KERA-loving FBvians contend I haven’t been watching enough of the station. Says one:
The fact is that public television regularly and “reliably” programs stuff like “Hank Williams, doo-wop singers, the Lawrence Welk show and Elvis.” So, in other words, you’re complaining that at pledge time they choose, from their regular array of programs, those that are more broadly appealing from a ratings standpoint, when they’re trying to raise money. Got it. You write about business, Glenn. All kinds of business. But you aren’t really in business, are ya now?
Adds another:
I find your comment is the one that actually is “disconnected.” I would think that anyone with any business acumen would understand that no one likes pledge drives, even us die-hard fans (which I am) and so, KERA takes the opportunity to lure us with things we won’t turn elsewhere for… (obviously during pledge drives I could find my news elsewhere without listening through the “tin cup rattling”). BUT, I won’t be able to find a documentary on Elvis or a Sarah Brightman concert (as I watched the last pledge drive). Maybe YOU don’t understand that since … you have a serious case of bias going on. (And worth mentioning, one without any serious evidence.)
But, at least one found some merit to the point:
My “favorite” weird KERA pledge-drive programming is the Blenko Glass Company film — a very strange choice indeed. In fact, I don’t pledge to the TV station anymore, just to 90.1.
