Tim,<div><br></div><div>I didn't duck Dave's question! There should have been a lot more to that post than just the stuff about finances. If nobody else saw it there must have been a glitch. Basically, I said that I advocate for the programming advisory committee to make these decisions but that my personal preference would be less NPR, especially on the weekends.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My real beef is not about NPR, which I know a lot of people like, but the lack of alternative voices. KZYX, in my opinion, doesn't just have some NPR programming. It touts itself as an NPR station. This has become its "operational philosophy." I would like to see more variety including voices that are outright critical of NPR. </div>
<div><br></div><div>There are many in our community who don't like NPR. They are not all "radicals" and they have a legitimate point of view. As members of our community, they should be allowed to have a voice as well.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Doug M.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br>On Thursday, February 20, 2014, Tim Bray <<a href="mailto:tbray@wildblue.net">tbray@wildblue.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Doug, you may be right about the
programming fee allocations, I didn't find a detailed breakdown in
the reports I was looking at. I'm sure that information is
available somewhere but I didn't have the time to track it down.<br>
I did want people to understand how the subscription pricing works
- it isn't a simple matter of paying a fixed fee for a specific
program.<br>
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As for the rest of it - the debate over how good/bad NPR is will
never end; it is a lot like arguing over politics. Most people
have their opinions and aren't going to change their minds based
on someone else's arguments. My own view is that NPR is far from
perfect (it often irritates the snot out of me, to be honest) but
I like listening to it anyway, and I think it is equal or superior
to most of the alternatives. It is also undeniably popular among
the membership.<br>
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David's question is pertinent, and ducking it does you no credit.
NPR news on KZYX consists of Morning/Weekend Edition, and All
Things Considered. If you advocate cutting one or both of those,
say so, and tell us what you would replace them with. Advocates
for change must offer their alternatives instead of just
complaining about the status quo.<br>
The other NPR progams on KZYX are: Fresh Air with Terry Gross (run
twice each weekday), Wait Wait Don't Tell me on Saturday (my
personal fave!), On the Media, and the TED Radio Hour. Would you
see any of those cut, and if so, how would you replace them?<br>
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Tim<br>
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On 2/19/2014 11:22 AM, doug mckenty wrote:<br>
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<div>I thought the total programming fee of 32k included the 22k
for individual programs plus membership fees like 8k for the NPR
membership. So the total payout for programming was the 32k
number. Perhaps you are right and they should be added for a
total of 55k.</div>
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