Re: Lydon resigns from WBUR

[Larry Weil <kc1ih@mediaone.net>]

At 6:37 PM -0500 3/2/01, Dan Billings wrote:
>What Lydon wants is not that unusual for a nationally syndicated host.  I'm
>not sure if Imus or Stern own part of their show, Rush did at one time, but
>I'm sure Imus and Stern share in the profits of the program.  They don't
>continue to draw the same salary as affiliates and revenue grow.  That was
>the major part of what Lydon was demanding.

But, all the others you mention are on commercial stations and 
networks, so it's a whole different ball game.  Do those who complain 
about their tax dollars going into public broadcasting really want to 
see their money used to create private empires?
-- 
Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH