[BC] Survey says....

[SteveOrdinetz]

WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:
> >  And who's gonna buy receivers for
> >  this new band just to hear syndie talk, brokered ethnic or paid
> >  religion...few of which draw much of an audience anyway.
>
>The very same listeners who currently support them, of course.
>
>WFIF (my employer) is a Daytimer. We carry Christian talk & teaching programs
>and a little music. The station continues to be supported by our very loyal,
>dedicated audience, sending money to the programmers who, in turn, purchase
>airtime. Were we to go 24 hours, and all people needed to do was buy a $20 
>radio
>to get us, I can see many of our listeners happily making a run on the local
>Electronics stores. If, for example, their budget was such that they couldn't
>afford $20, they could just withold one month's donation from whichever
>program they normally supported, to get the radio. Then they could again 
>support
>their favorite program, again, the following month. It would work. I know it
>would.

This might be a better topic for the Alternate Frequency board, but why do 
otherwise intelligent people send money to these radio "ministries"?  I'll 
admit to not being particularly religious, but most of these "preachers" 
strike me as being nothing but hucksters, as the old song said "stealing in 
the name of the Lord".  Back in the 70s I worked at a station that carried 
Garner Ted Armstrong...the show stuck out like a sore thumb on a Top 40 
station, but I understand he paid well & promptly for his time.  I found 
the show to have some comic value, but apparently quite a few took him 
seriously.