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SBES Celebrates Industry Evolution
SBES organisers are marking their 30th show with a special exhibition at this year's event, which takes place in Birmingham over two days in mid November. A stand at the event will host a diverse collection of equipment, representing the dramatic changes that have taken place in sound broadcasting since the early 1970s.
Throughout its long history, the development of the Sound Broadcasting Equipment Show has been in parallel with the tremendous evolution and growth of the industry that it was set up to serve. The idea of the historical exhibition is show just how many changes have taken place since SBES first started. It will bring together items of equipment and photographs, giving a flavour of the types of installation that were in regular use years back, but which have now been condemned to dusty shelves, basements or even the scrap-heap.
Many visitors to SBES will fondly remember equipment such as early NAB Cart Machines and ReVox PR99 reel-to reel 1/4 inch tape machines – although they may not have such rosy memories of maintaining these items, for example to the standards required by the thankfully now long-defunct IBA Engineering Code!! Younger visitors might just be amazed at the sheer size and weight of some of the equipment previously in daily use, and at the lack of display screens to be found only a few years back!
SBES organiser at Point Promotions, Dave McVittie, says: "The idea is to bring back a few memories, and to celebrate the dynamism of our industry which seems to have been going through endless change for as long as anyone can remember". As to where the exhibits will come from, he added: "Point Promotions is writing to exhibitors and prospective exhibitors to see what suitable items and memorabilia they might have lurking in dark corners! Of course, we would welcome contributions from other sources too, and anyone interested in helping out should simply contact me at Point Promotions."
To encourage contributions, the source of individual exhibits will be credited in the exhibition itself, and contributors will also receive a listing within the SBES 2005 show-guide, which will be distributed as usual to all visitors attending the two-day event.
Aware that some items may now be both rare and valuable, Point Promotions have appointed long-term industry insider, Andy Bantock to organise and look after the display at the exhibition. "SBES is going to be something a bit different for me this year and I'm looking forward to seeing just what gems we might be able to bring together – we might even be able to mock up some sort of archaic studio to jog some memories and amuse some of the younger visitors to the show," he says.
The 30th Sound Broadcast Equipment Show takes place at the Pavilion Suite of the NEC Birmingham between 10.00 and 18.00 on Wednesday and Thursday the 16th and 17th of November 2005.
17th May 2005
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