TORONTO — Eddy Shenker, co-chairman of Jam Industries Ltd., died June 11, 2012 after a short battle with cancer. He was 70. Shenker and Marty Golden formed Jam Industries in the early 1970s. It began as Erikson Music, with less than $1 million in sales. Today, Jam Industries is a $225 million-plus company with 13 Canadian and U.S. divisions.
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RIO RANCHO, NM – It’s no secret that water and electronics aren’t a ‘match made in Heaven,’ and yet location sound professionals frequently find themselves having to contend with wet surroundings. Compound those water-logged environments with saltwater, heavy surf, wind, and ice and the prospect of acquiring production level sound becomes all that much more daunting. For Doug Stanley, 7-year producer and director of photography for Discovery Channel’s show Deadliest Catch, this sort of production issue might very well be viewed as just another day at the office—thanks to his Lectrosonics wireless microphone equipment.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — PreSonus is planning a live webcast from the InfoComm Show in Las Vegas. The company’s 30-minute presentation, Connecting Your Customers with StudioLive, will cover control and connectivity between PreSonus StudioLive consoles and laptop computers, iPads, iPhones and iPod touches.
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LOS ANGELES — Electrosonic upgraded the audio system at Loyola High School’s Hannon Theatre Company (HTC), installing L-Acoustics KIVA system that includes a single central mono array of six ultra-compact KIVA line source enclosures flanked on either side by a KILO low-frequency extension cabinet. Down below, two SB18i subwoofers further augment the bass reinforcement, while a single LA8 amplified controller drives the entire system.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Furman announced that Christos Desalernos, director of sales for Furman’s Pro Division, will conduct a training session at InfoComm 2012 in Las Vegas. The session, titled “AC Power Management for Audio/Video Professionals,” will be held on Friday, June 15, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in room N237 of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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PHILADELPHIA — Tom George of Eighth Day Sound configured the audio system for Union Transfer, a new mid-sized music venue here, that includes a DiGiCo SD8-36 and SD8-24 at FOH and Monitor World, respectively.
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MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — Broadcast Support Inc. provided a dBTechnologies DVA T4 line array system to support the Journey of Faith Easter celebration that drew some 4,000 worshippers to Waller Football Stadium at Mira Costa High School here.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, GA — dB Audio & Video helped Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, based here, equip its new 500-seat sanctuary, which was built adjacent to the old one to meet the needs of the expanding church congregation, with a sound system that includes Danley Sound Labs loudspeakers and subwoofers.
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LUTON, UK — Peter Hearl, senior development manager at Cadac, pictured here, worked with the CDC development team on a video presentation of Cadac’s new digital mix platform. The video is viewable on the Cadac YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/cadacsound.
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LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Board of Advisors announces that the 12th Annual Parnelli Awards will be held Oct. 20 at the Mirage Resort and Casino. To date, more than a dozen sponsors have signed on in support of the annual awards gala. “It’s a big, beautiful room, and it’s the perfect setting for what will be our best awards show yet,” says Parnelli executive producer and FRONT of HOUSE/PLSN publisher Terry Lowe. “It’s conveniently close to the convention center where LDI is held, and is certainly suitable for the amazing group of industry pioneers we’ll be honoring that evening.”
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NEW YORK — The Broadway musical Once was honored with eight Tony Awards this year. Along with “Best Musical,” it swept production categories honoring designers for sound (Clive Goodwin), lighting (Natasha Katz) and scenic design (Bob Crowley).
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LAS VEGAS — Day Two of the three-day Electric Daisy Carnival, held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from dusk to dawn June 8-10, was hampered by winds estimated at 30 mph, with gusts strong enough to kick stinging sand into the air. The high winds had been building since about 8 pm June 9. After meeting with local safety officials, the festival organizer, Insomniac Events, announced a temporary shutdown to the event’s seven stages at about 1 am June 10.
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