PBS Pledge Drive Returns Again....

[Mauro1515]

Because of Public Broadcasting in trouble AGAIN of Federal Funding and for the Protect My Public Media Day approaching on March 6th, Think Again Everybody, PBS' March 2025 Pledge Campaign is BACK ONCE YET AGAIN with Brand New Specials like: Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th - The Celebration, Tony Bennett: Viva Duets, Rick Steves Art of Europe Marathon, Get Good With Money With Tiffany Aliche, Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen (2 episodes), Why You Like It: Decoding Musical Taste, 50 Years of Peter, Paul and Mary (Originally aired on March 2014-In Memory of Peter Yarrow from Peter, Paul and Mary), Earth, Wind & Fire: Iheart Radio Live, Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (6-part Series-Originally aired on PBS-1988), Deconstructing The Beatles, Ken Burns: Statue of Liberty, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Live at the El Mocambo, All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales, Marie Antoinette: Beyond The Portrait, America Made With Love, Women of World War II: The Untold Stories, Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenbourough, Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs, The Best of the 60s (My Music Presents), The Marley Brothers: The Legacy Concert, The Spinners In Concert, Ella Fitzgerald Live In Montreux 1969, Thomas Jefferson, A Film By Ken Burns (1997 PBS Series), Benise - 25 Years of Passion!, Tractor Wars, Great Migrations: A People on the Move (series), The Texas Tenors: Faith and Inspiration and MUCH MUCH MORE!!!
PLUS ENCORE Pledge Specials like The My Music Specials like The Big Band Years, My Music: Doo Wop, Pop and Soul Generations, 60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents), Moments to Remember (My Music), Great Performances: Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl, Great Performances: Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight, America's Test Kitchen: Celebrating 25 Years, Concert For George (2004), Celtic Woman: 20th Anniversary Concert, Showstoppers! Great Women of TV Variety, Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (1997), All Creatures Great and Small: Tricki & Friends, Il Volo: In the Valley of the Temples, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America, Mexico Made with Love, Nature - Attenborough's Life Journey, Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories, Behind the Scenes of Leonardo da Vinci with Ken Burns, Shamrock Tenors: Live from Belfast, Leonard Cohen – Live In Dublin, Willie Nelson's 90th Birthday Celebration, Hauser – Classic Gala Concert Live At The Royal Albert Hall, The Who: Kilburn 1977, Whitney Houston — The Concert For A New South Africa (Durban), Broadway's Leading Men: A Musical Celebration, Peter Bence: Pianosphere in Paris, Brit Floyd: The Pulse 2024, Wilson Fairchild: Statler Made, Lucy Worsley's Holmes Vs. Doyle, America's Home Cooking: Sweets, The Brothers: Celebrating The Allman Brothers Band 50th Anniversary, John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky, Revival69: The Concert That Rocked The World, Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska: A Celebration In Words And Music, Hotel Portofino (Season 3 Finale), All Creatures Great And Small: A Season 4 Change, New Kids on the Block: iHeart Radio Live, Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (Originally aired on PBS since the November/December 1997 Pledge Drive), Nature: Saving the Animals of Ukraine, The Four Phantoms In Concert, Eric Church: Live at Red Rocks and MUCH MUCH MORE.... AND IT LAST FOR 2 WEEKS From Tonight Through Sunday March 16th!!
And for my PBS Station KPBS in San Diego, California, AS USUAL, Started AS USUAL Today its 3-WEEK Membership Campaign (The Third Campaign for this Fiscal Year (2024-2025)) and it will END on Sunday March 23rd!!!!
FUN FACT: On Next Friday March 7th, 2025 will mark 50 Years since PBS launched its first ever on-air national pledge drive "Festival '75" from Friday March 7th, 1975 through Monday March 17th, 1975 on over 94 PBS stations, 11 GREAT NIGHTS OF PUBLIC TV: FESTIVAL '75!!

 

[NYAZSporty]

Because of Public Broadcasting in trouble AGAIN of Federal Funding and for the Protect My Public Media Day approaching on March 6th, Think Again Everybody, PBS' March 2025 Pledge Campaign is BACK ONCE YET AGAIN with Brand New Specials like: Earth, Wind & Fire: Iheart Radio Live

Interesting seeing iHeart Radio doing a PBS special considering the way they do things airing various specials on other commercial networks. Amongst the premiums they're offering is a 6-month iHeartRadio plus subscription which you'd get a keepsake lanyard. I wish iHeart would offer this to subs who wanted to collect these things like ticket stubs & such.

 

[ohdxer]

Here is a thought to consider.

It could be possible that in the future, PBS tv stations may be forced to have more frequent fund drives, temporarily end their 24-hour broadcasting schedule, or reduce the number of their subchannels should a reduction of their federal funding come to pass.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Crop of local TV shows takes creative leaps to reach younger viewers - Current

With the median age of PBS’ prime-time audience at 72, stations are investing in original productions that try for something completely different.

current.org

Here's another one the local PBS affiliates will have to lower the median age while putting emphasis on promoting the PBS app where all the local PBS affiliates are located. Yes some of this needs approval of CPB funding, donors and yes state budget approval for this to be implemented.

The experimentation comes as the national public TV audience grows increasingly older, leaving stations dependent on an aging support base. Data shared by PBS shows the median age of its prime-time audience is 72, an increase from 64 a decade ago. Station leaders in Syracuse, Nashville and Newark, N.J., say their creative leaps are bringing younger adults back into the fold.

Spatchcock Funk drew nearly double the 25- to 54-year-old viewers of WCNY’s other prime-time shows. At NJ PBS, the YouTuber-hosted Vegan Pop Eats special was the biggest local program debut the station has ever seen. Nashville’s Jaunts on YouTube Shorts found traction with 35- to 45-year-olds.

 

[Mauro1515]

Because of Public Broadcasting still in BIG trouble AGAIN of Federal Funding, Think Again Everybody, PBS' June 2025 Pledge Campaign is BACK ONCE YET AGAIN with Brand New Specials like: Great Performances: Kiss Me Kate, Rick Steves Experiencing Europe, Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich & Jacques Pepin, The Quilting Women of Gee's Bend, Aretha! with Shelea and the Pacific Symphony, Cozy Mysteries of Masterpiece Mystery!, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light - Reflections, Resistance: They Fought Back, The Commodores Live, Peggy Cappy's ENCORE Easy Yoga Specials, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - No Nukes, Nature: Hummingbirds of Hollywood, Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC, Tommy Emmanuel (CGP): Live at the Sydney Opera House and The American Buffalo (Series) with Ken Burns...
PLUS ENCORE Pledge Specials like The My Music Specials like The Big Band Years, My Music: Doo Wop, Pop and Soul Generations, 60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents), Moments to Remember (My Music), Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th - The Celebration, Tony Bennett: Viva Duets, Rick Steves Art of Europe Marathon, Get Good With Money With Tiffany Aliche, Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen (2 episodes), Why You Like It: Decoding Musical Taste, 50 Years of Peter, Paul and Mary (Originally aired on March 2014-In Memory of Peter Yarrow from Peter, Paul and Mary), Earth, Wind & Fire: Iheart Radio Live, Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (6-part Series-Originally aired on PBS-1988), Deconstructing The Beatles, Ken Burns: Statue of Liberty, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Live at the El Mocambo, All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales, Marie Antoinette: Beyond The Portrait, America Made With Love, Women of World War II: The Untold Stories, Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenbourough, Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs, The Best of the 60s (My Music Presents), The Marley Brothers: The Legacy Concert, The Spinners In Concert, Ella Fitzgerald Live In Montreux 1969, Thomas Jefferson, A Film By Ken Burns (1997 PBS Series), Benise - 25 Years of Passion!, Tractor Wars, Great Migrations: A People on the Move (series), The Texas Tenors: Faith and Inspiration and MUCH MUCH MORE.... AND IT LAST FOR 2 WEEKS From Tonight Through Sunday June 8th!!
And for my PBS Station KPBS in San Diego, California, AS USUAL, Started AS USUAL Today its 2-WEEK Membership Campaign (The Fourth and FINAL Campaign for this Fiscal Year (2024-2025)) and it will END on Sunday June 15!!!!

