interval signal technical
tuning signal

We will play an interval signal until the announcement is ready.

It uses several bars from the English folk song of the same name as its interval signal.

For many years the song's melody was used as the Voice of America's interval signal.

Vatican Radio's interval signal is a well-known sound on shortwave radio.

The first two bars of the song are used as an interval signal on North Korean radio and television.

The song was actually a reworking of an earlier interval signal created by Fagandini.

The interval signal of Ö1 is a three-note chord, played on a viola.

The interval signal is identical to the one of Korean Central Television.

Although there was no picture just now, the raster showed the repeated sawtooth flash of the interval signal.

The first few bars are the interval signal of Österreichischer Rundfunk's international programs.

The pirate station's programming consists of a collection of interval signals from other broadcasters around the world.

Interval signal is music of the "Bandura".

The promised interval signal was played; the chimes, altogether incongruous, of Bow Bells.

The numbers station "Swedish Rhapsody" got its name after listeners believed this piece of music was used as the interval signal.

In other languages, the interval signal is three notes, pitched B-B-C.

Radio Netherlands: Radio Botswana is also famous for its interval signal.

The melody is one that is well known to all Danes, having been used as an interval signal on Danish radio since 1931.

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Numbers stations are often given nicknames by enthusiasts, often reflecting some distinctive element of the station such as their interval signal.

A typical program line-up begins with the interval signal, followed by the station announcement "This is Voice of Korea".

The use of interval signals has declined with the advent of digital tuning systems, but has not vanished.

Unlike most international broadcasters, "Voice of Korea" does not broadcast an interval signal in the minutes leading up to the start of the transmission.

The first two bars of the tune were used as an interval signal on the numbers station known as Lincolnshire Poacher.

In addition to these tunes, the BBC World Service also uses several interval signals.

From day three, a networked tuning signal was used.

The station's trademark Moscow Nights tuning signal is played every 30 minutes.

This second (now decommissioned) tuning signal was also known as a "slewing signal".

Despite this widespread belief, the cartoon was shown in its entirety and then followed by an announcement of later scheduled programming (which wasn't shown) and tuning signals.

On the first day of the service, an insert of the local 'Picasso' tuning signal was tried along with a local start-up tune before switching to the national output.

Trivia time: Channel 5 is the only terrestial station never to have had a test card (though before launch it did have a tuning signal caption), and has provided a 24-hour service from day one.

On the left of the picture is the clock, known affectionately as "Little Ben", while next to it is the tuning signal card which had a real clockface so that even for unusual transmission starting times, the correct time could be shown.

An interval signal, or tuning signal, is a characteristic sound or musical phrase used in international broadcasting and by some domestic broadcasters, played before commencement or during breaks in transmission, but most commonly between programmes in different languages.

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