Re: [Swprograms] [Internetradio] [dxld] Defunding public broadcasting
As one who has worked as a volunteer for over 10 years at NPR-afiliated stations in Maryland and Florida, I have been able to see first hand how important the Federal $$$ are to capital improvements. But the Federal $$$s make up only about 15% of the operating budgets of the stations I have been associated with. It will not be the end of the world if the legislation passes. It might even be beneficial to have public broadcasting stop sucking on the federal teet. The government can use their puppet-master power to put pressure on NPR to conform to the party line. When the network deviates off the track, the threat of federal fund withdrawal causes the network to do a mid-course correction. Pacifica does a good, albeit biased, job of public broadcasting with no federal support. Their financial supporters contribute to their operations because they believe the message is worthy of their support. Many folks refuse to contribute to their NPR-affiliated station because they claim that their tax dollars already pay for public radio and they do not feel obligated to pay twice. It is a reasonable argument that will be blunted if this legislation passes. So it might even be beneficial to the long-term health of public broadcasting to make the system more efficient and responsive to the public by cutting out government funding. Joe Buch --- On Sun, 2/13/11, Richard Cuff rdc...@gmail.com wrote: From: Richard Cuff rdc...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Internetradio] [Swprograms] [dxld] Defunding public broadcasting To: Shortwave programming discussion swprograms@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Internet radio discussion internetra...@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 2:44 AM Many public stations have edited their websites to mention this. There have been threats before, I believe Newt Gingrich led the last unsuccessful defunding attempt in the second half of President Clinton's first term. Speaking as a fan of Public Radio (and a longtime member of WHYY in Philadelphia) I am also hopeful this effort will see a similar fate, since, given the variety of the USA's public radio segment now broadly enjoyable via the Internet, Public Radio remains an important component of my own listening. I have already contacted my congressman's office. I would also suggest personalizing any message or communication, stating how important the public radio station in *your* district is. Positioning your member of Congress as an enemy of station , I believe, helps to bring the threat to a very visible local level. Richard C On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Glenn Hauser wghau...@yahoo.com wrote: More about this from the manager of KGOU: http://kgou.org/index.php?manager-rsquo-s-desk --- On Sat, 2/12/11, Glenn Hauser wghau...@yahoo.com wrote: IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, the House of Representatives will take action on a bill that provides continued funding for government operations. Under this measure, large funding cuts have been proposed, **including the likely elimination of federal funding for public broadcasting**. This is on an extremely fast timeline and it's critical that your representative hear from you. The House switchboard is (202) 224-3121 or (202) 225-3121 and it is operational 24/7, so truly, you can call ANYTIME and it won't take but a minute of your time!! Additional information is available at http://www.170millionamericans.org We appreciate your continuing interest in and support of WUOT Public Radio (WUOT mailing list Feb 12 via DXLD) Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail QA for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396546091 ___ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com ___ Internetradio mailing list internetra...@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to internetradio-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php___ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to
Re: [Swprograms] [Internetradio] [dxld] Defunding public broadcasting
A voice of reason. From: swprograms-boun...@hard-core-dx.com [mailto:swprograms-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Joe Buch Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 11:29 To: Shortwave programming discussion; Internet radio discussion Cc: Internet radio discussion Subject: Re: [Swprograms] [Internetradio] [dxld] Defunding public broadcasting As one who has worked as a volunteer for over 10 years at NPR-afiliated stations in Maryland and Florida, I have been able to see first hand how important the Federal $$$ are to capital improvements. But the Federal $$$s make up only about 15% of the operating budgets of the stations I have been associated with. It will not be the end of the world if the legislation passes. It might even be beneficial to have public broadcasting stop sucking on the federal teet. The government can use their puppet-master power to put pressure on NPR to conform to the party line. When the network deviates off the track, the threat of federal fund withdrawal causes the network to do a mid-course correction. Pacifica does a good, albeit biased, job of public broadcasting with no federal support. Their financial supporters contribute to their operations because they believe the message is worthy of their support. Many folks refuse to contribute to their NPR-affiliated station because they claim that their tax dollars already pay for public radio and they do not feel obligated to pay twice. It is a reasonable argument that will be blunted if this legislation passes. So it might even be beneficial to the long-term health of public broadcasting to make the system more efficient and responsive to the public by cutting out government funding. Joe Buch --- On Sun, 2/13/11, Richard Cuff rdc...