Greg Mayman wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 -=> Roy J. Tellason said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "{at}%^{at}#$%^ VEROBOARD" on 03-18-04  04:06.....

 RJT> Sure.  But the folks who run the media will make out like bandits. 
 RJT> Look at the sort of thing you can get on satellite radio or some of the
 RJT> cable "music" channels,  where it's continuous music, 
as compared to
 RJT> the absolute *crap* that's on broadcast radio these days.  I don't care
 RJT> what station it is,  it's all the same crap,  "formats" and such
 RJT> nonsense,  them telling you all the time how terrific they are while
 RJT> stomping on the stuff they're playing,  not to mention all the
 RJT> commercials and the other nonsense.

 GM> I am SOOOOO thankful that we have our public broadcaster -- no 
 GM> advertisements except for the occasional promo on their radio and 
 GM> TV programs -- 

Public tv here means something a little different --
"viewer-supported" -- which means that they periodically have a
funding drive for new "members",  or what I refer to as a
"beg-a-thon",  and those get *really* annoying.  I don't watch it
much.

 GM> and the Special Broadcasting Service which started out as a purely 
 GM> ethnic service (radio and TV) where the adverts are always at the 
 GM> END of a program, not interrupting it like the purely commercial 
 GM> TV does.

I've heard of that being done in other countries,  and really like the
idea.  Never had the pleasure of experiencing it directly,  though.  I
don't watch that much tv,  though,  overall,  and when I do it's stuff like
Science Channel,  History Channel,  and other documentaries.

 GM> And many of our commercial radio stations still have good music 
 GM> that is NOT stomped all over.

Not too many since I last turned on the radio.

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