On 30 Jan 2007 23:28:46 -0800, "
wrote:

Joe:

NPR which is not
premium (paid for with tax dollars and you still get the same amount
of ads plus two weeks a year of bugging you to send them yet more
money. New Yankee Workshop and David Marks used to appear regularly.

You probably read the answer about Dave Marks. It was decided
some time ago, that he was going to halt. Anyways, I'll give
you my view about NPR. First off, each station in the NPR
network, decides its schedules. If they want to drop NYW or TOH,
it's up to them. Your local stations probably do viewer profiles and
got
a feeling that these shows don't draw an audience big enough
to serve.

The NPR stations get money from YOU and the Feds. That's why they
beg. I don't like it,but the other alternative is do what a lot
of other nations do - tax you and they hand out the dough.

Uh where do you think the money the feds give them comes from?

As for the "other alternative", the "other alternative" is to pull the
plug on them. With more than a thousand channels available on just
about any cable system, why do we need one more that's government
subsidized?

If you
would contact your local stations, about the shows, (a letter might
work), it would
register better than protesting in a news group. (just my 2 cents).

Now NYW and TOH are owned either jointly or outright by Time Warner
and Marsh Productions. They sell the SHOWs to your local
friendly NPR channel. The local channel has to PAY them. The Gov't
doesn't own the production or pay the "stars", etc. I would
imagine that each show is in the neighborhood of
about $250,000 to produce. That means, writing, scripting,
editing, on air talent, directing, etc. Probably even more.
A lot of money to recover!

I think over time, a lot of these shows are going to be available
on a subscription basis over the Internet. Already, you can
see "Lost" episodes a week after they are broadcasted and
there will be more of this. I would imagine that Marsh and
Time-Warner are trying to figure out how to get their
content (their shows) into the public more and make
more money. Would you pay $1.99 to download an episode
to your computer and watch it? If you would, drop the show's
owners a line.

Bottom line, if you don't like what you see, let your
cable and satellite company know!

MJ Wallace