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.

R*


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