 

[Mauro1515]

Public Broadcasting Still Needs Our Membership Support, and even without Federal Funding, Think Again Everybody, PBS' August 2025 Pledge Campaign is BACK ONCE YET AGAIN with Brand New Specials like: The Great American Recipe Season 4 Finale, America's Home Cooking: Around The World In 80 Recipes, Rush: Time Machine - Live In Cleveland, Price and Prejudice (entire drama series), All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Five, Sanditon Revisited, The American Revolution: An Inside Look, Discovering Maggie Smith, Gregorian: Pure Chants Live in Prague, American Masters: Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, Walking with Dinosaurs: A Viewer's Guide, RAYE: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, Johnny Cash: We Walk the Line and MUCH MUCH More...
PLUS ENCORE Pledge Specials like The My Music Specials like The Big Band Years, My Music: Doo Wop, Pop and Soul Generations, 60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents), Moments to Remember (My Music), Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th - The Celebration, Tony Bennett: Viva Duets, Rick Steves Art of Europe Marathon, Get Good With Money With Tiffany Aliche, Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen (2 episodes), Why You Like It: Decoding Musical Taste, 50 Years of Peter, Paul and Mary (Originally aired on March 2014-In Memory of Peter Yarrow from Peter, Paul and Mary), Earth, Wind & Fire: Iheart Radio Live, Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (6-part Series-Originally aired on PBS-1988), Deconstructing The Beatles, Ken Burns: Statue of Liberty, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Live at the El Mocambo, All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales, Marie Antoinette: Beyond The Portrait, America Made With Love, Women of World War II: The Untold Stories, Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenbourough, Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs, The Best of the 60s (My Music Presents), The Marley Brothers: The Legacy Concert, The Spinners In Concert, Ella Fitzgerald Live In Montreux 1969, Thomas Jefferson, A Film By Ken Burns (1997 PBS Series), Benise - 25 Years of Passion!, Tractor Wars, Great Migrations: A People on the Move (series), The Texas Tenors: Faith and Inspiration, Great Performances: Kiss Me Kate, Rick Steves Experiencing Europe, Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich & Jacques Pepin, The Quilting Women of Gee's Bend, Aretha! with Shelea and the Pacific Symphony, Cozy Mysteries of Masterpiece Mystery!, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light - Reflections, Resistance: They Fought Back, The Commodores Live, Peggy Cappy's ENCORE Easy Yoga Specials, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - No Nukes, Nature: Hummingbirds of Hollywood, Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC, Tommy Emmanuel (CGP): Live at the Sydney Opera House and The American Buffalo (Series) with Ken Burns... and MUCH MUCH MORE.... AND IT LAST FOR 1 WEEK From Tonight Through Sunday August 17th!!
And for my PBS Station KPBS in San Diego, California, AS USUAL, Started AS USUAL Today its 2-WEEK Membership Campaign (The First Campaign for the Fiscal Year (2025-2026)) and it will END on Sunday August 24!!!!

 

[nomadcowatbk]

What's the average age of "Viewers like you"?

 

[davideduardo]

What's the average age of "Viewers like you"?

More than that, what year did they attend high school where creating paragraphs or indented lists seems to have been discarded as a necessity in writing more than a sentence or two.

 

[Mauro1515]

