When the town's merchants asked how they could find the additional money demanded by this band of extortionists, Gable said, "Tell 'em to put up the price of beans!"
The Commission proposed to make up to 195 megahertz of additional spectrum in the 5 GHz band (a 35% increase) available to unlicensed wireless devices.
The company also recently resolved potential interference concerns with XM Sirius satellite radio that have kept it from making use of additional spectrum it held in the WCS band.
Auerbach received an additional prize for non-classical producer of the year, with his band going on to win best rock performance during the main awards ceremony.