Au contraire. They do get a lot of money from the government. Try looking through their books....they are hideously convoluted in order to mask that fact. They all pass money back and forth between stations, CPB, PBS and production companies. A dollar may go back and forth between the various 'public broadcasting' entities 10 or more times. But if you look at dollars in (donations, sponsorships, gov't) and dollars out (salaries utilites etc NOT including payments to other public b'casting entities) a big part of it comes from our taxes. They are basically a money laundering organization.
What you said...here is the budget for all of Public Broadcasting showing 43% comming from tax dollars. sorry I don't have the breakout for radio, but they hide the numbers...
| Dollar figures in thousands |
FY82 |
FY86 |
FY90 |
FY93 |
FY94 |
FY97 |
FY99 | FY01 |
| TOTAL INCOME | $845,214 | $1,134,009 | $1,581,447 | $1,790,095 | $1,794,631 | $1,932,260 | $2,146,798 | $2,280,464 |
FEDERAL INCOME
|
197,625 (23.4%) |
185,694 (16.4%) |
267,369 (16.9%) |
369,527 (20.6%) |
329,975 (18.4%) |
322,271 (16.7%) |
300,960 (14%) |
385,185 (16.9%) |
| CPB | 172,000 (20.3%) |
159,500 (14.1%) |
229,391 (14.5%) |
253,309 (14.2%) |
275,000 (15.3%) |
260,000 (13.5%) |
250,000 (11.6%) |
340,000 (14.9%) |
| Satellite system replacement |
0 | 0 | 0 | 65,327* (3.6%) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other federal funds | 25,625 (3%) |
26,194 (2.3%) |
37,978 (2.4%) |
50,891 (6.5%) |
54,975 (3.1%) |
62,271 (3.2%) |
50,960 (2.4%) |
45,185 (2%) |
NONFEDERAL
|
647,589 (76.6%) |
948,315 (83.6%) |
1,314,078 (83.1%) |
1,420,568 (79.4%) |
1,464,656 (81.6%) |
1,609,989 (83.3%) |
1,845,838 (86%) |
1,895,278 (83.1%) |
State & local
|
301,038 (35.6%) |
378,828 (33.4%) |
473,837 (30%) |
475,176 (26.5%) |
509,528 (28.4%) |
542,872 (28.1%) |
544,279 (25.4%) |
593,449 (26%) |
| Local governments | 42,353 (5%) |
50,879 (4.5%) |
59,810 (3.8%) |
56,230 (3.1%) |
55,927 (3.1%) |
66,087 (3.4%) |
57,159 (2.7%) |
60,933 (2.7%) |
| State governments | 166,515 (19.7%) |
213,069 (18.8%) |
262,219 (16.6%) |
254,715 (14.2%) |
272,018 (15.2%) |
298,834 (15.5%) |
297,816 (13.9%) |
331,203 (14.5%) |
| Public colleges & universities |
92,170 (10.9%) |
114,881 (10.1%) |
151,808 (9.6%) |
164,232 (9.2%) |
181,584 (10.2%) |
177,951 (9.3%) |
189,304 (8.8%) |
201,313 (8.8%) |
Private sources
|
346,551 (41%) |
569,487 (50.2%) |
840,241 (53.1%) |
945,392 (52.8%) |
955,128 (53.2%) |
1,067,117 (55.2%) |
1,301,559 (60.6%) |
1,301,829 (57.1%) |
| Private colleges & universities |
12,870 (1.5%) |
26,335 (2.3%) |
31.204 (2%) |
23,244 (1.3%) |
26,049 (1.5%) |
35,206 (1.8%) |
31,359 (1.5%) |
36,460 (1.6%) |
| Foundations | 22,108 (2.6%) |
38,343 (3.4%) |
71,070 (4.5%) |
99,585 (5.6%) |
96,927 (5.4%) |
111,570 (5.8%) |
123,150 (5.7%) |
141,184 (6.2%) |
| Business | 100,486 (11.9%) |
170,828 (15.1%) |
262,448 (16.6%) |
285,380 (15.9%) |
301,322 (16.8%) |
277,576 (14.4%) |
314,890 (14.7%) |
361,078 (15.8%) |
| Subscribers | 142,076 (16.8%) |
245,614 (21.7%) |
340.944 (21.6%) |
390,570 (21.8%) |
399,225 (22.2%) |
472,040 (24.4%) |
550,427 (25.6%) |
575,556 (25.2%) |
| Auctions | 20,392 (2.4%) |
22,915 (2%) |
22,760 (1.4%) |
21,207 (1.2%) |
20,590 (1.1%) |
21,180 (1.1%) |
17,217 (0.8%) |
13,052 (0.6%) |
| Other sources | 48,619 (5.8%) |
65,451 (5.8%) |
111,815 (7.1%) |
125,407 (7%) |
111,014 (6.2%) |
149,545 (7.7%) |
264,516 (12.3%) |
174,499 (7.7%) |
| *Over three years, fiscal years 1991-93, Congress appropriated a total of $198 million for CPB to rehab the public TV and radio satellite systems.
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Yes..and don't forget their tax exempt status.
How many businesses would like the privilege of NOT being taxed?