----------------------------Original message---------------------------- My own feeling about the NPR/PBS debate: If their programming is truley valuable, of a high quality, and in demand by the public, then NPR and PBS should survive the same way ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MTV, TNN, VH1 (and the list goes on) do - advertising! OR through donations from their audience, but PBS and NPR have had the market on that cornered for some time now. If there are enough viewers and listeners, then donations should be at a high enough level to maintain PBS and NPR programming without a problem. :::::[log in to unmask] (Aaron Michaels)::::: :::::WIFC-FM / WSAU-AM --- Wausau, WI::::: :::::Univ. of Wisconsin -- Stevens Point:::::