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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
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Subject: Re: Farm-Aid
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Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 18:42:30 EDT
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>      I guess ABC doesn't think the Farm-Aid isn't a good enough cause to 
> merit prime time. I guess the Emmy's are more important than the American 
> Farmer. They didn't air any of Farm-Aid till after the Emmy awards. They
> probably would've raised a lot more money if ABC (or another network) would've
> given some prime time coverage. Kinda' pathetic if you ask me.

It shouldn't be blamed entirely on ABC.  The Farm-Aid organizers could
have chosen a night other than "Television"s most important night of
the year, or a different network.

They also limited their "marketability" by going with country music.
Country music isn't going to bring in the high ratings of popular music.
(Not to say that there weren't good reasons to do "country" instead of
pop).

In the end, the amount of money raised by Farm-Aid is inconsequential.
Whether it is $1 million or $100 million, it just isn't going to make a
significant dent in the *tens* of *billions* of dollars of farm debt in
the U.S.  The important thing is the attention that is brought to the
problem.
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Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {calcom1,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug