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Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act

To require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany.

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6/9/2008--Introduced.
Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe a regulation prohibiting advertisements accompanying video programming from:
(1) being excessively noisy or strident;
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June 20, 2008 Bill Would Lower TV Commercial Volume

Her bill (HR 6209), would require that commercials be aired at the same volume level as the programs they accompany. The Commercial Advertisement Loudness ...

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January 21, 2009 The CALM Act

Have you noticed that commercials seem absurdly loud compared to what you are watching? Well, the reason they seem that way is because they are. I suppose the point of this is to get you to pay attention instead of having a conversation ...

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December 12, 2008 Late at night + loud commercials = no good

randyhaddock:. I really hope this bill gets passed. As trivial as it may seem, itâs pretty shady of broadcasters and advertisers to purposely pump up the volume of commercials in order to attract the eyes/ears of viewers. ...

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October 22, 2008 Congress wants to lower TV Comercial Volume

FTA: House representative Anna Eshoo (DâCA) and co-sponsor Zoe Lofgren (DâCA) have introduced House bill HR 6209. Called the CALM (Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation) Act, it directs the FCC to establish new regulations to ...

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Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act