Comments on: NPR

By: athena

athena — Sat, 08 May 2004 19:51:31 +0000

I am *so* glad that our NPR station does the non-drive-drive. They are only on for 2 hours a day, once at 8am, and again at 5 (obviously to catch people going to and from work). It is hugely sucessful here, and I never miss any programs or feel bombarded by NPR ads. It makes me happy. Makes them happy too… I’m sorry your station hasn’t wised up…tell them you’ll pledge again when they change the format of their pledge-drive!

By: diane

diane — Thu, 06 May 2004 21:17:35 +0000

Our NPR station in Tulsa, KWGS, did a non-instrusive pledge drive about a year ago. They told you when the pledge drive started, but didn’t constantly talk through your programming about it. They’d just gently remind you to go online and pledge, and they’d mention that they weren’t pounding listeners (like you) over the head…
They actually exceeded their goal in four days.
Also, I don’t know why your NPR station does the multiple pledge drive thing… usually what happens is the local affiliate does a drive and that pays for the national syndicate fees. Maybe your station shares its frequency though, so each entity has to raise money itself? Just a guess…

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 04 May 2004 23:14:01 +0000

I feel the same way about PBS. I send them my donation when I get around to it. Sometimes that stretches to less than once per year, but I am annoyed by the repeated mailings, the telephone calls, and the PLEDGE telethons on the channel. Like you, I get less motivated rather than more motivated by all the badgering.