{"id":247,"date":"2005-07-21T11:15:27","date_gmt":"2005-07-21T18:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/?p=247"},"modified":"2019-01-10T19:12:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T19:12:23","slug":"help-keep-partisan-spin-off-npr-and-pbs-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/21\/help-keep-partisan-spin-off-npr-and-pbs-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Keep Partisan Spin Off NPR and PBS stations"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received a MoveOn.org<\/a> email spurring me to call a local PBS station and tell them that “I’m a big supporter of PBS and this station. CPB chairman Kenneth Tomlinson is demanding more right-wing programming on public broadcasting. Please keep his partisan spin off the air” or something like that. Since I agree and the phone number was there, I thought, “What the hell, I’ll call.”<\/p>\n

So I did. I spoke with a nice man in the viewer relations department at Thirteen\/WNET New York. He told me how viewer and\/or member comments really do make a difference<\/em> and he urged more phone calls (um, he’s on our side). My phone call and viewpoint has not gone into a blackhole, rather it was recorded, it will be passed on to those that matter and it will hopefully help push back on the recent government interference. He talked about how 7 lines received 500 phone calls yesterday – an unbelievable number – and how he hoped to receive even more phone calls today. What is with those people at PBS and answering phones? Whether its a telethon or in customer service, they just love it!<\/p>\n

If you care at all about those phone whores remaining non-partisan, please call or write and let them know that you want the government to stay away from slanting PBS one way or the other. You don’t have to be a member to voice an opinion. You don’t have to give your name, though there is no reason not to. Here’s the info:<\/p>\n

WLIW-TV:<\/strong> 516-367-210; viewers_voice@wliw.pbs.org<\/p>\n

WNYE-TV: 718-250-<\/strong>5800; wnyemail@wnye.org<\/p>\n

Thirteen\/WNET New York:<\/strong> 212-560-1313; web@thirteen.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I received a MoveOn.org email spurring me to call a local PBS station and tell them that “I’m a big supporter of PBS and this station. CPB chairman Kenneth Tomlinson is demanding more right-wing programming on public broadcasting. Please keep his partisan spin off the air” or something like that. Since I agree and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[450,452,478,660],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-nonprofit","tag-npr","tag-pbs","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4022,"href":"http:\/\/www.keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions\/4022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}