The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #54153   Message #840121
Posted By: Rick Fielding
04-Dec-02 - 12:12 AM
Thread Name: Folk Music On PBS
Subject: RE: Folk Music On PBS
Dammit Jerry, I'm gonna grouse when I feel like it! And by the way, where'd ya get that tie!?

Rick

P.S. Sort of off the topic, but I think it's a tad funny. Our local PBS outlet is WBEN Buffalo New York. About two years ago they started to realize that almost NONE of the American folks in the Buffalo/Erie PA. area were watching: Masterpiece Theatre, or any of their British sitcoms, and precious few were even watching MacNeill/Lehrer News Reports. So they started subtly aiming their fundraising at Toronto where probably the vast majority of their viewers reside. Now it ain't even subtle. They throw in all sorts of bizzare "Canuck happy talk" to make us think that they know Toronto very well. They don't....but we appreciate the effort. I'm afraid that the level of programming has gone wayyyy down though.....far too many repeats. Guess they simply don't have the bucks.

Cheers

Rick