XM Comedy goofs lately?

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Anybody listen to XM/Sirius comedy channels? I really love those channels, but I've noticed lately that two comedy bits will play at the same time, what's up with that?

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I've heard that, too. It's supposed to be all automated so, even if the host isn't in the studio (which they usually aren't) inaudible hi-frequency tones are placed at the end of the bit. That tone is picked up by the automation equipment and it's supposed to fire off the next bit while killing the audio on the previous one. If the tone is placed wrong during recording/transfer - or the equipment "hears" the tone early or doesn't kill the previous bit, or if ther's bee a continuing problem 9which is what i think is happening) you'll hear one over the other. Very annoying.

I can see it in my head though, 'cause it's happened to me. When you wander the halls, or use the restroom or if you're an intern or production person responsible for monitoring that station and you're at one end of the station and the studio's down the hall around the corner when you hear the problem, you go flying, burst into the studio and dump the audio to the previous bit (or in a music station - song).

Then, like a cat who misses a jump, you try to ignore that it ever happend hoping no one noticed ;<)

(Someone usually does - and you hear about it in no uncertain terms).

-a guy named duh

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been there - ouch!

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ok tnx