[Swprograms] Fwd: sorta OT: CPB meddling in PBS editorial policy

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

It may be instructive to recall the outcry when Mr. Gingrich suggested
eliminating the CPB
back in 1996.

However it would likely be an even bigger outcry if we were to remove
the implicit Congressional oversight and instead make the CPB a public
corporation a la the BBC, with a license fee funding mechanism.  Maybe
we need to add a line item to IRS Form 1040 which allows for an
individual checkoff ("...would you like to donate $3 from your return
to support public broadcasting...").

Interesting comment in Joe's reference regarding Tucker Carlson, he of
the recent Jon Stewart spat.

How does Canada with the CBC avoid this temptation?

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

On 5/2/05, Joe Buch <joseph.buch@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 10:53 PM 5/1/05 -0400, Richard Cuff wrote:
>
<snip>

>
> On the public radio side CPB is issuing grants to public stations to convert to IBOC.  Who needs it?  The 70+ dB dynamic range advertised for FM IBOC is wasted on 90% of the audience which is in cars.  Acoustic road noise effectively limits the real dynamic range the listener can use to about 30dB.  So IBOC must still compress the dynamic range to prevent road warriors from having to ride the volume control.  No gain for 90% of the listeners but considerable unnecessary expense for stations opting to adopt FM IBOC.
>
> Tomlinson has long been near the root of the problem.
>
> I found the following article pertinent to this subject:
>
> Originally published in Current, Nov. 17, 2003
> By Dan Odenwald
>

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