Mike likes to listen to Air 1, which calls itself “the positive alternative,” which means top-15
Lately they’ve been doing the same stupid thing public television does every three months—they’re starting a pledge drive. Yes indeedy; they don’t air commercials, so they need their listening audience to send them money if they like what they hear. Of course, my attitude is the same that I have when
Same with Xanga and their “premium” service. Every time I type in an entry, there’s a box on the page that says, “Just sign up for Xanga Premium, and the ad is gone!” Hey, I like free Xanga. I can put up with an ad. (And for those of you who have noticed, I’ve been replacing Xanga’s ads with my fake ads on my page for the past month.)
I have a suspicion that this begging for pledges method is actually getting these organizations more money than they make it seem. After all, notice how comfortably all the TV preachers are doing…