Public Broadcasting Still Needs Our Membership Support, and even without Federal Funding, Think Again Everybody, PBS' November/December 2025 Pledge Campaign is BACK ONCE YET AGAIN, STARTING TOMORROW with Brand New Specials like:
We Heart Public Television! (A 3-Hour LIVE NATIONAL Fundraising special featuring the BEST of PBS programming for 55 Wonderful years, featuring various celebrities (Similar like from "The Great American Dream Machine Revisited (Festival '78 (March 1978)" and "Grand Finale (Festival '79 (March 1979)" and "A Dream Called Public Television (Festival Nights- March 1982)))", The American Revolution (Series): A Film By Ken Burns, All Creatures Great and Small On Masterpiece Season 5 Marathon, Miss Scarlet On Masterpiece Season 5 Marathon, Rick Steves Art of Europe: Michelangelo to Monet, Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen-NEW Episodes featuring Charlotte Church and Ruby Wax, Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain with Daniel Amen, MD, Family Recipe: Jewish American Style, Heal Your Gut, Sharpen Your Mind with Stephen Gundry, MD, Designing Your Ideal Future with Rajiv Nagaich, France Made with Love, Lawrence Welk: Precious Memories (Originally aired on PBS in March 2005), Andre Rieu: Power of Love (Andre Rieu Returns to PBS since 2017), All Creatures Great and Small: Cheers to the Years, Broadway's Leading Ladies, Foo Fighters - Live at Wembley Stadium , Air Supply: 50th Anniversary Concert, Visions of Italy - Southern Style (Originally aired on PBS in December 2001), Brandi Carlie: Live from Red Rocks, The Celtic Tenors: Live at the Empire Theatre, Mister Rogers: It's You I Like (Originally aired on PBS in March 2018), I Want My '80s Tour Live, Great Escaper On Masterpiece, Giants Rising, Julie Andrews Forever, American Masters: Starring Dick Van Dyke, Brit Floyd: The Moon, The Wall, and Beyond, Rufus Wainwright Does Kurt Weill and MUCH MUCH MORE!!
PLUS ENCORE Pledge Specials like The My Music Specials like The Big Band Years, My Music: Doo Wop, Pop and Soul Generations, 60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents), Moments to Remember (My Music), Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop (My Music Presents), This Land is Your Land (My Music Presents), Best of the 60's (My Music Presents), All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop (My Music Presents), Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th - The Celebration, Tony Bennett: Viva Duets, All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas in the Dales, Rick Steves' European Christmas, Rick Steves Art of Europe Marathon, Get Good With Money With Tiffany Aliche, Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen (2 episodes), Why You Like It: Decoding Musical Taste, 50 Years of Peter, Paul and Mary (Originally aired on March 2014-In Memory of Peter Yarrow from Peter, Paul and Mary), The Great American Recipe Season 4 Finale, America's Home Cooking: Around The World In 80 Recipes, Rush: Time Machine - Live In Cleveland, Price and Prejudice (entire drama series), All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Five, Sanditon Revisited, The American Revolution: An Inside Look, Discovering Maggie Smith, Gregorian: Pure Chants Live in Prague, American Masters: Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, Walking with Dinosaurs: A Viewer's Guide, RAYE: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, Johnny Cash: We Walk the Line, Earth, Wind & Fire: Iheart Radio Live, Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (6-part Series-Originally aired on PBS-1988), Deconstructing The Beatles, Ken Burns: Statue of Liberty, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Live at the El Mocambo, All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales, Marie Antoinette: Beyond The Portrait, America Made With Love, Women of World War II: The Untold Stories, Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenbourough, Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs, The Best of the 60s (My Music Presents), The Marley Brothers: The Legacy Concert, The Spinners In Concert, Ella Fitzgerald Live In Montreux 1969, Thomas Jefferson, A Film By Ken Burns (1997 PBS Series), Benise - 25 Years of Passion!, Tractor Wars, Great Migrations: A People on the Move (series), The Texas Tenors: Faith and Inspiration, Great Performances: Kiss Me Kate, Rick Steves Experiencing Europe, Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich & Jacques Pepin, The Quilting Women of Gee's Bend, Aretha! with Shelea and the Pacific Symphony, Cozy Mysteries of Masterpiece Mystery!, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light - Reflections, Resistance: They Fought Back, The Commodores Live, Peggy Cappy's ENCORE Easy Yoga Specials, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - No Nukes, Nature: Hummingbirds of Hollywood, Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC, Tommy Emmanuel (CGP): Live at the Sydney Opera House... and MUCH MUCH MORE.... AND IT LAST FOR 1 WEEK From Tomorrow Through Sunday December 7th!!
And for my PBS Station KPBS in San Diego, California, AS USUAL, will ALSO Start Tomorrow for its 2-WEEK Membership Campaign (The Second Campaign for the Fiscal Year (2025-2026)) and it will END on Sunday December 14th!!!!

