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Wasn't there another law limiting commercial volume levels on TV years ago?
I see that the CALM Act is going to be enforced soon. I was told when I was a youngster (Circa 1975) that there was a law limiting the volume of commercials. Why doesn't that law still hold? Was it just an urban legend or something?
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- TeeknoLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Well, it's not a law, it's an FCC regulation. But yes, it exists. And it does still hold: the advertisers make sure their ads are the loudest permissible under the regulations.
It seems that the ads are extremely loud, but also note that at the end of an act on a TV show (an "act" is the segment between commercials), the volume of the show is often quiet in order to punctuate a dramatic moment -- and then the commercial that follows it SEEMS louder, in much the same way a penlight shone in a dark room seems extremely bright.
