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Redtwooo t1_itra14e wrote

Reply to comment by Keshire in Suffolk's GenX Radio presenter Tim Gough dies on air by Melodic_Oil_2486

The station staff probably put music on once someone noticed it was playing dead air.

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TheHolyHerb t1_itrha9x wrote

It may have also been automatic. Many stations have dead air sensors that pick up and start playing something else because stations can be fined by the FCC for broadcasting dead air if it last awhile.

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zjm555 t1_itrrlsg wrote

This was in the UK, so not governed by the FCC, but they may have similar rules.

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TheHolyHerb t1_its3ran wrote

Oh, my bad. Like a true redditor I didn’t actually read the article to see where the station was located at.

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