An article on WGMS noted the following: >According to BIA, Z-104 had revenue of $9.9 million in 2004, slightly >more than WGMS's $9.3 million. One's jaw drops. A non-commercial station in Seattle which lasted from the 1960s to the 1980s used to have a total budget in the vicinity of $70,000. Double that for inflation, and we have $140,000 in today's dollars. Since the station was always on the ropes financially (although it lasted for more than 20 years), let us TRIPLE that amount to estimate a reasonable cost of running such a station. That estimate, $420,000, is TWENTY FOUR TIMES SMALLER than WGMS' current revenue. It follows that, far from being an efficient use of resources, commercial broadcasting is fabulously wasteful, compared to a demonstrated alternative. Jon Gallant Department of Gnome Sciences University of Washington