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

[David Goodman]

Well, you've discovered the holy grail for every independent producer and
the pandora's box for every station manager. Here's the thing: you run a
non-commercial station, right? When you fund raise over the air and offer
premiums, the STATION as a whole benefits, yes? Who is benefiting from
these calls to "sign up;" just them, correct?

Your organization should have by-laws outlining what it means to be
non-commercial.

Good luck. Asking people to stop doing something is never easy.

cheers, dg



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On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 7:03 AM, Danny via grc <grc at maillist.peak.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.
>
>
>
> Thoughts???
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