing public will be able to come into the city and see what Nine Perth is doing close up, bringing the News to the community in a whole new way. Channel Nine is moving to a new home ...

Nine Perth’s 50th Birthday    Its Nine Perth’s turn to celebrate their 50th anniversary when the station broadcasts a special titled “50 Years – The Channel Nine Story” at 8.30 pm on Wednesday 17th June 2015. STW 9 50th Anniversary Special – 8.30 pm Wednesday 17th June 2015 WA TV History John Cranfield had Nine’s Michael Thompson and Terry Spence on 6PR’s “The Way We Were” to discuss the 50th Anniversary of STW 9. Nine Perth is broadcasting their 50th special at 8.30 pm on Wednesday 17th June 2015.     STW veterans...

  Celebrating Radio, TV, Theatre and Cinema history at WA Day service Tony Howes has kindly alerted us to the following event…     On Sunday 31st May at 5pm in St George’s Cathedral, Perth, in a service celebrating “WA Day”, four new plaques will be blessed to commemorate the contribution to WA Heritage of pioneers of our theatre and arts worlds. The plaques are then placed on Australia’s only Theatre Memorial, which is housed in the West End of the Cathedral (similar to Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey). The four persons who have been nominated by interested persons and then...

Capital Radio story on coming TVW-SEVEN Reunion Tony Howes interviews Keith Bales     Tony Howes of Capital Radio 101.7 FM interviews Keith Bales a veteran of 6KY, TVW7, STW9, News Corporation, Walt Disney and many other ventures about the latest reunion of television staff in Perth, Western Australia.     This is a last call for former TVW-SEVEN staff who wish to partake in a Reunion on Sunday April 19th, 2015.     We keep losing key people every year from the pioneering era in Western Australia, hence the urgency to have another reunion...

Crisis for Local Community Television     Since multi-channel free-to-air television went digital, the amount of program choices has increased, but its not always what the public wants. The viewer is heading online to satisfy their needs, with the government and free-to-air station’s answer for more eyeball fodder, being the abundance of dedicated shopping channels that swell our airwaves. Channels that are devoid of program content are not in the spirit of the original TV licensing conditions set in 1956, for stations showing non-stop commercials do not involve community enriching...

    We ask if past and present staff of TVW wishing to attend the Seven Staff Reunion and Studios Wake on Sunday April 19th, 2015, can kindly please register your intent to participate. This will be greatly appreciated so that catering arrangements can be made.    The event will be held at the Moon and Sixpence at 300 Murray Street, Perth. The traditional British Pub located near the corner of William Street and Murray Street. This event will be happening between 2pm and 5pm, with an option to kick on until closing time.    We need to know this...

2015 TVW-SEVEN REUNION at the ## Please Note – CHANGE OF DATE ## Sunday April 19 To avoid Anzac Day long weekend with people going away Address: 300 Murray Street, Perth WA 6000 Phone: (08) 9338 5171     As we were unable to gain access to the original TVW studios one last time, the management of the Moon and Sixpence kindly made their venue available for past and present Seven staff and partners to conduct a Wake-Reunion to commemorate the 55 years of television that emanated from the old studios at Dianella.    ...

Life and Work on the Other Side of Your TV ScreenEngineering TVW7 in the 1960s and 1970s     The Australian Museum of Motion Picture and Television (AMMPT) not only conduct the Sunday morning Classic Movies at the Cygnet Cinema once a month, but also have regular In Focus Presentations, where historians or veterans of cinema or television describe some facet of their respective industries. This month AMMPT was graced with the presence of John Quicke, a former Chief Engineer at TVW Channel 7, who oversaw many important developments during the 1960s and 1970s.    ...

Last Seven Perth News from the Dianella Studios Sunday 22nd February, 2015     Not only was Seven veteran Richard Aston present for the last News bulletin from the old studios, but he was one of the two studio cameramen for the opening of the station and the variety show and first News bulletin on Friday 16th October, 1959. Gordon McColl was the other cameraman.     The invitation to witness the last bulletin on Sunday 22nd of February, 2015, was kindly extended to Richard by Chris Wharton, the Chief Executive Officer of Seven West Media WA. Last Seven Perth News...