Usally when I'm driving, I'll be listening to XM Radio or KOMO AM 1000 for traffic updates, but I happened to be in the Ranger yesterday (which has no satellite radio) so I flipped on 89.5 FM, a pretty cool local high school radio station that plays dance music.
Apparently their Fall Pledge Drive is going on this week. It's the time of year when they beg for money from listeners so they can stay on the air. I guess Seattle Public Schools cut off their funding years ago. That's gotta be a tough job, especially since their listener base seems to be mostly high school and college kids. It all reminds me of an episode of Saved By the Bell.
I just have to put in my two cents regarding paying for public radio. In 2003, I felt cheated when I paid for an underwriting spot with them. If I remember correctly, I paid for a week's worth of underwriting for the last week of November (when people would be getting their snowboard gear). Unfortunately, the Fall Pledge Drive that year ran way too long, and went right into my "underwriting week." Instead of moving me back a week, or another time in December, they decided to run their pledge drive right around my underwriting ads.
Oh well, I just try to think of it as my $1,500 donation to their pledge week. Even though now that I think about it, I could have paid for almost 10 years of XM Radio, while listening to 150 channels instead of just one.
Again, just my 2 cents.
Still, not to take anything away from what C89.5 does. Maybe one day I will feel compelled to donate some $ to them again (especially if satellite radio ever goes bust). But until then, I'm happy listening to the exact same songs on XM Channel 81, with a few exceptions for certain remixes.
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