Audio-Technica provided wireless systems for the 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards, recently taped live at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House and broadcast on the Gospel Music Channel (GMC).
Several featured performers used Audio-Technica Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF wireless systems paired with the AEW-T5400 cardioid condenser handheld transmitters, including co-host Bart Millard of MercyMe; Amy Grant, Francesca Battistelli; Jars of Clay, Tenth Avenue North, Red, Donald Lawrence, Phillips, Craig & Dean, Kari Jobe, and Michael W. Smith.
A-T 5000 Series wireless was also used as part of the mic setup for a gospel medley performance, and additionally the house band used a selection of A-T hardwired microphones throughout the show.
Marc Repp served as the Audio Producer/Broadcast Music Mixer working out of MTV Networks’ Pegasus HD truck; White House, Tennessee-based Blackhawk Audio, Inc., provided the sound system with FOH (front-of-house) mixer Rick Shimer; and Bruce Bodor was the RF Audio Coordinator.
Bodor, whose credits involve wireless work for ESPN and CBS Sports, stated, “For this year’s Dove Awards, using Audio-Technica wireless systems, we experienced zero dropouts, which is always a great thing to be able to say. We had a wide variety of artists singing in different vocal ranges, and the A-T wireless systems performed flawlessly for all with great sound. There was absolutely no distortion, unlike some other wireless systems, and A-T’s wireless is also very user friendly. This adds another level of confidence for the performers, engineers and show producers.”
