----------------------------Original message---------------------------- On 2/5/95, Larry Jarvik wrote: >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > PBS is not free. It is >supported by local, state, and federal taxes as well as by corporate sponsors >and station donors. In this way, it actually is more costly than commercial >television or cable, which get no tax dollars. ===================== But on commercial stations the advertising production costs and fees for the air time are paid for by the sponsors, which only increases the cost of the products being advertised. That in turn means that we also have to pay more sales tax on the item. --Richard J. Leskosky Richard J. Leskosky office phone: (217) 244-2704 Assistant Director FAX: (217) 244-2223 Unit for Cinema Studies University of Illinois