Ed Phillips, who co-founded Burbank-based Matthews Studio Equipment in 1969 and was president for nearly 50 years, has died. He was 72.
Phillips, who pioneered the mass production of film and TV set tools worldwide, died "unexpectedly" on June 22, according to a statement from Mse. His son, company president Tyler Phillips, paid tribute to the industry legend.
"Ed, my dad, dearly loved three things in life: his family, the grip industry and the ocean. It's going to be a quiet building without his laugh. I'll pick up his mantle and tell his stories ...
Phillips, who pioneered the mass production of film and TV set tools worldwide, died "unexpectedly" on June 22, according to a statement from Mse. His son, company president Tyler Phillips, paid tribute to the industry legend.
"Ed, my dad, dearly loved three things in life: his family, the grip industry and the ocean. It's going to be a quiet building without his laugh. I'll pick up his mantle and tell his stories ...
Bogart Torelli
2Ch’s Bogart Torelli and ABC’s Glenn Daniel are the latest radio presenters to join Smoothfm’s Sydney station.
Torelli replaces Byron Webb in the drive slot as Webb moves to 1-4pm weekdays to be heard in both Melbourne and Sydney.
Webb replaces Mark Robinson, who has moved to sports radio service Crocmedia to take on a role as content director.
Prior to 2Ch, Torelli spent ten years with Mix 106.5.
The change begins from 5 November.
Recent additions to the Smoothfm line up include presenter Cameron Daddo, and celebrity slots with Seal and Michael Bublé during the station’s launch.
Also moving to Smoothfm 95.3 is Glenn Daniel, currently a news journalist for ABC NewsRadio.
Daniel will join Ed Phillips on More Music Breakfast Show from Monday 26 November.
Paul Jackson, dmg Radio Australia’s group program director said: “We are delighted to have Sydney radio heavyweights and among the best voices on radio,...
2Ch’s Bogart Torelli and ABC’s Glenn Daniel are the latest radio presenters to join Smoothfm’s Sydney station.
Torelli replaces Byron Webb in the drive slot as Webb moves to 1-4pm weekdays to be heard in both Melbourne and Sydney.
Webb replaces Mark Robinson, who has moved to sports radio service Crocmedia to take on a role as content director.
Prior to 2Ch, Torelli spent ten years with Mix 106.5.
The change begins from 5 November.
Recent additions to the Smoothfm line up include presenter Cameron Daddo, and celebrity slots with Seal and Michael Bublé during the station’s launch.
Also moving to Smoothfm 95.3 is Glenn Daniel, currently a news journalist for ABC NewsRadio.
Daniel will join Ed Phillips on More Music Breakfast Show from Monday 26 November.
Paul Jackson, dmg Radio Australia’s group program director said: “We are delighted to have Sydney radio heavyweights and among the best voices on radio,...
- 10/26/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Dmg Radio Australia has today confirmed another rebrand of its second stations in Sydney and Melbourne as smoothfm, which will follow an easy listening “more music and less talk” format. The radio company believes it has identified a significant gap in the market for the format.
The move is another radical change of direction for the stations, which were branded as Vega Radio until March 2010.
The final set of radio ratings for the two Vega stations saw an audience share of 3.4% in Sydney and 3.7% in Melbourne.
The two stations then unsuccessfully relaunched as Classic Rock in an attempt to take on Austereo’s Triple M. However, audience share failed to improve significantly, hovering around 3.6% in both markets.
A year ago, Dmg quietly dropped the Classic Rock brand and moved to the more neutral Sydney’s 95.3 FM and Melbourne’s 91.5Fm, along with the positioning “Classic songs. Classic rock.”
In the most recent set of ratings,...
The move is another radical change of direction for the stations, which were branded as Vega Radio until March 2010.
The final set of radio ratings for the two Vega stations saw an audience share of 3.4% in Sydney and 3.7% in Melbourne.
The two stations then unsuccessfully relaunched as Classic Rock in an attempt to take on Austereo’s Triple M. However, audience share failed to improve significantly, hovering around 3.6% in both markets.
A year ago, Dmg quietly dropped the Classic Rock brand and moved to the more neutral Sydney’s 95.3 FM and Melbourne’s 91.5Fm, along with the positioning “Classic songs. Classic rock.”
In the most recent set of ratings,...
- 5/3/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
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