-=> Quoting Raymond Yates to Nancy Backus on 12-09-05 19:11 <=-
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... :)
RY> Of course they wouldn't mention the federal or state grants at
RY> pledge-time... They don't here, that's for sure.
Not sure what they do on the TV, as I rarely watch even Public TV. But
on the radio, they still mention the federal and state/local grants, but
always in the context of "Not nearly as much as we used to get" and
"dependent on what we can raise in listener support". :) Up in the
North Country, I don't think I've actually been around for a true pledge
drive... They do offer the "summer visitors" the chance to join up, but
that is usually low-key (relatively) and not a true pledge-drive.
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.
RY> The same package we have here, it looks like, I think from Public
RY> radio International? (PRI) all excellent programs, I don't catch them
Yes, most if not all seem to be from the PRI distribution.
RY> all the time, but they are to be found archived on the web.. somehting
RY> else I like.
I'm not that much on the web, so that doesn't figure much with me... ;)
RY> Thanks, Nancy.
De nada. :)
ttyl neb
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