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We're not sure what you call "private" TV and radio. Those media are inherently
intended for wide distribution, since it's pretty difficult to limit the recipients of a
radio signal to a select group.
Most radio and TV "stations" operate for the purpose of profit. The product they sell
consists of your eyes and ears. Their customers are the businesses that buy time on
the broadcast signal, in increments of 10 or 15 seconds, which they use to pitch their
product to you. The purpose of the programing on each commercial station is to
enhance its appeal to you, increase the chance that you'll choose that station, and
thus increase the number of eyes and ears for sale to its business customers. The
station needs no subsidy. The eyes and ears it sells generate serious income,
that pays for its operation plus profit for its owners. If profit drops off for any
length of time, the programing changes to get the eyes and ears back, and
the station might be sold to others.
"Public" radio and TV are not operated primarily for profit, and are not supported
mainly by the sale of commercial time. They're supported by a combination of
listener/viewer donations, contributions from charitable and philanthropic foundations,
and a small amount from the National Endowment for the Arts. For roughly the
past 25 years, since the federal government's share dwindled to the point where
that combination of resources became insufficient to keep things going, public TV
stations one after another began to accept brief commercial plugs to run at the
beginning and end of their programs, for the additional revenue that they could
bring. It was a difficult decision, because station managers were well aware
that the appearance of commercial announcements would make it that much
harder to make the case for their continuing need for viewer support.
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