Is somebody's cellphone ringing and ringing at the Oscars??

[Gidney N Cloyd]

[Suich]

1. I can hear something kind of twangy like...

I kept muting because I though it was coming from somewhere in my house. I think the mike is giving feedback a bit.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. I kept muting it for a while, too, to see if my phones were accounted for.

[qanda]

2. It's pretty hard to believe that they would allow the sound to be so bad...

For so long. They have some of the best in the business there and yet the feedback has been happening for over an hour.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. Seems too rhythmical for feedback. More like a generic ringtone.

[spanone]

5. sounds like some bizarre auto tuning on the audio

[ChazII]

6. Glad to read that

I am not going crazy. I used the mute function and the sound of course disappeared. Then I switched to another television set and of course heard the back ground sound once more. DU thanks - I knew that if I came here I would get some type of answer.

[El Supremo]

7. I don't know but Billy Crystal's song was hard to hear.

[thelordofhell]

8. I've heard the tones on lots of new TV shows

It sounds like a satellite receiver or digital airwave glitch. Tiny beeps in the background