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luckone

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10. There are benefits to donating I enjoy the PBS video app that comes with local membership here

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 12:28 AM

Dec 2021

If enough people donated and then self renewed every year on their own, along with more public funding allotted, they could stop
Really nothing is free and I don’t miss the commercials that make the $ up on other free channels 52 weeks a year
That’s commercials and product endorsements for 52 weeks 24/7

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Damn it, my PBS station is doing their begging for two weeks now!!!!!! Only used to be a few days [View all] a kennedy Dec 2021 OP

I contributed today (KLRU - Austin). I notice that other than walkingman Dec 2021 #1

Feel lucky. There is an online jazz station that does it for two months. Sneederbunk Dec 2021 #2

God, where do you live? I'll move. rsdsharp Dec 2021 #3

It's enough for me to say no. Polly Hennessey Dec 2021 #4

Had it here for the past several weeks several times a year question everything Dec 2021 #5

Two weeks of occasional begging compared to 10 to 15 minutes... TreasonousBastard Dec 2021 #6

+1 luckone Dec 2021 #9

Yah, you're right...... a kennedy Dec 2021 #12

It does seem far more frequent than it used to be Wahyee Dec 2021 #7

On the plus side, Pinback Dec 2021 #8

There are benefits to donating I enjoy the PBS video app that comes with local membership here luckone Dec 2021 #10

Wikipedia has been begging constantly lately captain queeg Dec 2021 #11

I agree with Wiki. They do a service we all use but don't pressure us. TreasonousBastard Dec 2021 #13