On Jul 7, 1:43*pm, Dave wrote:
On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:35:41 +0000, D Peter Maus wrote:

money. *Why do pirates go on the air?

* *In the USA, Radio is always about the money. ALWAYS.

* *If you don't think NPR, PRI are not about the money, you need to
return your bong.

I don't have a bong. * Not every radio station makes money. *Some are on
the air to advance an ideology; *some are run at a loss for other
business reasons; *some are just run by eccentric owners for the fun of
it. *We have a station here that Clear Channel runs at a loss just so
they can claim to be more eclectic when they get attacked for being too
controlling of the music.

- You are talking to a former NPR PD
- (admittedly before the ala carte era).
-
- www.pacifica.org

Dave - D'Oh ! Pacific.Org -ain't- NPR [.] ~ RHF