NAB supports the Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection...
NAB supports the Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act of 2013, President Gordon Smith told Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., in a letter released Friday. On Thursday, Rush introduced HR-2911. It would require the FCC to expand Part 74 license eligibility…
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to wireless mic users, create “safe haven channels” for wireless mics and let owners and operators of such mics access TV band databases to help prevent interference (http://1.usa.gov/145kyd7). It was referred to the House Commerce Committee. Smith called the bill “a step in the right direction” and “vital” for broadcasting. “Without safe haven protections for these operations, broadcasters may not be able to provide on-the-scene coverage of breaking news, emergency information, political events and other time-sensitive situations,” Smith wrote in last Monday’s letter (http://bit.ly/1bSxuJa). “The spectrum available for these essential operations is already congested, and likely to become more so in the future.” Sandy LaMantia, president of mic and audio electronics manufacturer Shure Inc., also praised the bill Thursday. The company applauds Rush’s “continued commitment to maintain the high level of quality sound that Americans have come to expect during their live entertainment, sporting, and religious events,” she said in a statement (http://prn.to/145mjXB).