Not only underwriters, but I'd think also and perhaps especially
that the performers and the venues who host them would be quite
disappointed that Mary's promotion of them is to be lost.

WETA, btw--not sure it was specified above--apparently went to its
mostly-news format in Feb. 2005.
Personally, I've been quite angered by WETA's echoing WAMU's long-standing
broadcast of Morning Edition, and then WAMU's reciprocation more recently
in duplicating WETA's long-standing early evening hosting of All Things
Considered--which prior to that had been done in a wonderfully complementary
way: WAMU began as WETA ended the broadcast, and one thus could listen
from anytime in the first 90min and catch it all via WAMU's later airing.

The money-hounding mailings seem to have followed Ms. Rockefeller's
presence, and are a splendid waste of resources and irritation to any
reasonable person (they have done phone calls, too!).
(Btw, is anyone else amazed at the NUMBER of trustees--that's one long list!)

--dl*
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