Post #493586 by VampiressRN on Fri, Nov 13, 2009 1:24 AM

More Bilge entertainment for the sleepless... http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=34542&forum=13&1

Why are we still tortured with Billy Mays infomercials...please let him RIP...and stop making my ears bleed. I am so looking forward to this...

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) wants the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to act—against loud commercials. Her "Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act' has just cleared a subcommittee and now moves to the full House Energy and Commerce committee for a vote.

The bill is only a couple hundred words long. It directs the FCC to come up with regulations so that:

• Advertisements accompanying such video programming shall not be excessively noisy or strident
• Such advertisements shall not be presented at modulation levels substantially higher than the program material that such advertisements accompany
• The average maximum loudness of such advertisements shall not be substantially higher than the average maximum loudness of the program material that such advertisements accompany

According to Eshoo, "Most Americans are not overjoyed to watch television commercials, but they are willing to tolerate them to sustain free over-the-air television. What annoys all of us is the sudden increase of volume when commercials are aired… This legislation will reduce the volume of commercials in order to bring them to same level as the programs they accompany."