[Dixielandjazz] Public Radio

[Arnold Day]

I realise this subject can get a bit political, but when you examine it, 
the total Federal funding for the whole of PBS (not just NPR) amounts to 
almost exactly $1.00 per year (14% of PBS's operating costs) per person 
in the United States. A bargain, I would say, for all the variety of 
programs it brings....even if you weren't too happy with Ken Burn's 
"Jazz"! What commercial broadcasting company would air that sort of 
program?

mophandl wrote:

>Bill Horton writes:
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>"We disagree about NPR, but not about a lot of other things!"
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>Just a point of clarification: National Public Radio is but one source of
>public radio programming. The other major supplier is Public Radio
>International, the network that carries BBC World Service, Whaddya Know?,
>Afropop Worldwide, American Routes, To The Best of Our Knowledge, This
>American Life, Jazz After Hours and Riverwalk Jazz. PRI differs from NPR in
>that it is a looser confederation of independent producers, of which we are
>one. For more info, go to www.pri.org <http://www.pri.org/> .
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>As far as I know, PRI, although funded from other public sources, is not
>funded directly by law of the Congress of the US as is NPR.
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>Most public radio stations carry programming from both networks and others
>as well. Public radio conventions are attended by people representing all
>networks and producers in the PR world, which in my experience is not as
>politically monochromatic as some of you are making it out to be.
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>Don Mopsick
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>Riverwalk Webmaster and Bass Driver
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