Back in the '80s I worked with a guy who spent 10 years as an art director with the WNET, the NYC/NJ local PBS affiliate. He said that the place was almost completely run and staffed by gay guys who used money to buy cases of champagne and other comfort items. He said that almost every Monday morning there would be a new gay boy employed there as a gofer--someone one of the bosses met over the weekend.
He said we had no idea what went on there...
I have a college buddy, now an FBI agent, who said to me that Steve Wassname, the guy who plays Red Green, is an absolute, 1950s-style chauvanist. It drives the FemLib PBS station managers crazy when he goes out to hype and fundraise for one of the few really hot shows PBS presents..."Hi, honey, great to be here. Can you get me a cup of coffee and a danish? OK, thanks!" (Little pat on the butt.)