-=> 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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