Re: WBUR & Fresh Air

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 02:07 PM 5/14/2003, Dan.Strassberg@att.net wrote:
>a large market like Boston, WHYY loses some revenus. Similarly, if WBUR's 
>shows
>aren't heard in Philadelphia, WBUR loses revenue. The only WBUR show that's a
>guaranteed carry in most markets is Car Talk because it's the #1 source of
>listener contributions at just about every NPR affiliate that airs it.

This is a nitpicky, but crucial, detail: Car Talk is not owned by WBUR, and 
therefore gets only a fraction of the revenue associated with it.   WBUR 
gets basically the same benefit any other NPR station carrying Car Talk 
gets.   A little more since they do station-specific fundraising spiels for 
WBUR, and just because they're Boston hosts playing on a Boston 
station.  But not much beyond that.



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