Erstling told the New York Times that "For 2010, the public radio and television stations that the corporation surveyed were expecting to lose 14% of their overall revenue. We're projecting for 2010 through 2013 that the economy will recover and stations will lag. Every source of income they have other than, so far, federal has declined." ...
Over the weekend, WBUR Boston General Manager Paul La Camera wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe objecting to a recent column against government support of public radio. La Camera raised several pro-funding points, "Public radio is a not-for-profit system, and we do not and are not allowed to participate or compete in the commercial marketplace. That's what public radio is all about." La Camera objected to the appropriateness of subsidies and whether they compromise the content of public radio. "Public support, whether from the CPB or from listeners, allows for the very objectivity, fairness, and journalistic independence" (questioned in the recent column). La Camera also covered the necessity of subsidies and the affordability of public radio. "Eliminating CPB funding as part of a larger government cost-cutting crusade would be symbolic at best and, at worst, devastating to the availability of the high-quality journalism increasingly in short supply in this country." La Camera called public radio - a public partnership, a public service - and our civic life and very democracy need it today more than ever." Many listeners would agree with him...
10 Timeline Memories:
1.1790] Back up the van: Congress moves from New York, our nation's first capital, to Philadelphia. A massive system of hot stuffy air is seen headed south on the weather map...
2.1865] A ratifying experience: The 13th amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery...
3.1923] On the Radio: Calvin Coolidge becomes the first president to deliver a radio address (to a joint session of Congress). One year later, Cal is filmed...
4.1948] Debuted: Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. The show runs for a decade, ending in July 1958. Some of the talent discovered: Rosemary Clooney, Pat Boone, Steve Lawrence, Connie Francis, Patsy Cline and Rod McKuen. Elvis Presley flunked the audition...
5.1957] What a blast: America's first attempt at launching a satellite blows up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral...
6.1973] New Veep: House minority leader Gerald R. Ford is sworn in as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who had resigned after pleading no contest to income tax evasion. This clip shows Ford being sworn in as president...
7.1982] "D-I-V-O-R-C-E": Senator Ted Kennedy and wife Joan agree to disagree...
8.1988] "Happy Trails": Roy Orbison dies of a heart attack while visiting his mother near Nashville. Orbison who would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 was just 52...
9.2002] Sticky fingers: Winona Ryder is sentenced to community service for stealing more than $5,500 worth of merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills...
10.2003] Shooting blanks: Army becomes the first team in major college football history to finish 0 and 13 after a 34-6 beating at the hands of Navy...
Music Memories:
- 1969] 'Sympathy for the Devil': That's the song Mick Jagger was singing at Altamont Speedway, near San Francisco when a crazed and armed fan is stabbed by a member of Hell's Angels and the riot was captured on film. Besides the Stones, the bill included Santana, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young...
- 1983] Number One on this date: "Say, Say, Say" - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Janine Turner (48), Steven Wright (55), JoBeth Williams (62), James Naughton (65), Jonathan King (66) and Dave Brubeck (90)...
Timeline Countdown: Happy Hanukah, 15 days until winter, 17 days until Festivus, 19 days until Christmas, 25 nights until New Year's Eve and 33 days until the NFL Wildcard Playoffs...
