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From: garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary M. Samuelson)
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Subject: Re: Re: Lost episodes and Crassness at pledge time
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Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 10:19:54 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 21 10:19:54 1984
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> Yes, public stations behave abominably at pledge time; the amazing thing
> is that their behavior is actually counter-productive.
> 
> a) There is NO advantage to the subscriber or pledger in regard to the
> continued pledge breaks and begging -- even if you subscribe, you still
> have to endure this nonsense.

One of the public stations in this area (Connecticut) did provide
the following incentive to pledge:  Each day during pledge time,
they announced how much they wanted to raise that day.  When they
reached that daily goal, they stopped having pledge breaks that
day.  (No, I didn't watch it every day to see how often they made
their goal.)

But to call PBS pledge time behavior "counter-productive" doesn't
seem realistic; it may not be the most productive method possible
(and you may be assured that PBS stations are looking for the most
productive method possible), but it obviously works.

Gary Samuelson