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Originally Posted by ugotme
I may be wrong but . . .
It is my understanding that the ads can be no louder than the show. However, I believe this is not only the spoken word BUT the music.
Therefore if ANY part of the music is loud that is the level that the commercials can be up to. This may not give us as much relief as we might like.
We shall see.
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Here is the rule:
"the FCC's rules require television commercial advertisements to have the same average volume as the programs that they accompany.The FCC's new rules require TV stations, cable operators, satellite TV operators and other pay TV providers to limit a commercial's average volume to that of the programming that it accompanies. A commercial may have louder and quieter moments, but, overall, it should be no louder than the surrounding programming."
Seems clear to me that the words average and overall would cover your concern that all they need to do is match the loudest sound in the programming.