[grc] Programmers promoting personal Patreon page on their LPFM show

[Paul Bame]

Plugola is the illicit business practice of endorsing a product or service
on radio or television for personal gain, without the consent of the
network or stations. -Wikipedia






Paul (pablito) Bame
Prometheus Radio Project <http://prometheusradio.org/>, Engineering Director
215.727.9620 x505
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On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 7:03 AM, Danny <danny at wspj.org> wrote:

> We have new programmers that aired this the other day on our LPFM:
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> *"If you would like to support our creative endeavors and the expansion of
> our offerings, consider subscribing to our Patreon at
> Patreon.com/[redacted]. You can subscribe for as little as $1/month and we
> have cool rewards available."*
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> It seems to me this is problematic on multiple levels like FCC rules,
> non-profit status and just setting a horrible precedent for programmers to
> all start directly monetizing their shows.  And FWIW, they flipped out when
> we asked them to stop doing this, which strongly suggests this is central
> to their show and to me smacks of airing an infomercial at best.
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> Thoughts???
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