Why is it always that BBC ONE Daytime music that seems to get played during breakdowns? Its not a very good piece as it only lasts a few seconds before repeating itself!
Some idiot came up with the idea of looping the BBC1 menu music during breakdowns - it's burnt on to the caption and lasts just 30 seconds. If only the announcers used their initiative and reached for the CD player...
Some idiot came up with the idea of looping the BBC1 menu music during breakdowns - it's burnt on to the caption and lasts just 30 seconds. If only the announcers used their initiative and reached for the CD player...
1. It's not "burnt on to" anything.
2. There are no CD players.
3. To me, it seems like quite a sensible thing to do - use music already associated with the channel. It shouldn't be on air for very long anyway.
Some idiot came up with the idea of looping the BBC1 menu music during breakdowns - it's burnt on to the caption and lasts just 30 seconds. If only the announcers used their initiative and reached for the CD player...
1. It's not "burnt on to" anything.
2. There are no CD players.
3. To me, it seems like quite a sensible thing to do - use music already associated with the channel. It shouldn't be on air for very long anyway.
Yes, but to loop the 30 second piece of music ad nauseum? It's like being on the phone to ntl.
Why are there no CD players anyway? Surely there should be something there to act as a backup if there is no alternative music cued up or loaded onto the system or if the computers decide to throw a wobbly?
Some idiot came up with the idea of looping the BBC1 menu music during breakdowns - it's burnt on to the caption and lasts just 30 seconds. If only the announcers used their initiative and reached for the CD player...
1. It's not "burnt on to" anything.
2. There are no CD players.
3. To me, it seems like quite a sensible thing to do - use music already associated with the channel. It shouldn't be on air for very long anyway.
Yes, but to loop the 30 second piece of music ad nauseum? It's like being on the phone to ntl.
Why are there no CD players anyway? Surely there should be something there to act as a backup if there is no alternative music cued up or loaded onto the system or if the computers decide to throw a wobbly?
How long is the average breakdown? You're hardly likely to be listening to it for hours now, are you?
There are no CD players because there are alternative means of playing music.
What some people here don't seem to realise (and this may come as a shock, so you might want to sit down!) is that when a programme falls off air the priority is to get it back on again. Putting some pretty music on while this is done is the least of their worries.
