Sennheiser, Shure Defend Vacant Channel Recon Petition
Sennheiser fired back at NAB for slamming its and Shure's petitions for reconsideration on an order terminating docket 15-146 on use of vacant channels in the TV band to provide spectrum for TV white space devices and wireless mics (see…
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2107280036). There's "overwhelming support" for the petitions, "including from the broadcast engineers involved in content creation,” a Sennheiser spokesperson emailed: “Enactment of the proposals set forth by the FCC in the UHF vacant channel NPRM would benefit countless motion picture and music producers, critical news gathering, theaters, touring production companies, educational institutions, houses-of-worship, and a wide variety of other commercial and civic activities.” Shure also commented. “Over 150 parties expressed overwhelming support for the FCC to revisit the issue and NAB was the only party opposing,” emailed Ahren Hartman, vice president-quality engineering: “The FCC should scrutinize NAB’s claim that some markets do not have an open channel, and even if that were the case, which Shure believes it is not, the record is clear that there would be significant value to wireless microphone users to allocate a vacant channel where feasible even if that cannot be done in every single market.”