Following three years of advocacy, Recording Academy members secured a victory on Sept. 23, 2010, when the FCC voted to protect wireless microphones in its reallocation of the "white spaces" of the wireless spectrum. The commissioners unanimously voted for the order that creates two dedicated channels in every market for the microphone uses, as well as access to a national database for wireless mic users to register for more frequency, if needed.

The Producers & Engineers Wing and The Academy's Advocacy & Government Relations department have been active on this issue, beginning in July 2007 when P&E Senior Executive Director Maureen Droney first alerted the broader music industry to the problem in a Billboard editorial. Since then, the Wing and Advocacy department have lobbied Congress on the issue and filed documents with the FCC at crucial decision points. The campaign reached a peak in April when 250 Academy members from across the country came to Washington, D.C., to lobby on the issue.