diff --git a/src/app/home-page/page.tsx b/src/app/home-page/page.tsx
index b179687..5c0d830 100644
--- a/src/app/home-page/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/home-page/page.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import Header from "@/components/Header";
 import Footer from "@/components/Footer";
 import FeaturedBentoFromDb from '@/components/FeaturedBentoFromDb';
 import FeaturedCarouselServer from '@/components/FeaturedCarouselServer';
-import LiveWireTicker from '@/components/LiveWireTicker';
+import DoubleTicker from '@/components/DoubleTicker';
 import NewsTicker from "./components/NewsTicker";
 import FeaturedBento from "./components/FeaturedBento";
 import SpotlightCarousel from "./components/SpotlightCarousel";
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ export default function HomePage() {
         <h1>Broadcast Beat — Broadcast Engineering News & Insights</h1>
       </div>
 
-      {/* Scrolling news ticker */}
+      {/* Scrolling news + forum tickers */}
       <div className="section-enter section-enter-1">
         <Suspense fallback={<TickerSkeleton />}>
-          <LiveWireTicker />
+          <DoubleTicker />
         </Suspense>
       </div>
 
diff --git a/src/components/DoubleTicker.tsx b/src/components/DoubleTicker.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a76a06f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/DoubleTicker.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import Link from "next/link";
+import { createClient } from "@supabase/supabase-js";
+
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
+interface TickerItem {
+  href: string;
+  title: string;
+}
+
+export default async function DoubleTicker() {
+  const sb = createClient(
+    process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL!,
+    process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY!,
+    {
+      db: { schema: (process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_SCHEMA || "bb") as "public" },
+      auth: { persistSession: false },
+    }
+  );
+
+  const [wireRes, forumRes] = await Promise.all([
+    sb
+      .from("wp_imported_posts")
+      .select("wp_slug, title")
+      .eq("status", "published")
+      .order("wp_published_at", { ascending: false, nullsFirst: false })
+      .limit(14),
+    sb
+      .from("forum_threads")
+      .select("id, title")
+      .order("last_reply_at", { ascending: false, nullsFirst: false })
+      .limit(14),
+  ]);
+
+  const wire: TickerItem[] = (wireRes.data || []).map((r: any) => ({
+    href: `/news/${r.wp_slug}`,
+    title: r.title,
+  }));
+  const forum: TickerItem[] = (forumRes.data || []).map((r: any) => ({
+    href: `/forum/thread/${r.id}`,
+    title: r.title,
+  }));
+
+  // Fallback to keep layout sensible if either feed is empty
+  const wireItems = wire.length > 0 ? wire : [{ href: "/news", title: "Latest broadcast industry news loading…" }];
+  const forumItems = forum.length > 0 ? forum : [{ href: "/forum", title: "Join the conversation in the forum" }];
+
+  return (
+    <div className="bb-ticker-stack" aria-label="Site activity tickers">
+      {/* LANE 1 — LIVE WIRE (red) */}
+      <div className="bb-ticker bb-ticker--wire" role="region" aria-label="Live wire — latest articles">
+        <span className="bb-ticker-label bb-ticker-label--red">
+          <span className="bb-ticker-pulse" aria-hidden="true" />
+          LIVE WIRE
+        </span>
+        <div className="bb-ticker-mask">
+          <div className="bb-ticker-track bb-ticker-track--wire">
+            {[...wireItems, ...wireItems].map((item, i) => (
+              <Link
+                key={`wire-${i}`}
+                href={item.href}
+                className="bb-ticker-item bb-ticker-item--wire">
+                <span className="bb-ticker-bullet" aria-hidden="true">›</span>
+                <span>{item.title}</span>
+              </Link>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      {/* LANE 2 — RECENT FORUM POSTS (teal-green) */}
+      <div className="bb-ticker bb-ticker--forum" role="region" aria-label="Recent forum posts">
+        <span className="bb-ticker-label bb-ticker-label--green">
+          <span className="bb-ticker-pulse bb-ticker-pulse--green" aria-hidden="true" />
+          RECENT FORUM POSTS
+        </span>
+        <div className="bb-ticker-mask">
+          <div className="bb-ticker-track bb-ticker-track--forum">
+            {[...forumItems, ...forumItems].map((item, i) => (
+              <Link
+                key={`forum-${i}`}
+                href={item.href}
+                className="bb-ticker-item bb-ticker-item--forum">
+                <span className="bb-ticker-bullet" aria-hidden="true">›</span>
+                <span>{item.title}</span>
+              </Link>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/LiveWireTicker.tsx b/src/components/LiveWireTicker.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 11d2235..0000000
