Re: Commercials 103.3

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 17:33:45 -0700 (PDT) Bob Nelson
<raccoonradio@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> --- Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com> wrote:
> > > And then there are the non-comms who _don't_
> > fundraise
> > > on the air. Lots of music then...though
> > > the signal might not exactly be strong. Oh well!
> > 
> > So where do they get their money? 
> 
> Student activity fees (WMWM has gotten by on less
> than $10,000 a year), bare-bones expenses (sharing
> an engineer with 20 other stations), fundraising
> nights at local nightclubs, etc.
> 
> Also donations from staffers. When WMWM's cassette
> deck in the on-air studio died, I donated my old
> one. Somebody donated a sofa and loveseat. We get
> albums for free. DJs aren't paid, etc. Some stations
> are like Filene's. Some are like Target. We are like
> Building #19 :)

So that would make it a college station vs non-comm in the public radio
sense wouldn't it?
df