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FCC May Test White Spaces<br />
Devices at Major Events<br />
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Most recently, Don Lepore, producer<br />
of NBC’s hit television show Nashville<br />
Star, expressed his concern regarding<br />
new devices in the White Spaces and<br />
invited the OET to come to Nashville,<br />
writing, “To put it in its simplest form,<br />
the perception that there is significant<br />
fallow ‘white spaces’ in cities like Nashville<br />
is just wrong. Nashville Star wants to<br />
extend its expertise and facilities to the<br />
Commission as it sets forth to execute<br />
the Commission’s testing plans at an entertainment<br />
venue.”<br />
The FCC recently began field-testing,<br />
which is open to the public and will<br />
take place over a four-week period with<br />
specific dates, times and locations being<br />
updated regularly at www.fcc.gov/oet/<br />
projects/tvbanddevice/Welcome.html.<br />
“We’re pleased to see this response<br />
from the Recording Academy, POLCOMM<br />
and the producers of Nashville Star,<br />
and we hope that the Commission<br />
will consider taking them up on their<br />
offers,” said Mark Brunner, Shure senior<br />
director of Public and Industry Relations.<br />
“There simply is no substitute for these<br />
types of ‘real world’ scenarios for the<br />
OET to conduct its field tests in order<br />
to determine what will be required to<br />
protect wireless microphones used in<br />
high-profile applications.”<br />
PRG Purchases<br />
Hi-Tech Rentals<br />
NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. — Production Resource<br />
Group, L.L.C. (PRG) Chairman and CEO<br />
Jere Harris has announced that the company<br />
has purchased Hi-Tech Rentals, Inc.<br />
Headquartered in Atlanta, with additional<br />
facilities in Orlando and Las Vegas, Hi-Tech<br />
supplies audio, video, lighting and related<br />
services for trade shows, corporate meetings<br />
and other events. “Hi-Tech has built an outstanding<br />
reputation, a solid inventory and a<br />
strong customer base in these growing market<br />
segments,” says Harris. “They will be an excellent<br />
fit with our other capabilities and markets,<br />
and we expect them to be an important<br />
part of our company going forward.”<br />
“PRG is the gold standard in the entertainment<br />
technology industry and we are excited<br />
about helping the company expand its<br />
presence throughout those markets where<br />
Hi-Tech is well-known and respected,” said Al<br />
Dyess, president, Hi-Tech. “Hi-Tech has built a<br />
solid reputation for outstanding service and<br />
innovative solutions for our customers over<br />
the last 20 years. The marriage of PRG and Hi-<br />
Tech will only serve to enhance that experience<br />
for our current customer base as well as<br />
those customers we hope to work with in the<br />
future,” he added. Dyess will continue to oversee<br />
the Hi-Tech operations.<br />
Hi-Tech will continue to operate out of its<br />
Atlanta office and warehouse, which will become<br />
a key depot for PRG’s products and services.<br />
“The Hi-Tech team is very excited about<br />
this transaction,” observed Dyess. “We are all<br />
very aware of PRG’s market-leading positions<br />
in a variety of entertainment categories and<br />
it’s clear to us that PRG values their people<br />
and understands that while the technology<br />
is a “must have,” the people ultimately make<br />
the difference.”<br />
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News<br />
Training Opportunities Available<br />
MUSKEGON, Mich. — Training opportunities<br />
are taking place across the U.S. for sound<br />
designers, techs and mixers of all skill levels,<br />
including the Worship Arts Technology Summit<br />
and training seminars for L-ACOUSTICS’ DOSC<br />
systems.<br />
A first-of-its-kind training opportunity is<br />
open to all church technicians and musicians<br />
seeking in-depth technology training available<br />
in the areas of audio, musicianship, lighting,<br />
recording and media presentation. The Worship<br />
Arts Technology Summit will be held Sept.14 to<br />
18 in Muskegon, Mich. All skill levels are welcome,<br />
as the training will be presented in structured<br />
technology tracks allowing attendees to begin<br />
with the basics and build upon them with a<br />
series of increasingly advanced class offerings.<br />
Hosted by Shure, Yamaha Commercial<br />
Audio Systems, Inc., Yamaha Corporation of<br />
America and Martin Professional, the event will<br />
be held at the Maranatha Bible and Missionary<br />
Conference Center on the shores of Lake<br />
Michigan. On hand will be Summit sponsor<br />
pro audio experts along with leading worship<br />
musicians and sound and lighting professionals.<br />
In-depth three-day tracks will include Audio,<br />
Musician, Lighting and Media.<br />
Given the “total system approach” brought<br />
about by the debut of the LA4 and LA8,<br />
L-ACOUSTICS has revised its DOSC systems<br />
training seminars to incorporate the new<br />
amplified controller system architecture.<br />
Designed for L-ACOUSTICS systems owners<br />
as well as technicians, mixing engineers<br />
and sound designers using the products,<br />
two summer sessions will be presented at<br />
L-ACOUSTICS US in Oxnard, Calif. — one<br />
focusing on KUDO-based systems, held July<br />
23 and 24, and the other dealing with V-DOSC<br />
scheduled for Aug. 26 and 27.<br />
The new 2008 summer seminars offer<br />
a blend of theoretical knowledge and field<br />
procedures in order to operate and optimize<br />
WST-based systems in a safe and controlled<br />
environment. System seminars can be extended<br />
to a third day — July 25 and Aug. 28 —<br />
dedicated to the manufacturer’s SOUNDVISION<br />
3D acoustical modeling software.<br />
2008 AUGUST<br />
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