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Old 02-16-2010, 11:52 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Wow, they play commercials from the local Fox affiliate? That seems a bit much. OPB Radio has some corporate sponsorship, but it's nothing awful; their big sponsors of late seem to be Yogi Tea and Traditional Medicinals Herbal Teas, and they certainly don't play commercials. It's more of "This program is brought to you by ..." sort of thing.
I've heard some underwriting announcements that definitely cross over the line into being commercials. And the Not for Profits can have every bit as much of an agenda as the corporates.

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Oh, and another thing I love about public radio here: OPB Radio covers--or tries to cover--the entire state. I can listen to OPB Radio wherever I am here; the one exception seems to be at the top of Tombstone Pass in the Cascades. This is great for us because my SO and I have a hard time agreeing on what to listen to in the car. He doesn't care for all of my music nor do I care for much of his, so public radio it is.
It's the same in Kansas. They do cover the whole state, but you can be listening in Kansas City and catch a weather forecast, not realizing that the forecast is for Liberal, about 400 miles away.

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