BBC Scotland has apologised to radio listeners after a technical glitch caused a member of the news team to turn the airwaves blue.
Problems arose during the 7.50am news slot as sound clips began looping and the word "Borders" was repeated over and over again. Then, as staff tried to correct the problem, a series of expletives could be heard along with sighs.
The BBC have apologised for the outburst and launched an inquiry.
Disaster struck just a minute into Grahame MacGregor's 10-minute News for The Borders from Selkirk programme.
A clip of a woman saying "The Borders" looped over and over 37 times before a minute of silence followed.
A short time later, a male could be heard sighing before saying, "Oh b*******".
The broadcaster can then be heard tapping his keyboard before groaning and saying: "Give me . . . what the bloody hell is going on here? S***, what the hell happened there?"
He then adds: "Well f*** it. Great. That's all you want really, isn't it. Yup. And I don't have Glasgow.
"What the hell's going on? Technical f****** difficulties." He then appears to sigh and give up, saying: "Aargh, hell. Forget it. She was shouting 'The Borders' all the time."
The audience then had to listen to around five minutes of silence as the bulletin ended.
A spokesman for BBC Scotland said: "We apologise for any offence caused and we are looking into the matter to find out how the problem with the bulletin arose."
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