interval signal

British

noun

a characteristic snatch of music, chimes, etc, transmitted as an identifying signal by a radio station between programme items

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The Lincolnshire Poacher was so named because of two bars from an English folk song of that name being used as an "interval signal".

From BBC

This is a clock which ticks seconds, known officially as "The Interval Signal."

From Time Magazine Archive

After each word the "Interval" signal is made.

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