@gmail.com wrote: From: Richard Cuff rdc...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Internetradio] [Swprograms] [dxld] Defunding public broadcasting To: Shortwave programming discussion swprograms@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Internet radio discussion internetra...@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 2:44 AM Many public stations have edited their websites to mention this. There have been threats before, I believe Newt Gingrich led the last unsuccessful defunding attempt in the second half of President Clinton's first term. Speaking as a fan of Public Radio (and a longtime member of WHYY in Philadelphia) I am also hopeful this effort will see a similar fate, since, given the variety of the USA's public radio segment now broadly enjoyable via the Internet, Public Radio remains an important component of my own listening. I have already contacted my congressman's office. I would also suggest personalizing any message or communication, stating how important the public radio station in *your* district is. Positioning your member of Congress as an enemy of station , I believe, helps to bring the threat to a very visible local level. Richard C On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Glenn Hauser wghau...@yahoo.com http://us.mc301.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=wghau...@yahoo.com wrote: More about this from the manager of KGOU: http://kgou.org/index.php?manager-rsquo-s-desk --- On Sat, 2/12/11, Glenn Hauser wghau...@yahoo.com http://us.mc301.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=wghau...@yahoo.com wrote: IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, the House of Representatives will take action on a bill that provides continued funding for government operations. Under this measure, large funding cuts have been proposed, **including the likely elimination of federal funding for public broadcasting**. This is on an extremely fast timeline and it's critical that your representative hear from you. The House switchboard is (202) 224-3121 or (202) 225-3121 and it is operational 24/7, so truly, you can call ANYTIME and it won't take but a minute of your time!! Additional information is available at http://www.170millionamericans.org http://www.170millionamericans.org/ We appreciate your continuing interest in and support of WUOT Public Radio (WUOT mailing list Feb 12 via DXLD) Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail QA for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396546091 sid=396546091 ___ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://us.mc301.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-requ...@hard-core-dx.com http://us.mc301.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=swprograms-request@hard-core-d x.com ?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com/
Re: [Swprograms] [Internetradio] [dxld] Defunding public broadcasting
Here's another voice of reason from Kim Elliott, his comments in italics, who predicts that the hardest hit stations would be rural, and would open the band to more religious broadcasting. Will US noncommercial FM frequencies cast out BBC World Service and bring in the gloryland chorus? Posted: 13 Feb 2011 Print Send a link City Beat (Cincinnati), 31 Jan 2011, Ben L. Kaufman: NPR and our local public news station, WVXU (91.7 FM), get a small but important part of their annual budgets from Congress. Rightwingers want to cut or end federal funding because politically neutral NPR isn’t the GOP’s Fox News. It’s another reason to support WVXU and other public radio stations with cash and supportive messages to House members, senators and the White House. Meanwhile, Brits offer a timely lesson of what happens when a conservative government pleads poverty and decides to slash its most famous and reliable modern export, the BBC World Service (heard here at night on WVXU). Unlike its domestic services, BBC’s World Service is funded by the Foreign Office. Despite taking the Queen’s shilling, it rarely danced the Queen’s tune; BBC has a sterling reputation for neutrality and accuracy, especially where uncensored news media do not exist. So far, cuts haven’t targeted English-language broadcasts to North America. Rather, BBC’s decision to close some foreign language broadcasts and fire of hundreds of linguists will impoverish the information available to listeners everywhere. Mr. Kaufman mentioned both NPR and BBC World Service, but did not completely make the connection between the two. (BBCWS is actually distributed by Public Radio International, but to stations that are mostly NPR affiliates.) If the Republicans who want to zero out the budget for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting succeed, public radio stations in non-urban areas will lose a large part of their funding. Not only will they no longer be able to purchase the rights to relay BBC World Service, they might have to go off the air. Because their frequencies are between 88 and 92 MHz, their licenses must be sold or transferred to other non-commercial entities. They would likely become religious radio stations, which almost certainly will not carry BBC. In addition to their theology, or as part of it, these stations would advocate for socially conservative causes. This gives Congressional Republicans another incentive to eliminate funding for public broadcasting. On Feb 13, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Scott Royall wrote: A voice of reason. From: swprograms-boun...