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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
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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
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