I thought it was just my Directv, then my TV, now I see others are seeing this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMWqIeb7b6g

WTF, I remember reading about this tone on NPR, young people use it for their cell phones as its less noticable than vibrate (good in school settings where the teacher is 35+ years old):

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5434687

Yeah, what is up with that? That commercial has caught me off guard a few times and I think it nearly zaps me into a seizure everytime I hear it.

I want to write to the FCC to put a stop to this, TV is going to be painful to watch, literally, if this catches on.

The buzz in the youtube video linked above is not the actual one used on air, the tone from the NPR link is the actual "Teen Buzz."

My wife who is 27 grabbed her head and demanded I shut off the tone when I played the NPR version. It was painful for her.

What is odd is that at age 51 I can also hear it quite clearly. It is not loud or painful...but I can hear it.

It never occured to me that others would even notice this strange tone in the commercial, but this topic is quite a surprise. I thought it was just a local network glitch, but I guess the tone is nationwide.

What is the frequency of that teen cellphone ringer, btw?

I've read it's either 14 or 17khz.

I'd believe 14 khz- thanks for the info!

This buzz drives me nuts. I think they really need to take that commercial off the air.

The tone in the commercial is way lower than 14khz. It's just bizzare. If you hadn't have known about the latest lameass trend in ringtones you'd think somebody at the station had hit the wrong button.