--- a/src/components/LiveWireTicker.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-import Link from "next/link";
-import { createClient } from "@supabase/supabase-js";
-
-export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
-
-interface Item {
-  slug: string;
-  title: string;
-  published_at: string;
-  source_code: string;
-}
-
-const SOURCE_CODES: { match: RegExp; code: string }[] = [
-  { match: /blackmagic|davinci/i, code: "BMD" },
-  { match: /magewell/i, code: "MGW" },
-  { match: /aja/i, code: "AJA" },
-  { match: /sony/i, code: "SONY" },
-  { match: /matrox/i, code: "MTRX" },
-  { match: /telestream/i, code: "TLST" },
-  { match: /grass valley/i, code: "GV" },
-  { match: /lawo/i, code: "LAWO" },
-  { match: /calrec/i, code: "CLRC" },
-  { match: /zixi/i, code: "ZIXI" },
-  { match: /liveu/i, code: "LVU" },
-  { match: /netflix/i, code: "NFLX" },
-  { match: /youtube/i, code: "YT" },
-  { match: /amazon|aws/i, code: "AWS" },
-];
-
-function codeFor(title: string): string {
-  for (const { match, code } of SOURCE_CODES) if (match.test(title)) return code;
-  return "WIRE";
-}
-
-function hhmm(iso: string): string {
-  const d = new Date(iso);
-  const h = String(d.getUTCHours()).padStart(2, "0");
-  const m = String(d.getUTCMinutes()).padStart(2, "0");
-  return `${h}:${m}`;
-}
-
-export default async function LiveWireTicker() {
-  const sb = createClient(
-    process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL!,
-    process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY!,
-    {
-      db: { schema: (process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_SCHEMA || "bb") as "public" },
-      auth: { persistSession: false },
-    }
-  );
-
-  const [wp, ai] = await Promise.all([
-    sb
-      .from("wp_imported_posts")
-      .select("wp_slug, title, wp_published_at")
-      .eq("status", "published")
-      .order("wp_published_at", { ascending: false })
-      .limit(12),
-    sb
-      .from("ai_rewritten_articles")
-      .select("slug, title, published_at")
-      .eq("status", "published")
-      .order("published_at", { ascending: false, nullsFirst: false })
-      .limit(6),
-  ]);
-
-  const items: Item[] = [];
-  for (const r of (wp.data || []) as any[]) {
-    items.push({
-      slug: r.wp_slug,
-      title: r.title,
-      published_at: r.wp_published_at,
-      source_code: codeFor(r.title || ""),
-    });
-  }
-  for (const r of (ai.data || []) as any[]) {
-    items.push({
-      slug: r.slug,
-      title: r.title,
-      published_at: r.published_at,
-      source_code: codeFor(r.title || ""),
-    });
-  }
-  items.sort(
-    (a, b) => new Date(b.published_at).getTime() - new Date(a.published_at).getTime()
-  );
-
-  const display = items.slice(0, 14);
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      className="w-full bg-[var(--color-background-secondary,#111)] border-b border-[#252525] overflow-hidden"
-      role="region"
-      aria-label="Live wire ticker"
-    >
-      <div className="max-w-container mx-auto px-4 h-[36px] flex items-center gap-4 text-[12px]">
-        <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 font-mono uppercase tracking-wider text-[var(--color-text-danger,#ef4444)] shrink-0">
-          <span className="bb-pulse-dot bb-pulse-dot--red" /> Live wire
-        </span>
-        <div className="overflow-hidden flex-1">
-          <div className="bb-marquee">
-            {[...display, ...display].map((it, i) => (
-              <Link
-                key={`${it.slug}-${i}`}
-                href={`/news/${it.slug}`}
-                className="inline-flex items-center gap-2 px-4 text-[#d1d5db] hover:text-[var(--color-text-info,#60a5fa)] whitespace-nowrap"
-              >
-                <span className="font-mono text-[#6b7280]">[{hhmm(it.published_at)}]</span>
-                <span className="font-mono text-[var(--color-text-info,#60a5fa)]">[{it.source_code}]</span>
-                <span>{it.title}</span>
-              </Link>
-            ))}
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  );
-}
diff --git a/src/styles/tailwind.css b/src/styles/tailwind.css
index 15f4bde..a07e74f 100644
--- a/src/styles/tailwind.css
+++ b/src/styles/tailwind.css
@@ -807,4 +807,197 @@ h1, h2, h3 {
 .ProseMirror strong { font-weight: 700; color: #fff; }
 .ProseMirror em { font-style: italic; }
 .ProseMirror u { text-decoration: underline; }
-.ProseMirror s { text-decoration: line-through; }
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+.ProseMirror s { text-decoration: line-through; }
+
+/* =====================
+   DOUBLE TICKER (LIVE WIRE + RECENT FORUM POSTS)
+   ===================== */
+.bb-ticker-stack {
+  width: 100%;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
+}
+
+.bb-ticker {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: stretch;
+  height: 34px;
+  width: 100%;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.bb-ticker--wire {
+  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #0a0a0a 0%, #161616 50%, #0a0a0a 100%);
