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CALM Act [message #70778] Tue, 03 January 2012 18:05 Go to next message
audioaudio90 is currently offline  audioaudio90
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The CALM Act, which mandates that commercials be at the same volume as TV shows, will finally be enforced at the end of 2012. I cannot wait. Knowing my luck, though, the end of the world will come first. Laughing
Re: CALM Act [message #70780 is a reply to message #70778] Tue, 03 January 2012 18:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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In general, I hate having new laws on the books but this is one thing I'll be glad to see. I wonder why the FCC couldn't regulate that already though.

Re: CALM Act [message #70794 is a reply to message #70780] Wed, 04 January 2012 09:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gofar99 is currently offline  gofar99
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Hi, I'm with Wayne, but I suspect that Fred is right...the world will end first. Very Happy

Good Listening
Bruce
Re: CALM Act [message #70805 is a reply to message #70778] Wed, 04 January 2012 15:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
audioaudio90 is currently offline  audioaudio90
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Hey I'm not Fred! Razz

I don't know why the FCC couldn't regulate it, Wayne, but I wonder if money changed hands somewhere and it wasn't in the FCC's best interest to regulate. Maybe I'm just being paranoid though.
Re: CALM Act [message #70812 is a reply to message #70778] Wed, 04 January 2012 16:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
j0ann3 is currently offline  j0ann3
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That's great news! It's an incredible hassle to keep switching volumes during commercial time, especially when you've reached that perfect volume level while watching tv and you spend five minutes finding it again. (Our TV is connected to the speakers which uses a knob and not the simple up down with numeric values for volumes so that makes it extra hard for us.) Hope they can regulate it properly!

Joanne! xx
Re: CALM Act [message #70815 is a reply to message #70778] Wed, 04 January 2012 19:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
lilbambam718 is currently offline  lilbambam718
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This is the best news I heard all day! I hate it when I'm watching TV at night, and a super loud commercial comes on making me freak out thinking that I'll wake everyone. With the volume staying the same, I won't have to worry about that anymore. This makes me very happy.
Re: CALM Act [message #70833 is a reply to message #70805] Thu, 05 January 2012 10:25 Go to previous message
gofar99 is currently offline  gofar99
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Oops, Embarassed

Good Listening
Bruce
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