[jc]

As I thought: there'd be circumstances in which the backup machine would have to be switched off. - jc

[Sidders]

Who listens to Radio 3 anyway?

[jimmy g]

Not many people.

It must be longer for some stations than others as sometimes on Radio 3 you have about a minute of silence in the name of art and no crazy dat kicks in.

BBC to broadcast silent orchestra

The BBC is to broadcast a live radio performance of an orchestra playing four-and-a-half minutes of silence. John Cage's seminal work 4'33" will be the highlight of a concert on Radio 3. The piece consists of four minutes and 33 seconds' worth of nothing. In readiness for the performance, Radio 3 bosses will have to switch off their emergency back-up system - designed to cut in when there is an unexpected silence on air. The work has never been performed by an orchestra or broadcast on national radio in the UK before. The BBC describe Cage's piece, written in 1953, as "ambient silence". It will be broadcast as part of the station's annual Composer Weekend at the Barbican on Friday. TV viewers will be able to tune into BBC Four an hour later and watch the orchestra "performing" the piece.

http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/st ... 55048.html

What a coincidence, that story was only from yesterday .

[Mk.]

errr....yeah that's it of course kendra.

Or, alternatively, thought that Tial might simply have been interested??? No? Okay, never mind.

Cheers by the way, that was damn interesting. Good on ya.

And just to reconfirm, yes, it is 15 seconds. It's been mentioned on air a fair few times.

[Bridgie]

the emergency DAT just kicked in on mark n lard (dick for today).

played a radio 1 jingle then eminem

[Uglybob]

i bet it was lose yourself

[Jonny Hoare]

yep thats the new emergency dat
when the link to manchester goes down!

[jimmy g]

Indeed. They said 'and we lost ourselves for a minute then' afterwards.

[markandlardrule]

ohh i wondered who this dick person was! i heard that part ................just that part.

cause i thought it was really strange that coxy played it on her show too!

it was because lard wasnt there!