[NFCB] Funding and Parade

[Ginny Z. Berson]

There was a story in Parade Magazine recently about whether the federal
government should continue funding PBS, but the story is really about
funding public broadcasting.  Parade posed the question and asked its
readers to vote online.

 

You can go to
http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2008/edition_05-04-2008/Intellig
ence_Report and cast your vote, and pass this along to others as well.

 

While this is an unscientific poll put forward by one magazine, because
of its wide circulation - estimated at 32 million households - the
results of the poll could have an impact on policy-makers who must make
funding decisions under difficult fiscal constraints.

 

Ginny Z. Berson

Vice President and Director of Federation Services

National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB)

510 451-8200 ext. 305

1970 Broadway, Suite 1000

Oakland, CA 94612

www.nfcb.org

 

If you believe that the federal government should continue its support
for PBS, NPR and local Public Television and Radio stations, please go
to
http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2008/edition_05-04-2008/Intellig
ence_Report and vote YES!

 

In its most recent edition, PARADE magazine posed the question of
whether the federal government should continue its support for PBS and,
by implication, NPR and the entire Public Broadcasting industry as well.
PARADE magazine is distributed by more than 400 Sunday newspapers,
including the The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, The Baltimore Sun, The
Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, The Houston
Chronicle, The Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald, The New York Post,
The Philadelphia Inquirer, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Seattle
Times/Post Intelligencer and The Washington Post. While this is an
unscientific poll put forward by one magazine, because of its wide
circulation - estimated at 32 million households - the results of the
poll could have an impact on policy-makers who must make funding
decisions under difficult fiscal constraints.

 

Thanks, and please pass this along to other Public Broadcasting
supporters!