Local foundations, philanthropists, churches, unions, public interest groups or even large numbers of small donors all might be willing to contribute to such an effort. It is even simpler still to influence the acquisition of programs. Stations use their community service grants and other funds to purchase these programs from 300 or so syndicators. The American Programming Service and the Central Educational Service are major acquisition services that assist stations in buying products from syndicators. The McLaughlin Group is not a PBS production, but it is carried by as many as 300 PBS stations.
Chapters can request public service announcements for their meetings and events as well.
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