 

[Mauro1515]

Public Broadcasting Still Needs Our Membership Support, and even without Federal Funding, Think Again Everybody, PBS' March 2026 Pledge Campaign is BACK ONCE YET AGAIN, STARTING NOW with Brand New Specials like:
- Epic Train Journeys From Above
- The Pointer Sisters: So Excited!
- From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish Feature Film
- Wisdom Keepers: Healing A Divided People
- Luther Vandross: Live at Wembley
- More Deconstructing The Beatles
- Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live In Concert
- The Great Irish Songbook
- Of The People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement
- Pavarotti 90: The Man Who Moved The World
- Barry Manilow: Live By Request
- America's Home Cooking: Flavors of the Fourth
- Julia Child: Best Bites
-Cooking with Legends: Ming Tsai & Rick Bayless
- Making of the American Revolution
- Country Classics
- America Part 2 Made with Love
- The Forsytes: An Inside Look
- All Creatures Great and Small: Seasons of the Dales
- Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show
- Downton Abbey Season 1 On Masterpiece Marathon
- The Manners of Downton Abbey: A Masterpiece Special
- More Manners of Downton Abbey: A Masterpiece Special
- Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
- Tim Janis: Our Natural World - Returning to Earth
- Joe Bonamassa: The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork
And MUCH MUCH MORE!!
PLUS ENCORE Pledge Specials like The My Music Specials like The Big Band Years, My Music: Doo Wop, Pop and Soul Generations, 60s and 60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents), Moments to Remember (My Music), Classical Rewind, Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop (My Music Presents), This Land is Your Land (My Music Presents), Best of the 60's (My Music Presents), 60s Pop, Rock and Soul, All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop (My Music Presents), Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th - The Celebration, Tony Bennett: Viva Duets, All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas in the Dales, Rick Steves' European Christmas, Rick Steves Art of Europe Marathon, Get Good With Money With Tiffany Aliche, Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen (2 episodes), Why You Like It: Decoding Musical Taste, 50 Years of Peter, Paul and Mary (Originally aired on March 2014-In Memory of Peter Yarrow from Peter, Paul and Mary), The Great American Recipe Season 4 Finale, America's Home Cooking: Around The World In 80 Recipes, Rush: Time Machine - Live In Cleveland, Price and Prejudice (entire drama series), All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Five, Sanditon Revisited, The American Revolution: An Inside Look, Discovering Maggie Smith, Gregorian: Pure Chants Live in Prague, American Masters: Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, Walking with Dinosaurs: A Viewer's Guide, RAYE: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, Johnny Cash: We Walk the Line, Earth, Wind & Fire: Iheart Radio Live, Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (6-part Series-Originally aired on PBS-1988), Deconstructing The Beatles, Ken Burns: Statue of Liberty, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Live at the El Mocambo, All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales, Marie Antoinette: Beyond The Portrait, America Made With Love, Women of World War II: The Untold Stories, Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenbourough, Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs, The Best of the 60s (My Music Presents), The Marley Brothers: The Legacy Concert, The Spinners In Concert, Ella Fitzgerald Live In Montreux 1969, Thomas Jefferson, A Film By Ken Burns (1997 PBS Series), Benise - 25 Years of Passion!, Tractor Wars, Great Migrations: A People on the Move (series), The Texas Tenors: Faith and Inspiration, Great Performances: Kiss Me Kate, Rick Steves Experiencing Europe, Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich & Jacques Pepin, The Quilting Women of Gee's Bend, Aretha! with Shelea and the Pacific Symphony, Cozy Mysteries of Masterpiece Mystery!, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light - Reflections, Resistance: They Fought Back, The Commodores Live, Peggy Cappy's ENCORE Easy Yoga Specials, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - No Nukes, Nature: Hummingbirds of Hollywood, Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC, Tommy Emmanuel (CGP): Live at the Sydney Opera House... and MUCH MUCH MORE.... AND IT LAST FOR 1 WEEK From Tomorrow Through Sunday March 15th!!
And for my PBS Station KPBS in San Diego, California, AS USUAL, will ALSO Start TODAY for its 3-WEEK Spring Membership Campaign (The Third Campaign for the Fiscal Year (2025-2026)) and it will END on Sunday March 22nd!!!!

