Public Radio- AKA "Listener Supported Radio"

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So, you turn on your favorite "Public Service Radio" station, whether it is that cool easy listening music station, or National Public Radio for you flaming Liberals, and what do you hear?


Answer: "This is membership week...." 

What follows is a couple of cool head motor mouths talking to you about what you will miss if they go off the air, and, you better call in NOW, and make a donation. The tally is kept until they only need "three hundred thousand to meet our annual budget........ be the one to push us over the top......... pick up that phone and make your donation."


They also often will send you a coffee mug for giving so much, and to the monster donation, they send a ticket to the Paducha, Kentucky Philharmonic Orchestra next August, and your name will be engraved on a rock out back of the radio station.


So, why do they do this? 

Well, as is all too often the case these days, that is, when disgusting behavior and in your face pests are pounding you, Big Nanny, the Federal Government made them do it. That's right, dear tax payer, the FCC has a rule that they have to go on the air and raise the cash live.


I suppose this is done to see if anyone wants the radio station on the air. If you do not donate, then the unwanted radio station will go away. This is typical reasoning for Big Government. They think they need to rid society of the tiny minority who are not wanted very much. 

This logic also works when some old geezer is on life support, and they pull the plug. After all, no one spoke up and said that actually WANTED the guy to hang around. So, Aloha, buster.


So, make your donation please, to that itty bitty 3000 watt radio station in your home town, if you want them to still be there next month.


This has to be the most insane fund raising gimmick of all time:


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