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Re: donorships

On 30 Jul 2000,  Bob Nelson...WMWM wrote:

> On yesterday's Let's Talk about Radio, guest Joe
> Ross mentioned hearing the phrase "UMass Football
> is brought to you by..." on WMUA.
> College/non-commercial stations are allowed to run
> "donorships",
> which are basically acknowledgments of donations given
> to the station by private individuals or companies.
 
I'm well aware of that, and I've heard some of the underwriting 
announcements on PBS.  The announcements I heard on WMUA sounded much more 
like commercials than I've ever heard elsewhere on supposedly  
noncommercial radio.


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