NB> That sounds about right.  Dunno how the station is funded, other than   
    NB> by listener support, and then the grants that build on that... and I   
    NB> don't think that the government (state or local) has anything to do   
    NB> with the running of it, but the system is run from one point, with   
    NB> transmitters all over the area.  I'm familiar with NCPR mainly from   
    NB> the time we spend at our camp in the area...  :)   
      
   Of course they wouldn't mention the federal or state grants at pledge-time...   
    They don't here, that's for sure.   
      
    NB> Here in the Rochester area it is much smaller of a deal.   
      
    RY>> see who owns what. Down in our corner of the state Public radio   
    RY>> is community owned,with national feeds that we pay for., and some   
    RY>> local programming, isn't it's ahrd to tell anymore whats what.   
      
    NB> When the Public Radio stations first started, they got a great deal of   
    NB> federal and state funding, but I think that even from the beginning   
    NB> there also had to be a substantial amount of community support of all   
    NB> sorts.  The station here (actually a conglom of AM FM TV and service   
    NB> to the Blind, now with extra TV on cable with digital, etc) has always   
    NB> been community owned and operated, and with ever-decreasing amounts of   
    NB> govt support... as they tell us ad infinitum every pledge drive...  :)   
    NB> But yes, we have the national feeds that they pay for as well as a   
    NB> good amount of local programming.  Some of the local programming also   
    NB> gets sold to other stations for their use, like Richard Gladwell's   
    NB> "With Heart and Voice"...   
      
   A program I listen to here, when i can. I like it.   
      
    NB> Except for special programs, and the NPR news on the top of the hour   
    NB> (not every hour, either), the FM is all local programming during the   
    NB> day, and then they do use the "Music through the Night" from MPR over   
    NB> night except for special occasions.  They buy various orchestra   
    NB> concerts for the 8-10pm slot, and carry some special programs every   
    NB> weekend, like Pipe Dreams, Prairie Home Companion, Thistle and   
    NB> Shamrock, the Met, From the Top, Echoes...  Otherwise the weekends are   
    NB> also local hosts putting together a live show...  mostly classical.   
      
   The same package we have here, it looks like, I think from Public radio   
   International? (PRI)  all excellent programs, I don't catch them all the time,   
   but they are to be found archived on the web.. somehting else I like.    
      
    NB> AM is more news, although they also feature jazz.  More of their   
    NB> programs are bought, less local, although there is local news   
    NB> coverage   
    NB> and local programming there too.   
      
   Thanks, Nancy.   
      
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