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RichardCoulter · 01-02-2022, 10:11

I can't sleep properly at the moment (pain), so I now sleep downstairs and leave the TV on Radio 4 overnight to keep me occupied and hopefully help me get back to sleep after the times I wake up. After Radio 4 closes for the night, it goes over to broadcast the World Service.

At 3am last night I was awoken, not to the expected Radio programmes, but to sounds of weird tones and the noise that we used to hear when we had dial up when it was connecting.

I'm a bit frightened to be honest as, after falling asleep again and hearing the normal programmes when I woke up again later on, i'm wondering if I was hearing sounds that weren't really there (I have a brain injury).

Was anyone else listening to the World Service via Radio 4 in the early hours of this morning at about 3am that can confirm whether these noises were actually there or not?

Would Virgin or the BBC have replaced the broadcast with this as a test or due to a fault?

I'm just trying to put my mind at rest as I can't stop thinking about this today.

Many thanks.

01-02-2022, 10:11	#1
RichardCoulter cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10,719	Strange noises when listening to Radio 4 at 3am last night.. I can't sleep properly at the moment (pain), so I now sleep downstairs and leave the TV on Radio 4 overnight to keep me occupied and hopefully help me get back to sleep after the times I wake up. After Radio 4 closes for the night, it goes over to broadcast the World Service. At 3am last night I was awoken, not to the expected Radio programmes, but to sounds of weird tones and the noise that we used to hear when we had dial up when it was connecting. I'm a bit frightened to be honest as, after falling asleep again and hearing the normal programmes when I woke up again later on, i'm wondering if I was hearing sounds that weren't really there (I have a brain injury). Was anyone else listening to the World Service via Radio 4 in the early hours of this morning at about 3am that can confirm whether these noises were actually there or not? Would Virgin or the BBC have replaced the broadcast with this as a test or due to a fault? I'm just trying to put my mind at rest as I can't stop thinking about this today. Many thanks.