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It sounds like SAP. Secondary Audio Programming  (or voice overdubbing). It started out as a service for people with visual disabilities, but has become  popular for those whose first language is not English, as it is also avaliable in Spanish.

We can control it using the remote on the menu page that most HDTV providers provide or you might find the menu "On Demand" if your provider offers the service. A lot of people turn it on not knowing they are doing it, like sitting on cell phone and butt dialing. Toddlers playing with a remote are notorious for turning it on. If you can't turn it off on you TV and it's on all of your channels, call your cable/dish provider. If it is on one local channel, call the local station.

It was first implemented by the FCC back in 2000, so it's possible the station is updating the service. Hope this helps.

This was copied from the FCC site.

The purpose of this Public Notice is to remind the disability community and video programming distributors that the implementation of the Commission's video description rules for video programming. Video description is the description of key visual elements in programming, inserted into natural pauses in the audio of programming designed to make television programming more accessible to the many Americans who have visual disabilities. This technology enables individuals to 'hear what they cannot see.'    Video description provides the many benefits of television to the blind and low vision community and to individuals with learning disabilities.

Broadcast stations and multi- channel video programming distributors must begin providing programming with video description. The Commission encouraged affected parties to make necessary arrangements to describe the programming, and to upgrade their equipment and infrastructure before the effective date arrives.

