FCC Releases Language for Wireless Mic Disclosures
The FCC released language that must be used in consumer disclosure forms required in a 2015 wireless mic order. “In adopting a Consumer Disclosure requirement, the Commission explained that consumers will need to be informed of the changes that will…
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affect their use of wireless microphones in the portion of the TV bands that is being repurposed following the broadcast television incentive auction, the conditions associated with their continued use of the 600 MHz service band during the 39-month post-auction transition period, and their need to cease operations in the 600 MHz service band no later than the end of this transition period,” said a Monday order in docket 14-166. The notice must be displayed "at the point of sale in a clear, conspicuous, and readily legible manner" and by mic makers on their websites, the FCC said. The order is by the Consumer and Governmental Affairs and Wireless bureaus and the Office of Engineering and Technology. The FCC requires the notice to say: “This particular wireless microphone device operates in portions of the 617-652 MHz or 663-698 MHz frequencies. Beginning in 2017, these frequencies are being transitioned ... to the 600 MHz service to meet increasing demand for wireless broadband services. Users of this device must cease operating on these frequencies no later than July 13, 2020. In addition, users of this device may be required to cease operations earlier than that date if their operations could cause harmful interference to a 600 MHz service licensee’s wireless operations on these frequencies.”