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From: jfh@browngr.UUCP (John "Spike" Hughes)
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Subject: Re: PHC's during NPR fundraising
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Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 23:56:39 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 27 23:56:39 1984
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So New Jersey has 'real' non-commercial radio, in which a few people (those
operating the station, doing the broadcasts, etc., while getting no salary)
donate their time (presumably worth a good deal of money, since in other
places people are paid a great deal for these services) while the listeners
get off easy.
   That's non-commercial radio all right.
   Something about this reminds me of an expression I heard while at
Princeton: A 'New Jersey virgin' is someone who's only had sex once. Perhaps
we can say that "New Jersey Listener Supported Radio" is radio supported
by a few listeners and some dedicated operators...

   In a way, I don't mind the fundraisers for PHC (or the rest of public
radio). They give me an opportunity to think about the tragedy of the common,
and to do my part to show that it doesn't always apply. I pledged some
money this year, and then had to go grab my letter to Princeton out of the
mailbox--I'd only sent them two-thirds as much!