 

[ted chittenden]

Public Broadcasting Still Needs Our Membership Support, and even without Federal Funding, Think Again Everybody, PBS' March 2026 Pledge Campaign is BACK ONCE YET AGAIN, STARTING NOW with Brand New Specials like:
- Epic Train Journeys From Above
- The Pointer Sisters: So Excited!
- From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish Feature Film
- Wisdom Keepers: Healing A Divided People
- Luther Vandross: Live at Wembley
- More Deconstructing The Beatles
- Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live In Concert
- The Great Irish Songbook
- Of The People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement
- Pavarotti 90: The Man Who Moved The World
- Barry Manilow: Live By Request
- America's Home Cooking: Flavors of the Fourth
- Julia Child: Best Bites
-Cooking with Legends: Ming Tsai & Rick Bayless
- Making of the American Revolution
- Country Classics
- America Part 2 Made with Love
- The Forsytes: An Inside Look
- All Creatures Great and Small: Seasons of the Dales
- Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show
- Downton Abbey Season 1 On Masterpiece Marathon
- The Manners of Downton Abbey: A Masterpiece Special
- More Manners of Downton Abbey: A Masterpiece Special
- Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
- Tim Janis: Our Natural World - Returning to Earth
- Joe Bonamassa: The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork
And MUCH MUCH MORE!!
PLUS ENCORE Pledge Specials like The My Music Specials like The Big Band Years, My Music: Doo Wop, Pop and Soul Generations, 60s and 60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents), Moments to Remember (My Music), Classical Rewind, Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop (My Music Presents), This Land is Your Land (My Music Presents), Best of the 60's (My Music Presents), 60s Pop, Rock and Soul, All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop (My Music Presents), Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th - The Celebration, Tony Bennett: Viva Duets, All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas in the Dales, Rick Steves' European Christmas, Rick Steves Art of Europe Marathon, Get Good With Money With Tiffany Aliche, Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen (2 episodes), Why You Like It: Decoding Musical Taste, 50 Years of Peter, Paul and Mary (Originally aired on March 2014-In Memory of Peter Yarrow from Peter, Paul and Mary), The Great American Recipe Season 4 Finale, America's Home Cooking: Around The World In 80 Recipes, Rush: Time Machine - Live In Cleveland, Price and Prejudice (entire drama series), All Creatures Great and Small: Chapter Five, Sanditon Revisited, The American Revolution: An Inside Look, Discovering Maggie Smith, Gregorian: Pure Chants Live in Prague, American Masters: Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, Walking with Dinosaurs: A Viewer's Guide, RAYE: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, Johnny Cash: We Walk the Line, Earth, Wind & Fire: Iheart Radio Live, Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers (6-part Series-Originally aired on PBS-1988), Deconstructing The Beatles, Ken Burns: Statue of Liberty, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Live at the El Mocambo, All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales, Marie Antoinette: Beyond The Portrait, America Made With Love, Women of World War II: The Untold Stories, Nature: Museum Alive with David Attenbourough, Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs, The Best of the 60s (My Music Presents), The Marley Brothers: The Legacy Concert, The Spinners In Concert, Ella Fitzgerald Live In Montreux 1969, Thomas Jefferson, A Film By Ken Burns (1997 PBS Series), Benise - 25 Years of Passion!, Tractor Wars, Great Migrations: A People on the Move (series), The Texas Tenors: Faith and Inspiration, Great Performances: Kiss Me Kate, Rick Steves Experiencing Europe, Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich & Jacques Pepin, The Quilting Women of Gee's Bend, Aretha! with Shelea and the Pacific Symphony, Cozy Mysteries of Masterpiece Mystery!, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light - Reflections, Resistance: They Fought Back, The Commodores Live, Peggy Cappy's ENCORE Easy Yoga Specials, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - No Nukes, Nature: Hummingbirds of Hollywood, Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC, Tommy Emmanuel (CGP): Live at the Sydney Opera House... and MUCH MUCH MORE.... AND IT LAST FOR 1 WEEK From Tomorrow Through Sunday March 15th!!
And for my PBS Station KPBS in San Diego, California, AS USUAL, will ALSO Start TODAY for its 3-WEEK Spring Membership Campaign (The Third Campaign for the Fiscal Year (2025-2026)) and it will END on Sunday March 22nd!!!!

