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Puresound Using RF Venue’s RF Spotlight To Fight Interference

HOUSTON — Wes Matthew, owner of Puresound, has been using the RF Spotlight antenna from RF Venue to overcome the challenges posed by the crowded radio frequency spectrum in the Houston area, including signal dropouts and RF interference. One of the more recent cases where RF Spotlight helped solve problems was at a megachurch equipped with lavaliers and handheld wireless microphones linked to Sennheiser ew 100 G3 receivers.

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Morrissey North American Tour Canceled Due To Health Issues

LINCOLN, NE — Battling health issues that ranged from the diagnosis of a bleeding ulcer in January to pneumonia in both lungs earlier this month, Morrissey, 53, has been forced to cancel the remaining 22 tour dates on his on-again, off-again North American tour, which had been set to run through May 1. There are no plans to reschedule the shows, said Morrissey’s publicist, Lauren Papapietro.

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Chase Tower and Greg Clinton used DiGiCo SD8s in support of The Pink Floyd Experience

Pink Floyd Experience 2013 Mixed with DiGiCo SD8s

ABBOTSFORD, BC, Canada — Sound Art Calgary provided the sound system driven by dual SD8-36 consoles at FOH and monitors to bring Pink Floyd’s music and showmanship back to fans via a tribute tour across the U.S. and Canada. The 26-city tour, called The Pink Floyd Experience (PFX), took place in February and March. It was produced by Annerin Productions.

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The March 14 accident was captured by Google EarthCam. A portion of an upper row of LED screens appears to have fallen.

Ultra Music Festival Main Stage Accident Injures Three

MIAMI — Three crew members were injured, two critically, when a section of video screen panels suspended some 30 feet above the Ultra Music Festival’s main stage fell during load-in at Bayfront Park here just before 8 p.m. March 14. After extensive safety checks during daylight hours March 15 by federal OSHA inspectors, the fire marshal and structural engineers, the main stage was approved for use and festival performances set for March 15-17 and 22-24 proceeded as planned.

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Anschutz Company Says AEG No Longer for Sale

LOS ANGELES — The Anschutz Company announced that while it had been seeking a buyer for Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) since Sept. 2012, no suitable offer has been made. As a result, AEG is no longer for sale. In a statement released March 14, The Anschutz Company’s owner, Philip Anschutz, also noted that he will be assuming a more hands-on role again with AEG, and that Tim Leiweke, who had served as AEG’s president and CEO since 1996, is stepping down.

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Starin, CIM Specify and Install Behringer Gear for Ohio Church

Starin, CIM Specify and Install Behringer Gear for Ohio Church

DEFIANCE, OH — Starin Marketing and CIM Technology Solutions, which serve as, respectively, distributors and dealers of Behringer products, steered St. Paul Evangelical Church, based here, toward a new system centering on a cluster of Eurocom CL Series 3-way loudspeakers that covers most of the sanctuary. Starin and CIM also specified and installed CL106T to supplement the CL3264 and CL3296 elements in the central cluster.

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