The extra significance of this article is that, as they say on their own web page,...
"KQED is consistently the most-watched public television station in the nation in prime-time, reaching more than five million viewers each month.", and "KQED is the most-listened-to public radio station in the country, reaching more than 745,000 listeners each week."
1 posted on
07/11/2003 1:10:06 PM PDT by
Drango
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2 posted on
07/11/2003 1:12:07 PM PDT by
Drango
(Just 5¢ a day will end pledge drives on FreeRepublic.)
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3 posted on
07/11/2003 1:12:23 PM PDT by
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To: Drango
Democratic fundraising....If PBS won't do it, who will?
4 posted on
07/11/2003 1:20:09 PM PDT by
Drango
(Just 5¢ a day will end pledge drives on FreeRepublic.)
To: Drango
Fund it with $$$ from Bill Moyer.
To: Drango
What happened to the QED? (pronounced kwedd) It was their cartoon icon way back when.
8 posted on
07/11/2003 2:12:14 PM PDT by
tallhappy
To: Drango
Why not do something wacky, like taking ADS!
9 posted on
07/11/2003 2:39:10 PM PDT by
kaktuskid
To: Drango
Oh, my friends, the bubbles in the American PRAVDA stew are finally rising to the top of the kettle!
Since 46% of the 45 million dollar budget is $20,700,000, this means the averaged salary of the 248 KQED employees is a very humble and civil servant-like $83,467.00!
Even in their worst-case doomsday scenario, when these penniless church mice cut 40 of the 248 jobs (or about 17% of their work force) to meet the crunch of losing 5 million from their operating budget, the article states that half of the cuts would come from payroll. Assuming the pirate captains in charge will make the lowest swabs walk the plank first, the average salary of those being cut would still be an astonishing $62,500.00 average
Now, let's give them a chance to redeem themselves. Since the Bay Area membership is over 200,000 members, that works out to $225.00 per member to meet their entire budget. Even so, with Corporations are kicking in, minimally, $6,700,000.00, which would reduce the member's burden $33.50 leaving a total tab of $191.50 for an annual membership to pay.
Now that we know a little about the facts behind the figures, let's find out what San Francisco's KQED has to say for itself by tuning into their current fundraiser
FIRST MALE ANNOUNCER: People, it's only a lousy $191.50 for a year's worth of KQED. I ask you, is that too much for all of the fine programming you've all come to expect and enjoy? For God's sake, I spend more than that on a perm and manicure. My Starbucks habit is bigger than that, girl! It's time to dig deep, GLBTer's! Let's have a quick look at the many benefits that you and your family unit configuration can enjoy from an annual membership
SECOND MALE ANNOUNCER: First, there's our award winning series on anal health and pleasure. This fine series does in depth examinations of topic that are important to you and our community. Who can forget the groundbreaking episode 'Fisting in Your Face!' I cried for days when I was fisted, er, when I saw that episode the first time. What other venues offer such sensitive portrayals of modern issues?
THIRD MALE ANNOUNCER: Gentleladies and Girlymen, W isn't going to give us our red meat on a platter and wild Bill is gone, Honey. That leaves us girls, so let's roll up our sleeves. Ooh! That's so-o-o-o butch, I'm going to put up my hair like Rosie the Riveter on the next break.
FEMALE ANNOUNCER: Yeah, fine, whatever. What about our classic series 'Grim Tales Told by Fairies' in which we bring the poignant retelling of familiar straight stories. Who can ever forget what the ugly duckling became when he finally found himself. Or what about the alternative lifestyles presented in our version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears? Isn't this worth 0.52 cents a day? If you wimps can't grow the stones to kick out 0.52 coppers, I'm gonna personally come to your address and WHIP YOUR ASS!
FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD MALE ANNOUNCERS: Ooh! Me first!
All of the kidding aside, this analysis of the crooked waste of NPR and PBS is making me guilty. You see, I haven't coughed up my support for FR this quarter. As soon as this is posted, I'm gonna re-up my support for FR during our fundraiser - how 'bout you?
To: Drango
Away with them - let Muffy and Biff do honest work to pay for their Brie!
15 posted on
07/11/2003 10:13:39 PM PDT by
185JHP
( Penumbras. Emanations. Fatuities.)
To: Drango
How ironic that such a leftist station uses the call letters kQED. QED stands for "quod erat demonstatum" or "it has been demonstrated", most commonly used after mathematical proofs. In other words, it represents truth. The left uses it to represent their propoganda. No, nothing IS sacred.
18 posted on
07/12/2003 9:54:05 AM PDT by
gorush
(If you're happy and you know it, clank your chains...)
To: Drango
KQED, and all the other PBS/NPR stations, are nothing but liberal shills for the Democratic Party. I wonder if they need to be regulated as such. It's also interesting that they think of themselves as "the elite". I actually heard one of the NPR reporters refer to himself as a member of the elite. He wasn't even joking.
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