No Lindsey Soundstage for New York

[skcin]

A much more promising reply from good ol' Marnie:

I'm curious as to why WNED does not air Soundstage as often as other PBS stations in other areas of the country. According to the main PBS website, the new season is premiering in the next month or
>so, yet you have no scheduled airdates.
>
>http://www.pbs.org/wttw/soundstage/featured.htm
>
>Heart, Chris Isaak, Lindsey Buckingham, John Mayer - wow - this is going to be a great season! I really hope I am able to see these episodes.
>It would be a shame to miss them because my local affiliate decided it wasn't worthy to be put into the schedule.
>
>Thank you for your time,
>Paula

Dear Paula,

Thanks for writing again. We broadcast Soundstage but the series is shown at 1:00am. The reason for such a late hour is that when we have placed the program in a primetime slot, no one watched it.
Much of our audience is older (like 65 +) and they prefer Lawrence Welk to Soundstage. Rather than not broadcast the series at all, we show it at a late hour. Since your last e-mail, WNED's
Director of Broadcasting informed me that the third season of Soundstage will begin in August 2005. The dates are still to be announced. Please contact us again with your programming questions,
comments and suggestions. We always enjoy hearing from our viewers and members.

Marnie Davis
Viewer Services Coordinator
WNED
Horizons Plaza
P.O. Box 1263
Buffalo, NY 14240

1am is better than nothing, I supppose.

[WelshWitchPMD]

Originally Posted by skcin

A much more promising reply from good ol' Marnie:



1am is better than nothing, I supppose.

Don't you know that Lawrence Welk is hotter then Lindsey Buckingham?! He really gets the crowd going!

Really, why do they even bother to produce a Soundstage if they think that it won't be popular?

[catinthedark]

Originally Posted by skcin

A much more promising reply from good ol' Marnie:



1am is better than nothing, I supppose.

Well, duh. We all know Lawrence Welk is a hottie.

We also know this kind of thinking is what sends a TV station into oblivion. When all their 65+ viewers die, who's going to be around to watch??? They should be catering to all age groups in their scheduling. But I digress...

Good on you, Paula, for writing to Marnie again - and posing the question that way. Maybe I'll drop her another note, too, suggesting that it's not only 65+ fans of Welk who count (or support PBS).

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by catinthedark

They should be catering to all age groups in their scheduling.

They do. Why do you think they put Austin City Limits on at friggin' MIDNIGHT?!?!

[WelshWitchPMD]

Originally Posted by catinthedark

We also know this kind of thinking is what sends a TV station into oblivion. When all their 65+ viewers die, who's going to be around to watch??? They should be catering to all age groups in their scheduling. But I digress...

Yeah, they will show Lawrence Welk and a new show called 'Yo, PBS Raps" before they will cater to the 25-55 group.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by catinthedark

We also know this kind of thinking is what sends a TV station into oblivion. When all their 65+ viewers die, who's going to be around to watch??? They should be catering to all age groups in their scheduling. But I digress...

I wrote that to Goldie (anyone from Buffalo knows Goldie on PBS here ) last year with the whole LIB thing & she basically implied that since I (and people my age) haven't donated to PBS lately but older people do, that they were more important.

I replied that those older viewers wouldn't be around forever & that they had better start thinking about putting on better programming to lure in the youger population in order to get them to start donating or else there won't be a WNED/PBS for long.

BTW - they had absolutely NO problems whoring out The Dance for years during normal evening hours for donations.

[Rumour0323]

Since you guys were discussing PBS thought this might interest you.

Hi,

You know that email petition that keeps circulating about how Congress is slashing funding for NPR and PBS? Well, now it's actually true. (Really. Check at the bottom if you don't believe me.)

Sign the petition telling Congress to save NPR and PBS:

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A House panel has voted to eliminate all public funding for NPR and PBS, starting with "Sesame Street," "Reading Rainbow," and other commercial-free children's shows. If approved, this would be the most severe cut in the history of public broadcasting, threatening to pull the plug on Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch.

The cuts would slash 25% of the federal funding this year -- $100 million -- and end funding altogether within two years. The loss could kill beloved children's shows like "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Arthur," and "Postcards from Buster." Rural stations and those serving low-income communities might not survive. Other stations would have to increase corporate sponsorships.

Already, 300,000 people have signed the petition. Can you help us reach 400,000 signatures today?

http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/

Thanks!


P.S. Read the Washington Post report on the threat to NPR and PBS at:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=745