Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!rick From: rick@uwmacc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Lost episodes and Crassness at pledge time Message-ID: <573@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 16-Dec-84 23:33:04 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.573 Posted: Sun Dec 16 23:33:04 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 03:02:28 EST Reply-To: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (Rick Keir) Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 29 Summary: [ Ubiquitous little bug, isn't it? ] Today, WHA (Madison's Public TV station) announced that they were going to have the package of lost and unreleased episodes of Dr. Who available in March. Then they added: But this will cost us $9000. Our pledge goal is $150,000 and we only have $90K right now. So, if we don't meet our goal, we'll be facing some very tough choices about what to cut. WHA just kissed goodbye to any pledges from me with this cheesey attempt at blackmail. I wouldn't have minded so much if they had said that they'd get the episodes if they met their goals... but first they give, and then take away. Slime-brains, they are. They made the next $10,000 of their drive during the 90 minutes Dr. Who was on this afternoon; the drive lasted all week. In other words, 10% of that week's "take" came while Dr. Who was on. I really think Dr. Who fans deserve better than this crap, considering that they are mostly college-age people without a great deal of cash. If the fans of Nova, Masterpiece Theatre, Nature, etc. were supporting WHA to the same extent their pledge drives wouldn't be lasting a week long. But then again, we just watch that silly sci-fi stuff, not SERIOUS programming. -- "Now I guess I'll have to tell 'em/That I got no cerebellum...." Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, MACC 1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706 {allegra, ihnp4, seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!rick