Enough screaming, already!!!!

[lizbud]

What irritates me is the overly-loud commercials, and repeated commercials.

Believe it or not, there is a law coming to require commercials to
lower the volume. (Make it the same as the program airing).

[sparks19]

Believe it or not, there is a law coming to require commercials to
lower the volume. (Make it the same as the program airing).

seriously?

Thank GOD. I mean.. it's kind of sad that they need to tell these people to keep it at the same volume and not blow our ear drums out everytime a commercial comes on. Unless it's some conspiracy by otologists lol

But nothing annoys me more than loud commercials that scream at you. If anything it makes me refuse to buy their product.

[lizbud]

seriously?

Would I kid you? The bill passed a House vote already, but with so
many pressing issues to deal with, it might sit around for a while.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/...d.commercials/

[Grace]

I totally agree about the screaming - and it isn't just young kids doing it, it's all ages.

I'm another one who turns on the radio instead. We have DirecTV and there is lots of good music on. I have WKAR-FM (Michigan State University) programmed on my kitchen radio. Lovely classical music.

If I'm on the computer, I tune into Sirius Classical Pops.

[chocolatepuppy]

I can't stand the car commercials on the radio! Non stop screaming!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

There is a good free internet radio program I like. It's called
www.pandora.com

You get to pick the sort of music you like and can make your own stations.

[Catlady711]

This screaming thing goes way back, like 10 years or more, America's Funniest Videos winner. The audience voted that a kid screaming out the alphabet was worthy of $10,000. The tv producers, station owners, and others took notice and gave the people what they obviously liked to hear.

[sparks19]

sweet

I liked this line from the article

Suddenly you're jolted from your couch potato demeanor by a commercial break.

LOL this is exactly what it's like... they just forgot the "and praying it hasn't scared your child out of their slumber down the hall"

I'm not DEAF I can hear what you are selling just fine at regular volume and unless your goal is to MAKE me deaf so I CAN'T hear your offer ... well ... it's working lol