BBC Breakfast - Annoying Background Studio Noise
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Is it just me?
I find the background noise picked up by the studio microphones in the BBC Breakfast Salfords set so annoying.
Noise hard to describe but a bit like the sound of a gas leak.
If you are listening to the program in a noisy environment you may not have noticed it but it always goes away when they cut to the weather or local news or an outside broadcast.
I have tried to make contact with them but with no response or the technicians reported no problems in a given broadcast.
No other BBC News program has such a sound issue and in the old days a banner would be displayed to apologise for the sound fault.
Automan.
I find the background noise picked up by the studio microphones in the BBC Breakfast Salfords set so annoying.
Noise hard to describe but a bit like the sound of a gas leak.
If you are listening to the program in a noisy environment you may not have noticed it but it always goes away when they cut to the weather or local news or an outside broadcast.
I have tried to make contact with them but with no response or the technicians reported no problems in a given broadcast.
No other BBC News program has such a sound issue and in the old days a banner would be displayed to apologise for the sound fault.
Automan.
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Automan.
I do have hearing problems though in that I filter some frequencies more than others - I can barely hear the headlines when they are reading them thanks to those drums they insist on playing at the same time.
Thankfully Sky nor Al Jazeera resort to playing loud sound effects over the speech so I rarely need to watch BBC.
Slightly confused...both Sky and Al Jazeera have headline beds playing during their top of the hour sequences. BBC Breakfast do not use the infamous BBC News music with the drum beats for their headlines.
Back on topic though - There is a mechanical hum noise on Breakfast (low studio roof perhaps??), although it isn't that distracting. It is most noticeable when they cross to the new weather studio and it is so quiet.
How did the Business reporter get in then? She's as northern as they come!
Their new studio should have near perfect sound as it was built to be a TV Studio and the BBC used to stand for quality in all aspects of broadcasting.
I don't normally watch Breakfast via my 5.1 system, but I've got it on today and I haven't noticed anything too amiss yet. I will watch BBC North West news programmes later as they come from the same studio as Breakfast.
I watch BBC Breakfast news and I dont get this issue? I watch BBC Breakfast on BBC1 HD on Sky (except my local opts), I wonder if the issue exists elsewhere in the transmission chain?
I do notice how low the ceiling is in the studio so I wouldn't be surprised if the air con is being picked up. There does also seem to be quite a high hiss level for a brand new studio.
Same here.
I would have thought that there would always be some low-level background noise, but only audible if you have the volume cranked up or have your ears close to the TV speakers.
The studio has been in use for over a year now so hardly ''brand new.'' Can't say I've noticed this myself.