So now they get tax money, solicit members, run commercials and now have Clear Channel doing the bulk of their fundraising...also paid for by the taxpayer.
Hear the music?
So now they get tax money, solicit members, run commercials And do they ever run commercials...KQED, my local NPR station runs MORE commericals than almost all the FM stations. (nudge, nudge, wink, wink...but they call 'em underwriting so it's OK)