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Is It Time to Kick Out Andre Reiu?
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And of course, every time a station tries to make a change the cry of the ultracore is heard: "You put on that awful (insert innovative program here)/took off my favorite program, so I'm not giving you any money." Which means that programming that...
The argument that the supporters of Rieu and Welk would make is that they are providing an alternative for an audience that commercial terrestrial broadcasting doesn't want anymore and isn't being served by cable except for Hallmark and Retirement...
OK....True. But maybe we should formulate the argument another way. Is it the role of public broadcasting to spoon feed soft entertainment to the public because they were raised on it, are used to it? Public Broadcasting used to be all about NOT d...
YES! YES! Please! Please!
Maxey:
Documented proof that arts programming is "what everyone REALLY wants to hear." Please include links.
Anyone in public radio will tell you that consistently, national news and talk programming gets higher ratings and brings in more underw...
Public broadcasters across the board receive ever decreasing portions of their financial support from taxpayer sources. I'm sure they'd all love to have people excited to pledge their support to the New Hour, Charlie Rose and Nova. The reality is ...
In the Current article on spring fundraising and pledge drives, they say that Twin Cities Public Television (KTCA St. Paul) placed its emphasis on the fans of established programming instead of relying on the off message poppy concerts, Lawrence W...
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- At 1:21pm on February 13, 2009,
Steve Behrens said…
- Thanks for the alert. He won't be back. I held him down while the editorial staff forced him to eat quarts and quarts of low-fat ice cream.
Steve
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