In part II of Waves Revisited we show how PBS volunteers and staff used zine design methods of cut/paste, fonts, illustrations and layout to express the many faces and genres of PBS.
Jane Brownrigg, a finished artist shared her skills working on Waves in the mid 80's. Jane said "it was all pre-computers so scaling of typed text was done on a photocopier! We had page blanks with pale blue marks that indicated page boundaries, margins, columns etc. Pale blue was invisible to the printing plate making process. Photocopies would be cut using scissors or scalpel and steel ruler. They would be stuck down with rubber cement, sticky tape or UHU. Headlines were probably Letraset. (Sheets of rub-down letters available in different fonts and sizes)."
Read on to discover handy hints on how you can go about making your own magazine! Excerpts are from Waves, the PBS listener magazine (1977-1988).
Waves August 1979
Waves team credits: Caroline Kardachi (General Editor, Ray Connell (Features Editor) Maria McGuane (General Coordinator)
Waves June 1979
Waves team: uncredited
Waves June 1979 (Reference: 1979 06 Board)
Waves team: uncredited
Waves August 1979
Waves Aug 1979 team credits: Caroline Kardachi (General Editor),
Ray Connell (Features Editor) Maria McGuane (General Coordinator)
(exemplified here with concrete poetry)
Waves February/March 1983
Waves Feb 1983 Collective credits: Helen Hammersley, Stuart Mitchell, Sue Gill, Joanna Syriatowicz, Susanna Colville
Call for subscribers, Waves June/July 1986
Waves June 1986 Collective credits: Lowanna Cummin, Allison Kelly,
Mick Geyer, Ian White, Mary Baensch, John Brown, Stephen Prolongeau
3PBS-FM subscription form in Waves May/June 1983
Waves May/June 1983 coordinators/contributor credits: Stuart Mitchell, Helen Hammersley
Waves August/September 1984 cover art detailing the catalogue of live recordings produced by 3PBSFM
Waves August/September 1984 collective credits: Ian Stanistreet, Helen Meyer (Proofing), Raymond Mow (Volunteers Committee), Stuart Mitchell (Waves Coordinator/ Layout/Design), Editcetera(Typesetting).
As seen here in Waves December/January 1985 for Joe Camilleri
Waves December/January 1985 collective credits: Lowanna Cummin, Stephen Prologeau, Ian White, Mick Geyer, Stuart Mitchell(Editor)
Birth of Juju music by Michael Hlashwayo p1
Waves December/January 1987 collective credits: Howard Stringer (Editor and Layout), Richard Martin (Typesetting), Heather Hoare (Masthead)
Waves December/January 1987 collective credits: Howard Stringer (Editor and Layout), Richard Martin (Typesetting), Heather Hoare (Masthead)
Waves December/January 1987 collective credits: Howard Stringer (Editor and Layout), Richard Martin (Typesetting), Heather Hoare (Masthead)
Waves 1987 February/March
Waves February/March 1987 collective credits: Nic Economou, Waves Contributors: Chris Russell, Ken Miller, Cate Dowd, Jane Leonard, Brian Wise, Clinton Porteous, Jeremy Smith, Luke Williams, Stuart Mitchell (Waves Coordinatorr), Photo-Offset Productions (Printing)
Waves music survey August/September 1987
Waves August/September 1987 collective credits: Chris Russell, Jane Harris, Patricia Feely, Tony Lea, Caren Campbell, Jeremy Smith, Michelle, Stuart Mitchell (Editor).
Mick Geyer tells us what’s it’s all about in Waves December/January 1985
Waves December/January 1985 collective credits: Lowanna Cummin, Stephen Prologeau, Ian White, Mick Geyer, Stuart Mitchell (Editor).
For more on the Mick Geyer era and the Waves story, check out this four part radio documentary.
For more on the PBS story, check out the 40 Years of PBS Radio book.
To read the first Waves Revisited article, click here.
Credits:
Scans by Bronte Laffin Vines and Alan Fitzpatrick
Artist technique history by Jane Brownrigg
Compiled by Mara Williams
