Being jolted out of my seat by blaring commercials as I relax to the nightly news is one of those pet peeves I thought I would just have to live with. But, thanks to Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi (R), that annoyance might not last much longer. This week, Wicker introduced a bill requiring the FCC to prohibit commercials from playing at a higher volume than the shows they interrupt. Called the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM), the bill is sponsored in the House by Democrat Anna Eshoo.

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