Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!bagate!dsinc!telecom-request From: seanwilliams@attmail.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: PBS Pledge Drive for March, 1991 Message-ID: Date: 14 Mar 91 01:43:40 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 33 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 202, Message 9 of 15 As you are all probably well aware, the first PBS membership drive for 1991 is well under way. "So what!" you may say. Well, I'd just like to say that I am a member. I felt compelled to join when my local telco, United Telephone System, volunteered to answer phones at the December, 1990 drive. They were matching viewers' pledges, and offered Northern Telecom phones to new members who pledged $60 or more. (NT seems to be UTS' qvendor-of-choice. we can't forget the lovely rental phones that UTS offers!) Well, now it's back to the March, 1991 drive. This time it's Bell of Pennsylvania's turn to answer the phones. They don't seem to be matching pledges or offering phones though (at least not as I am watching) ... the pledge bonuses are being brought to you by NOVA -- "the USA's only weekly science program." Are other telcos in various states doing this, or is it just a local thing? By the way, I will be heading north on Saturday or Sunday (not sure yet) to answer phones for Scranton's WVIA channel 44. Sean E. Williams | attmail.com!seanwilliams 333 Prospect Avenue / PO Box 227 | seanwilliams@attmail.com Duncannon, PA 17020-0227 USA | voicemail: +1 717 957 8139 [Moderator's Note: Illinois Bell has always been very generous with their corporate profits. They support programming on WTTW Channel 11 here (public television). They support a variety of artistic things and special cultural events as well. PAT]