NILES, IL– As part of The History Channel’s “Great Inventions Week,” Shure was featured on the May 16, 2007, episode of Modern Marvels called 60s Tech. A popular program that celebrates ingenuity, invention, and imagination, Modern Marvels tells the fascinating stories of the doers and the dreamers who created everyday items, technological breakthroughs, and man-made wonders. more

Shure Applauds Growing Bipartisan Support For Legislation To Protect Wireless Microphone Systems From Interference

NILES, IL– Sandy LaMantia, President and CEO of Shure Incorporated, praised several legislators who are supporting H.R. 1320, The Interference Protection for Existing Television Band Devices Act of 2007. more

Five Seniors Capture Original Composition With A Palette Of Shure Mics

NILES, IL- Shure Incorporated announced that a five-member team from the Music Production and Engineering Department at The Berklee College of Music is this year’s winner of the third annual “Fantastic Scholastic Recording Competition.” The five-member team of Kevin Brewer, Ian Kagey, Mike Laglia, Miquel Lara, and Jorge Velasco, with faculty advisor, Music Production and Engineering Department Chairman, Rob Jaczko, won this year’s contest with an original composition by Farah Siraj entitled Pienso En Ti (copyright 2007 Farah Siraj, arrangement Jorge Velasco & Andres Rothistrovsky). more

Paul Ramsay Is On Board With The Who

NILES, IL– For a guy who started out by mixing bands in cramped English pubs, Paul Ramsay has certainly worked his way up the rock and roll ladder. Today, he mans the front of house mix for the Who–a job that not only involves overseeing the live sonic blend, but feeds to various Internet streams, multi-track recordings and DVD soundtracks. It‘s akin to juggling six balls at once–Ramsay, 34, approaches the task with as much aplomb as Roger Daltrey twirling his trademark, duct-taped SM58, and he learned the ropes using Shure mics, right from the start. more

The three independent rep firms that represented Bosch Communications Systems brands Electro-Voice, Midas and Klark Teknik in Canada have joined forces to create one unified national rep firm: PAG Canada, Ltd. The three principals are Mark Kulas (KMT Pro Audio), John McArthur (Lebanna Solutions Inc.) and Gilles Elhadad (Acoustik GE Inc.). more

“X-Line is the ideal system for a multi-band bill, as these two events (Concert for Diana and Live Earth) demonstrate… And then there’s Metallica, full-on heavy rock, and we had to fill a stadium where the top seat is 47 metres above the pitch. X-Line has the flexibility to deal with the changes in conditions and the changes in demands.” — Bryan Grant, MD, Britannia Row. more

Shure Remains A Favorite At The ACMAs

LAS VEGAS, NV–With Randy Faustino at FOH position and an array of Shure microphones onstage, this year‘s Academy of Country Music Awards was one to remember. “It is always a pleasure to have Shure microphones at this event. They make my job at FOH easy,” stated Faustino. more

Shure-funded research study by Sensaphonics, LSU and duPont Hospital shows effectiveness of protective devices in reducing risks

NILES, IL– Shure Incorporated has revealed the results of a study recently presented at the American Academy of Audiology annual meeting confirming that musicians suffer a higher incidence of hearing loss than the non-noise exposed population at large. more

Winning Entry in Student Film Competition Relies on VP88 Stereo Mic, FP24 Mixer

NILES, IL– A team of four students in a documentary film competition held at the 60th Annual Cannes Film Festival walked away with top honors using little more than a Panasonic PV-GS250 MiniDV camcorder and audio equipment including a Shure VP88 stereo microphone and FP24 field mixer. more

Shure Microflex Microphones Give Voice to Contestants on NBC‘s “1 vs. 100”

NILES, IL–Described variously by television critics as a “tense battle of brains and guts”, and “mindless entertainment you don’t have to be ashamed of getting sucked into”, if anything is certain about NBC’s “1 vs. 100″, it’s that there are probably more contestants on the set than at any other time in game show history. Every contestant must be heard in the proceedings, of course, and to that end, Shure may just emerge as the series’ most consistent winner thanks to its contribution of 100 Microflex microphones for use onscreen by the show’s “mob”. more