ORLANDO – Owens AV Design owner Bob Owens provided 12 dBTechnologies Arena 12 speakers for the recently-opened Draft restaurant and nightclub. He called the gear easy to install and noted that "the customer was really happy with the sound quality."
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO – Wohler Technologies named Don Bird chief marketing officer (CMO), a newly created position. With a 30-plus-year career in the media and cinema industries, including more than 20 years in executive management, Bird will lead all of Wohler's sales, marketing, and product line management operations.
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LONDON and JOPLIN, MO – Orange Amplifiers is working with fellow musicians and others in the music industry to donate gear and memorabilia for "Music Aid for Joplin," an auction fundraiser accepting bids from July 18-Aug. 24 on FameBureau.com. Proceeds will benefit victims of the tornado that destroyed much of Joplin, MO on May 22, killing 153 and injuring close to 900.
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NEW YORK – Calvary Baptist Church, founded in New York City in 1847 as an independent Baptist church, has been in its current location on Manhattan's West 57th Street since 1931. Over the years, the church has undergone a series of renovations, and recently upgraded its audio system with the installation of JBL VRX Series Constant Curvature, AE Series Compact and CBT loudspeakers.
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NASHVILLE – Looking to trim ticket prices despite soaring fuel costs on its Love Come to Life Tour, Nashville-based Christian rock band Big Daddy Weave slimmed down production by trading conventional loudspeakers and amp racks for Meyer Sound's MINA compact line array loudspeakers. This tour was the first for MINA, the newest addition to Meyer Sound's MILO family of self-powered line array loudspeakers.
Read More »KIDDERMINSTER, U.K. – Music Group announced organizational changes at Midas and Klark Teknik following the departure of former MD John Oakley at the beginning of June. Ian Riley, who joined Midas and Klark Teknik from Harman earlier this year, has been named VP Operations and R&D, while Jonathan Chitty is VP Customer Support, a new division which handles day-to-day commercial and financial matters.
Read More »ORLANDO, FL – Eight audio manufacturers have formed an organization whose mission is to secure the standardization of the Open Control Architecture (OCA), a media networking system-control standard for professional applications. The founding members of the alliance include Bosch Communications Systems, d&b audiotechnik, Duran Audio, Loud Technologies, Media Technology Systems, PreSonus Audio Electronics, Salzbrenner StageTec Mediagroup and tc Group.
Read More »ORLANDO – InfoComm has recognized Meyer Sound as a Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) Program Provider. Offered by the company's worldwide education program, the two-day seminar on "Fundamentals of System Design, Implementation and Optimization" is now a CTS-accredited curriculum. Participants completing the seminar can earn six renewal units (RUs) toward the program's requirements for maintaining certified status as CTS general, CTS-D (design), or CTS-I (installation).
Read More »LAS VEGAS – The deadline for FRONT of HOUSE readers to nominate the top regional sound companies in the U.S. and Canada is coming up:… Read More »June 30 Deadline for 2011 Hometown Hero Sound Company Nominations
Read More »ORLANDO, FL – Peavey announced that participants in its MediaMatrix Certification training courses now earn renewal unit credits for InfoComm's Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) and Certified Technology Specialist – Design (CTS-D) professional credentials upon completion of the MediaMatrix Basic or Advanced courses.
Read More »ORLANDO, FL – Aviom named Mark Meding regional sales manager for the eastern U.S. and Canada. Meding's years of experience in the pro audio industry include owning his own rep firm and representing companies through another manufacturers' rep firm. He also has experience working for systems integrators.
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ASUNCION, Paraguay – NJ Audio & Lighting supported a mid-May celebration of Paraguay's bicentennial with Proel Edge bi-amplified monitors for the main stage and two Proel Axiom clusters with relative sub-woofers for side-fills.
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