Ray Bay wrote:

>... The program does not fit within the budget constraints of most member
>stations due to the high cost, as public radio stations have lost public
>funding each year since 1996.  The work to keep Performance Today is best
>spent on organizations that will pay for local sponsorship...  or for
>sponsors who care.

I believe that quality programming does not necessarily require "quality"
budgets.

On the other hand, I just don't see a place for classical music on NPR.
NPR has evolved a long way from those notions of educational broadcasting.
If responding to listener's "wants" is the point...then I don't see that
it should qualify for tax exempt status.

Karl