Channels 15 August 1992

NEWS
1 Call for new Industry Association for the Lighting, Audio, and AV industry (Mark Carpenter)
3 Editorial: Industry Association; Week in Life of publishing Channels
4-11 News – Industry and Products (photos of Peter Ratcliffe, Steve Leonard; Peter Loermann & Rick Chisholm; John McKissock)
4 Lease Finance Scarce
9 High End Systems mega show (photos of Craig Negoescu, Noel Bourne, Jeff Theisen)
11 Jands announce Biggest Product Tour Yet (peter Twartz)

REGULARS
3 Aux 1 – Industry Movements, Gossip and Hearsay
4 World Supply Line – News from Brands
4 Snippet: Audience putdowns from On the road
11 Glossary Biz Talk – The Letter ‘P’ ie Proscenium: The wall dividing the stage
from the auditorium. Does anyone read this?
12-13 Letters and Abuse, Resources: inc. possible tech correction to Stan Miller piece; Legal letter from Federal Publishing; Rosssound Hire; Support for Sheila Yates; Colin Baldwin responds re costs INXS charity concert
14 International: inc Spinal Tap Mock Show, with Debi Moen, Performance Magazine
14 Production Diary
36 Travel & Leisure – Advice for when you’re travelling
42 Duncan Fry: A short trip across the border into Mexico…
44 Channels People: The society Page (photos of Selecon’s Simon Garrett, LD Peggy Eisenhauer, Debi Moen, Lowell Fowler, Roger Hind, Graeme Monagahan, Francis Taylor, Braham Ciddor, Wayne Kellet, Lee Conlon, Mac Cason, Brett Steele, Gabbi Vendetti,Rod Salmon)
46 Great Mistakes: A PA for Kings Cross strip club on New Years Eve by M. Orland

FEATURES
10 Pro Light & Sound Expo
18 Singapore Tradeshow excels – with Peter Blackmore
21 Lighting Theatre in Russia. Lighting Designer Mark Shelton tells the story to Julius Grafton
23 Studio and Broadcast section: SMPTE Preview; Michael Gissing (pic) new Post Studio Digital City Studio; New products
34 JBL Sound System Design Manual extract Part 2 – Wave Propagation
38 How Strand Blew It! The most extreme case of taking a great business and ruining it. Julius Grafton profiles the company and recent sale (pics of Bob Prosser of Premier Lighting and Durrem Ritchie, Bytecraft, Gordon Richmond, Starlight Tech)

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PRODUCTION
1,15 Jesus Christ Superstar: Massive production explodes across Australia, house records broken as Producers contemplate tricky season extension
15 Richard Clapton Band – polished production
1, 16-17 U2: Zoo TV Tour – Too big for Australia? Lighting and Sound review (Peter Williams LD, Joe O’Herlihy, Sound)
18 Def Leppard in the Round – And it doesn’t work by Julius Grafton

REVIEW
26 Akai DD-1000 Magneto Optical Disk Recorder by Bruce Waite and Dave Macken. They like it, they own it, they tell us why here