@hard-core-dx.com [mailto:swprograms-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Joe Buch Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 11:29 To: Shortwave programming discussion; Internet radio discussion Cc: Internet radio discussion Subject: Re: [Swprograms] [Internetradio] [dxld] Defunding public broadcasting As one who has worked as a volunteer for over 10 years at NPR-afiliated stations in Maryland and Florida, I have been able to see first hand how important the Federal $$$ are to capital improvements. But the Federal $$$s make up only about 15% of the operating budgets of the stations I have been associated with. It will not be the end of the world if the legislation passes. It might even be beneficial to have public broadcasting stop sucking on the federal teet. The government can use their puppet-master power to put pressure on NPR to conform to the party line. When the network deviates off the track, the threat of federal fund withdrawal causes the network to do a mid-course correction. Pacifica does a good, albeit biased, job of public broadcasting with no federal support. Their financial supporters contribute to their operations because they believe the message is worthy of their support. Many folks refuse to contribute to their NPR-affiliated station because they claim that their tax dollars already pay for public radio and they do not feel obligated to pay twice. It is a reasonable argument that will be blunted if this legislation passes. So it might even be beneficial to the long-term health of public broadcasting to make the system more efficient and responsive to the public by cutting out government funding. Joe Buch --- On Sun, 2/13/11, Richard Cuff rdc...@gmail.com wrote: From: Richard Cuff rdc...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Internetradio] [Swprograms] [dxld] Defunding public broadcasting To: Shortwave programming discussion swprograms@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Internet radio discussion internetra...@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 2:44 AM Many public stations have edited their websites to mention this. There have been threats before, I believe Newt Gingrich led the last unsuccessful defunding attempt in the second half of President Clinton's first term. Speaking as a fan of Public Radio (and a longtime member of WHYY in Philadelphia) I am also hopeful this effort
Re: [Swprograms] [Internetradio] [dxld] Defunding public broadcasting
All true, buy let's not kid ourselves that defunding public radio and tv is part of some noble effort to bring the federal budget to heel. It's an ideological attack pure and simple. We could close the budget gap far more quickly by ending tax breaks for religious institutions or ending sacred cow military projects that address dangers we no longer face or which have proven themselves infeasible, but I see none of that in the legislation proposed by the new House majority. In saying this, I'm not the one injecting politics into the discussion because it's already in there by virtue of the defund CPR proposal. John Figliozzi Sent from my iPhone On Feb 13, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Joe Buch josephb...@yahoo.com wrote: As one who has worked as a volunteer for over 10 years at NPR-afiliated stations in Maryland and Florida, I have been able to see first hand how important the Federal $$$ are to capital improvements. But the Federal $$$s make up only about 15% of the operating budgets of the stations I have been associated with. It will not be the end of the world if the legislation passes. It might even be beneficial to have public broadcasting stop sucking on the federal teet. The government can use their puppet-master power to put pressure on NPR to conform to the party line. When the network deviates off the track, the threat of federal fund withdrawal causes the network to do a mid-course correction. Pacifica does a good, albeit biased, job of public broadcasting with no federal support. Their financial supporters contribute to their operations because they believe the message is worthy of their support. Many folks refuse to contribute to their NPR-affiliated station because they claim that their tax dollars already pay for public radio and they do not feel obligated to pay twice. It is a reasonable argument that will be blunted if this legislation passes. So it might even be beneficial to the long-term health of public broadcasting to make the system more efficient and responsive to the public by cutting out government funding. Joe Buch --- On Sun, 2/13/11, Richard Cuff rdc...@gmail.com wrote: From: Richard Cuff rdc...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Internetradio] [Swprograms] [dxld] Defunding public broadcasting To: Shortwave programming discussion swprograms@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Internet radio discussion internetra...