Some smart remarks about privatizing Congress. Meanwhile, PBS is cosponsoring a national tour to demonstrate DTV to opinion leaders. Some stations have gotten help from state governments , and others are successfully tapping the federal equipment grant program , but neither source is ready to pay the whole bill. For more about DTV, see our Current Briefing . Experts shared 10 basic suggestions for stations starting to seek major donations.
Stations know that pledge drives are the most annoying things they do.
MPR President Bill Kling and other executives received large bonuses for building the operations, but a state investigation found no wrongdoing . The nationwide Store of Knowledge chain has maintained its links with public TV, while Learningsmith has broken most ties . If the FCC wants more public-interest programming on DTV multicasting channels in the future, it should pay public TV to do it rather than inventing rules to drag it out of unmotivated commercial broadcasters, policy guru Henry Geller told the commission in October 2000. He recommended a spectrum fee on commercial stations of 1 percent of ad revenues. Vice President Gore is among the figures who have backed spectrum fees in the past.