Commercials are not the reason we buy or turn on our radios and TVs. Of course not. We want to watch quality programming. The main reason is that the movies are not interrupted by commercials. Whether the content is fictional or not, television and radio broadcasts would be much better if they, too, were free of constant interruption.
Commercial messages are everywhere in our society.
It is impossible to go outside your home without seeing billboards, hearing advertisements, or having people hand you pamphlets. Our mailboxes and computers are often filled with junk mail advertisements, and almost anything you buy will have a label with a company logo or name, which functions as a little advertisement for the manufacturer. There are too many commercials in our lives, and if they were removed from TV and radio, there still would be no shortage of them. Of course, commercials raise money to pay for broadcasting, so some people say broadcasting would be impossible without them. But public broadcasting is one of the most respected and popular forms of media, and it has few or no commercials.