YAY - Volume of TV Commercials to be Regulated!

[TornadoWoman]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established new rules for the volume of television commercials that started on December 13, 2012. The new regulation, known as the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, requires commercials to have the same average volume as the programs they accompany. The CALM Act requires TV stations, cable operators or other multichannel video program distributors to apply specific FCC practices to commercials they transmit.

If you hear a commercial louder than the TV show it accompanies,  you can file a complaint with the FCC by providing detailed information about the commercial.  You can file a complaint about a lot of other things here, too!

http://www.fcc.gov/complaints

 

[Grandma Helen]

Wow, all these years I thought it was my imagination.  Always good to find out I'm not nuts.  :)

[Zochitl]

That's great news thank you TN.

[CaliforniaNow]

And now maybe they'll force all the various networks/channels to be the same volume, too.

[Woody Woods]

Good to hear.....

[Sherrie Little]

I heard about the new rules coming so I paid attention.  My TV is on all day when I'm working at home and I always noted the commercials were so much louder than the program, so I was glad to hear of these rules.  I have been paying attention and so far it's working on the programs I watch.  I'm going to keep paying attention and I will file a complaint if I hear a commercial louder than the program it's on.  It is annoying to have to turn the TV down for a commercial.

Thanks TW for the FCC address, good to know for the future.  I will play closer attention now!

[TornadoWoman]

You're welcome, Sherrie!