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    From williamwright@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 4 03:30:01 2022
    Listening on Freeview. Several short bursts of alarmingly loud raspy
    mains hum during the music. Reminds me of when you push a 1/4" jack into
    a big guitar amp in a careless manner. However I just touched the case
    of the radio and I didn't get a fatal shock, so not so 60s after all.

    Bill

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  • From Brian Gaff (Sofa)@21:1/5 to williamwright on Tue Jan 4 08:41:41 2022
    That has to be their end, I'd have thought, since most interference on DAB
    is only audible as drop outs normally.
    Brian

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    Listening on Freeview. Several short bursts of alarmingly loud raspy mains hum during the music. Reminds me of when you push a 1/4" jack into a big guitar amp in a careless manner. However I just touched the case of the
    radio and I didn't get a fatal shock, so not so 60s after all.

    Bill

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  • From jon@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 19 10:47:04 2022
    I have noticed of late that Classic FM drops out for a few seconds with a tune-in jingle, a little advert is inserted and the playing music
    continues. Is this why BBC radio has dropped out.

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  • From Mark Carver@21:1/5 to jon on Tue Apr 19 12:03:16 2022
    On 19/04/2022 11:47, jon wrote:
    I have noticed of late that Classic FM drops out for a few seconds with a tune-in jingle, a little advert is inserted and the playing music
    continues. Is this why BBC radio has dropped out.
    FM, DAB, or 'on-line' ?

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  • From jon@21:1/5 to Mark Carver on Tue Apr 19 12:34:30 2022
    On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 12:03:16 +0100, Mark Carver wrote:

    On 19/04/2022 11:47, jon wrote:
    I have noticed of late that Classic FM drops out for a few seconds with
    a tune-in jingle, a little advert is inserted and the playing music
    continues. Is this why BBC radio has dropped out.
    FM, DAB, or 'on-line' ?

    Sonos

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  • From Scott@21:1/5 to jon on Tue Apr 19 17:01:00 2022
    On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:47:04 -0000 (UTC), jon <[email protected]> wrote:

    I have noticed of late that Classic FM drops out for a few seconds with a >tune-in jingle, a little advert is inserted and the playing music
    continues. Is this why BBC radio has dropped out.

    Could this be a new approach to advertising to catch the listener's
    attention at the start so they don't walk off and make cups of tea?

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