A familiar TV news catchphrase is to make its way onto radio, warning listeners about upcoming reports that feature the sounds associated with flash photography. A BBC spokesman said last night that the very sound of multiple shutter releases at news events can trigger feelings of dislike among those affected by them. "This has been a matter of some concern for some time," said Frank Barnes, head of newsbothering. "The BBC has asked news photographers to experiment with darker flashes, and we have also experimented with reporting more lower profile items, where fewer photographers are likely to be present. This has met with partial success. But everyone knows the old saying that the pictures are best on radio. A flash going off in a vulnerable person's imagination could cause untold damage."
BBC radio is also experimenting with a cure for the annoying delay experienced when listeners have both a digital and an analogue radio on in the same space. Digital is always slightly slower than analogue, for technical reasons. "The solution is very simple," said deputy head of forward innovation Sally Barker. "We'll ask speakers on digital networks to speak a tiny bit faster, and analogue speakers will speak a tiny bit more slowly, thereby eliminating the gap."
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