Michael S. Cole wrote in response to me:

>>But even more fundamentally, I wonder, what is the function of public
>>broadcasting.  Is it to attract a large audience?
>
>Is it to attract a small audience?

Again for me the question remains, what is the goal and mission of public
broadcasting.

>>Again I make the association with the educational aspect of public
>>broadcasting.
>
>Those days are gone and don't seem likely to come again.

Pity.

>My point is that the members of this list are atypical in the extreme. ...
>What do most of your friends say when you tell them how many CDs you have?
>Mine look at me like I'm more than a little strange.

Mine all tell me that they have more than I do.

I would agree that the members of this list are atypical, however I think
they are typical of those who sincerely value classical music.

>... I'm sorry that public radio stations don't broaden their playlists
>and include a few hours a week of late 20th Century music, but anything
>more than that would be suicide.  I think that the argument that everyone
>needs to learn to like what I like will result in none of us having
>anything.  You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

I would agree that you can't make him drink, but I believe the water
should be there for him.

Karl