# Intermittent sound on MSNBC

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intermittent-sound-on-msnbc/529620>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 19, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intermittent-sound-on-msnbc/529620 "2010-02-19T13:52:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intermittent-sound-on-msnbc/529620/1 "2010-02-19T13:52:48Z")

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Drives me nuts, and I’m pretty sure it’s MS-NBC and not my tv or cable provider since the sound only fades out every minutes or so for a few seconds when I’m tuned into MSNBC. I could understand if this happened only once in a great while but the frequency suggests to me that someone ought to have been fired over this lapse by now. Especially considering how talk-heavy the station is by nature, and how often therefore a crucial word or phrase will get blipped out, making no sense of the surrounding conversation. Very frustrating. Has any other MSNBC atcher noticed this lately?