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #1f1212;
+}
+
+.bb-ticker--forum {
+  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #08120e 0%, #0f1d18 50%, #08120e 100%);
+}
+
+.bb-ticker-label {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+  padding: 0 16px;
+  font-family: var(--font-body);
+  font-size: 11px;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
+  color: #ffffff;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  position: relative;
+  z-index: 2;
+}
+
+.bb-ticker-label--red {
+  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d40000 0%, #a30000 100%);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 18px rgba(212, 0, 0, 0.45), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05);
+  clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, calc(100% - 10px) 100%, 0 100%);
+  padding-right: 24px;
+}
+
+.bb-ticker-label--green {
+  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #0c8a63 0%, #086149 100%);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 18px rgba(12, 138, 99, 0.40), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05);
+  clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, calc(100% - 10px) 100%, 0 100%);
+  padding-right: 24px;
+}
+
+.bb-ticker-pulse {
+  display: inline-block;
+  width: 7px;
+  height: 7px;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  background: #ffffff;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
+  animation: bb-ticker-pulse-anim 1.4s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+
+.bb-ticker-pulse--green {
+  animation-duration: 1.8s;
+}
+
+@keyframes bb-ticker-pulse-anim {
+  0%, 100% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); }
+  50%      { opacity: 0.4; transform: scale(1.25); }
+}
+
+.bb-ticker-mask {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  position: relative;
+  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(to right, transparent 0, #000 28px, #000 calc(100% - 28px), transparent 100%);
+          mask-image: linear-gradient(to right, transparent 0, #000 28px, #000 calc(100% - 28px), transparent 100%);
+}
+
+.bb-ticker-track {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  width: max-content;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  animation-name: bb-ticker-scroll;
+  animation-timing-function: linear;
+  animation-iteration-count: infinite;
+  will-change: transform;
+}
+
+/* Different speeds so the two lanes never sync up — feels alive */
+.bb-ticker-track--wire  { animation-duration: 65s; }
+.bb-ticker-track--forum { animation-duration: 82s; }
+
+.bb-ticker-track:hover,
+.bb-ticker-track:focus-within {
+  animation-play-state: paused;
+}
+
+@keyframes bb-ticker-scroll {
+  0%   { transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0); }
+  100% { transform: translate3d(-50%, 0, 0); }
+}
+
+.bb-ticker-item {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 10px;
+  padding: 0 22px;
+  height: 34px;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  font-family: var(--font-body);
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  letter-spacing: 0.005em;
+  color: #d8d8d8;
+  transition: color 0.18s ease;
+  border-right: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05);
+}
+
+.bb-ticker-item--wire:hover  { color: #ff6b6b; }
+.bb-ticker-item--forum:hover { color: #5eead4; }
+
+.bb-ticker-bullet {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.35);
+}
+
+.bb-ticker-item--wire:hover .bb-ticker-bullet  { color: #ff6b6b; }
+.bb-ticker-item--forum:hover .bb-ticker-bullet { color: #5eead4; }
+
+/* =====================
+   BROWSE NAV BAR (sits below the 728x90 header banner)
+   ===================== */
+.bb-browse-bar {
+  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #0b0b0b 0%, #0e0e0e 100%);
+  border-top: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
+  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
+}
+
+.bb-browse-row {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: stretch;
+  gap: 0;
+  height: 44px;
+}
+
+.bb-browse-item {
+  position: relative;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: 0 16px;
+  font-family: var(--font-body);
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  color: #cccccc;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  border-right: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
+  transition: background 0.15s ease, color 0.15s ease;
+}
+
+.bb-browse-item:first-of-type {
+  border-left: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
+}
+
+.bb-browse-item:hover,
+.bb-browse-item[aria-expanded="true"] {
+  background: #161616;
+  color: var(--color-accent);
+}
+
+.bb-browse-item .bb-browse-caret {
+  display: inline-block;
+  margin-left: 6px;
+  font-size: 8px;
+  opacity: 0.7;
+  transform: translateY(-1px);
+  transition: transform 0.15s ease;
+}
+
+.bb-browse-item[aria-expanded="true"] .bb-browse-caret {
+  transform: rotate(180deg) translateY(1px);
+}
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