@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 2:44 AM Many public stations have edited their websites to mention this. There have been threats before, I believe Newt Gingrich led the last unsuccessful defunding attempt in the second half of President Clinton's first term. Speaking as a fan of Public Radio (and a longtime member of WHYY in Philadelphia) I am also hopeful this effort will see a similar fate, since, given the variety of the USA's public radio segment now broadly enjoyable via the Internet, Public Radio remains an important component of my own listening. I have already contacted my congressman's office. I would also suggest personalizing any message or communication, stating how important the public radio station in *your* district is. Positioning your member of Congress as an enemy of station , I believe, helps to bring the threat to a very visible local level. Richard C On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Glenn Hauser wghau...@yahoo.com wrote: More about this from the manager of KGOU: http://kgou.org/index.php?manager-rsquo-s-desk --- On Sat, 2/12/11, Glenn Hauser wghau...@yahoo.com wrote: IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, the House of Representatives will take action on a bill that provides continued funding for government operations. Under this measure, large funding cuts have been proposed, **including the likely elimination of federal funding for public broadcasting**. This is on an extremely fast timeline and it's critical that your representative hear from you. The House switchboard is (202) 224-3121 or (202) 225-3121 and it is operational 24/7, so truly, you can call ANYTIME and it won't take but a minute of your time!! Additional information is available at http://www.170millionamericans.org We appreciate your continuing interest in and support of WUOT Public Radio (WUOT mailing list Feb 12 via DXLD) Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail QA for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396546091 ___ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International
Re: [Swprograms] [Internetradio] [dxld] Defunding public broadcasting
It's always been an ideological attack -- 'twas so in Mr. Gingrich's attack in the 1990s. Some additional observations: 1) For the most part, the public radio vs. religious radio battle tends to happen at the time of station licensing by the FCC when interests from both camps compete for new licenses. I cannot recall any instances where existing public radio licenses were sold to religious broadcasters due to a funding challenge, though I suppose that could happen. 2) Joe Buch is correct in that direct CPB funding is a comparatively small portion of most radio stations' budgets. However, CPB does have a bigger funding stake in syndicated public radio programming; I know of several syndicated classical music programs that receive a good-sized chunk of funding from the CPB; the programs then get other revenue from syndication fees from the stations. Loss of CPB funding could more quickly jeopardize individual programs than stations themselves. One would hope that the capital that's been available for recent commercial-to-public conversions such as KUSC-KDFC (San Francisco), KING (Seattle), WQXR (NYC) and WCRB (Boston) would be available for these stations at risk as well. Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 2:33 PM, John Figliozzi jfigl...@nycap.rr.comwrote: All true, buy let's not kid ourselves that defunding public radio and tv is part of some noble effort to bring the federal budget to heel. It's an ideological attack pure and simple. We could close the budget gap far more quickly by ending tax breaks for religious institutions or ending sacred cow military projects that address dangers we no longer face or which have proven themselves infeasible, but I see none of that in the legislation proposed by the new House majority. In saying this, I'm not the one injecting politics into the discussion because it's already in there by virtue of the defund CPR proposal. ___ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
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Another thought... Non-profit religious stations do have to be circumspect in political advocacy, particularly when it comes to promoting individual candidates. Federal courts have found that churches that advocate individual political candidates running for office could lose their non-profit status. RC On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Richard Cuff rdc...@gmail.com wrote: It's always been an ideological attack -- 'twas so in Mr. Gingrich's attack in the 1990s. ___ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
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I think you missed Joe's whole point. Churches do not pay FIT. Can we please get off politics before I lose control and go Spartacus* on this vipers' nest of liberals? *I refer to the 2009-2010 Starz TV series. It made 300 pale in comparison. -Original Message- From: swprograms-boun...@hard-core-dx.com [mailto:swprograms-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Richard Cuff Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 16:14 To: Shortwave programming discussion Cc: Internet radio discussion Subject: Re: [Swprograms] [Internetradio] [dxld] Defunding public broadcasting Another thought... Non-profit religious stations do have to be circumspect in political advocacy, particularly when it comes to promoting individual candidates. Federal courts have found that churches that advocate individual political candidates running for office could lose their non-profit status. RC On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Richard Cuff rdc...@gmail.com wrote: It's always been an ideological attack -- 'twas so in Mr. Gingrich's attack in the 1990s. ___ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. ___ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