I note with interest that these specials, particularly the musical ones, are aimed at viewers over 60 years of age. If PBS is going to continue to need to fundraise from its audience, it will have to try to find a way to attract younger audiences (say people 35-49 years of age) during their prime income-earning years.

 

[Rollo-Smokes]

My only question is...can the OP use fewer words, and less use of all caps, boldface, underlining and italics?

These posts read like long-winded, poorly-structured call-to-actions and not opinionated observations. In fact, the OP's posting history of made up of similar posts.

For me, it makes for a hard–and less-than-credible–read.

 

[Mauro1515]

My only question is...can the OP use fewer words, and less use of all caps, boldface, underlining and italics?

These posts read like long-winded, poorly-structured call-to-actions and not opinionated observations. In fact, the OP's posting history of made up of similar posts.

For me, it makes for a hard–and less-than-credible–read.

Sorry about that, I will try to improve these posts more efficient and organized in the future.

 

[nomadcowatbk]

I note with interest that these specials, particularly the musical ones, are aimed at viewers over 60 years of age. If PBS is going to continue to need to fundraise from its audience, it will have to try to find a way to attract younger audiences (say people 35-49 years of age) during their prime income-earning years.

why don't they try modern e-begging like Gofundme, Kickstarter or Patreon or have they just conceded younger viewers to streaming? How many stations are still airing Lawrence Welk reruns?

 

[radiofan2023]

why don't they try modern e-begging like Gofundme, Kickstarter or Patreon or have they just conceded younger viewers to streaming? How many stations are still airing Lawrence Welk reruns?

With a donation, you get access to PBS Passport, which is their streaming service.

 

[Mauro1515]

Public Broadcasting Still Needs Our Membership Support, and even without Federal Funding, Think Again Everybody, PBS' June 2026 Pledge Campaign is BACK ONCE YET AGAIN, STARTING NOW with Brand New Specials, and some Returning ones like:
- Great Performances: Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
- Downton Abbey Season 1 On Masterpiece Marathon
- Our Favorite Things About Grantchester
- Celebrating America 250: Made with Love
- Great Performances: Josh Groban: An Evening at Union Chapel
- Life On Earth: Attenborough's Greatest Adventure
- What's The Story, Wishbone?
- Women of World War II: More Untold Stories
- Woody Guthrie at 100! Live at the Kennedy Center
- Solving The Puzzles of the Marlow Murder Club
- The Susan Ryeland Mysteries
- Antiques Roadshow: 250 Years of Americana
- Nature: Equus: Story of the Horse
- Billy Joel: The 100th: Live at Madison Square Garden
- Supertramp - Live In Paris
- Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution
- Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation: American Experience
Plus LOTS of ENCORE Pledge Specials from Past Membership Pledge Drives!! AND IT LAST FOR 1 WEEK From Today Through Sunday June 7th!!
And for my PBS Station KPBS in San Diego, California, AS USUAL, will ALSO Start TODAY for its 2-WEEK Summer Membership Campaign (The FINAL Campaign for the Fiscal Year (2025-2026)) and it will END on Sunday June 14th!!!!

 

[Rollo-Smokes]

Sorry about that, I will try to improve these posts more efficient and organized in the future.

Judging by your post above, you didn't listen to yourself.

 

[Mauro1515]

Judging by your post above, you didn't listen to yourself.

At least I didn't added the repeated past specials

 

[NYAZSporty]

AND IT LAST FOR 1 WEEK From Today Through Sunday June 7th!!
And for my PBS Station KPBS in San Diego, California, AS USUAL, will ALSO Start TODAY for its 2-WEEK Summer Membership Campaign (The FINAL Campaign for the Fiscal Year (2025-2026)) and it will END on Sunday June 14th!!!!

Here in AZ, KAET (Arizona PBS/Phoenix), the pledge drive will go until Tuesday June 9th.