ckj wrote:

I don't agree about volunteering. I tried this many years ago. The
station was not a Pacifica - but these "public radio" stations are all
cut from the same cloth. They are run by extreme left-wing elitists and
you have to be a part of their clique.

There is NOTHING wrong with elitism. Now, think about it. Don't YOU want to
be part of a special club? Don't you get the chills when someone gives you a
free ticket to a show or someone gets you a special discount on tires or
something, or lets you into a special place others aren't supposed to go?

Of COURSE you want to be elite. You want to think of yourself as extra
special. You want to be in that club that few others can get into. It's the
American way, and all that.

Now there's a difference between a liberal education and being a liberal.
HOWEVER, the two do go hand in hand because when you're exposed to more
education you can't help but become more liberal.

This is why seacoast towns and college towns are usually more liberal than
inland towns and places without colleges. People get exposed to people from
other lands. They're exposed to other ideas. They tend to grow and become
more accepting of the idea that there are other ways of living, and that these
other way can sometimes be better than we we're already doing.

As to the programming on non-comm stations, once you get into the station and
get accepted by its staff you can help fashion the station into what you want
to hear.

And the result can be quite conservative, too. This is why some non-comm
radio stations specialize in things like classical music, or 1930s Tin Pan
Alley music, etc. NPR shows such as "Performance Today", "Record Shelf", and
others exist because of the conservative bent of some listeners and station
programmers.