A critical moment for Detroit PBS & 90.9 WRCJ

[FredLeonard]

Beautifully stated. I agree completely with your remarks in all respects.

This is the point when I remind you that the US Taxpayers bailed out the wealthiest banks on the planet and everyone with a Checking Account or a Mortgage paid for it. That amounts to 100 years of CPB support.

That has nothing to do with this. Your argument is like a a kid telling his parents that they should let him to do something (or get something or get away with something) because the kid down the block got to do it (or got it or got away with it). You want to argue for or against bail-outs for banks or any other corporations, be my guest. But that is not this. Any question of government spending should be argued on its own merits (or lack of merits).

What people think the government should or should not spend money on seems largely to depend on their political ideology or their own self-interest. And it's highly flexible. The NAB loves to argue against any restrictions on them but they want to force AM radios in cars and before that FM in cellphones - whether we want it or not and whether we want to incur whatever the extra cost is or not. Freedom for me and I know what's best for you.

You think public radio and TV deserves more money. You give them the money. Don't force everybody else.

[billmich88888]

I've never cared for Rich, while everyone is playing chess, he seems to be playing human trafficking.

Just don't trust anything that guy says

[FredLeonard]

I support Detroit PBS / 90.9 WRCJ and will continue to do so.

As do I, and proudly so.

What do you two mean by "support?" You like public television? You give them money? You want the government to give them money? When I was a kid, I "supported" WXYZ-TV because I loved Soupy. He didn't ask for money (at least not until he got to New York). All he asked was for me to get my mother to shop at Wrigley's so I could have the same lunch he was having. A little later, I "supported" CKLW-TV because I loved Bill Kennedy. Of course, now it's CBET and it gets government money.

It's funny, the word "support" also is used in those commercials - pardon me, "enhanced underwriting announcements" as in "Liberty Mutual Insurance supports public television." They'd like us to think they are not giving money to promote their company and its products. Oh, no, they are just publicly spirited companies only interested in the public good. I wonder how many of these "underwriters" would stick around in public radio and television could no longer announce "donors" on the air.

[SixPlusOne]

As these conversations unfold, it is important to recognize the foundational role that federal funding plays in sustaining public media....................

While federal funding has contributed for decades to PBS & NPR spending at the national level is now out of control to the point of 36 Trillion in debt. Obvious cuts in spending have become a must. I think PBS & NPR need to come to grips with this reality and adjust accordingly.

[MegaHertz]

FredLeonard?! There's a name I haven't seen in years. Holy shit.

[SixPlusOne]

While federal funding has contributed for decades to PBS & NPR spending at the national level is now out of control to the point of 36 Trillion in debt. Obvious cuts in spending have become a must. I think PBS & NPR need to come to grips with this reality and adjust accordingly.

Courtesy: Inside Radio

DOGE Puts NPR And PBS Funding Under Microscope

"With renewed efforts to end government funding of public radio and television, NPR looks forward to making its case to Congress. It will have that opportunity in the coming weeks as the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) has asked the heads of both NPR and PBS to appear before it. The focus is likely to be less on the financial and more on the political issues at hand. However, DOGE says it is looking into the “systemically biased news coverage” of the two public media outlets."

https://www.insideradio.com/free/doge-p ... 985b0.html

[RedfordRob]

I support Detroit PBS / 90.9 WRCJ and will continue to do so.

As do I, and proudly so.

What do you two mean by "support?" You like public television? You give them money? You want the government to give them money? When I was a kid, I "supported" WXYZ-TV because I loved Soupy. He didn't ask for money (at least not until he got to New York). All he asked was for me to get my mother to shop at Wrigley's so I could have the same lunch he was having. A little later, I "supported" CKLW-TV because I loved Bill Kennedy. Of course, now it's CBET and it gets government money.

It's funny, the word "support" also is used in those commercials - pardon me, "enhanced underwriting announcements" as in "Liberty Mutual Insurance supports public television." They'd like us to think they are not giving money to promote their company and its products. Oh, no, they are just publicly spirited companies only interested in the public good. I wonder how many of these "underwriters" would stick around in public radio and television could no longer announce "donors" on the air.

I volunteer my time and my money.

Lighten up, dude.

[Radiobirdman]

As an old WQRS and WJZZ listener (who misses those stations) I am a charter supporter of WRCJ and happily send them a check every year. I would hope that most of their listeners do. I don't think that it is the role of the federal govt to fund my classical and jazz radio.