Don Satz:

>>Concerning Jon's suggestion for a BBC model, I see no good reason for
>>giving a serious subsidy to the car guys or Ira Glass, or a host of
>>other dreary folks who are suffering from over exposure.
>
>What's wrong with the car guys?

As far as I'm concerned, nothing, except that they're on NPR radio when
they could very well be syndicated to commercial stations.

>I think they're a funny twosome and much more entertaining than innocuous
>Vivaldi, show tunes, and the ever-present guitar music that pervades the
>classical radio scene here in New Mexico.  It's not as if elimination
>of the car guys would give me more Bach or Scriabin.

On the other hand, why not lobby your station?  Tell them of your
disatisfaction with their programming.  That's what I do whenever local
NPR station asks me for money, and my station is probably not nearly as
bland as yours.

"Innocuous Vivaldi?" Vivaldi's one of the most imaginative composers
ever to put notes to staff.  So there.

Steve Schwartz