Re: UMass Radio

[Shawn Mamros <mamros@MIT.EDU>]

><< You won't find pledge breaks on the college stations. >>
>
>Hmmm, really??  WERS just recently had their Live Music Weekend which I think
>kicks off at least a week of "pledge breaks". '  I know because I have a
>refrigerator magnet that reminds me that I have sent them money.  If I recall,
>WMBR at MIT also sets aside a time to ask for money. I've heard it on their
>morning shows and they used to offer things like a chance to dj for an hour if
>you pledged $88 dollars or something.  Come to think of it, I think I've even
>heard WZBC at Boston College ask for money as well.  

Yes, all of the above-mentioned college stations have occasional fundraising
drives.  At WMBR, we only do it one week out of the year (traditionally
sometime in November).  I can't speak for the others.

The major difference between WUMB and the college stations is that UMB
receives CPB funding (and all the shoestrings that come attached), while
the college stations don't.  Long time ago, what was then WTBS did apply
for CPB funding.  In hindsight, I'm very glad they (we) didn't get it.

- -Shawn Mamros
Comptroller, WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM
E-mail to: mamros@mit.edu

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