> <TimRyanAA-comc...@NOSPAM.net> wrote:
> >-----
> >A note from Dr. Demento...

> ...

> >I have loved doing this show for 37 years, and have felt incredibly
> >lucky to have made a living from something I love. However, unless the
> >show's financial situation changes soon I will be unable to continue the
> >show much longer.

> I certainly can't argue with that.  The show needs to have some kind
> of revenue coming in to pay, at the very least,  for the licensing
> fees.  There's no doubt that Barry's loved doing to show all these
> years, but he can't be expected to pay all the costs himself so that
> we get the music at no cost.  If things don't change for him and the
> show sometime soon, I expect it'll be off the airways completely.  The
> advertiser-supported business model has imploded--and that's a shame.
> Barry's devoted most of his life to the show, and it's certainly meant
> a lot to me over the years.

> If I were working, instead of chronically unemployed for the last
> couple of years, I'd happily pay to hear the show.  ($9.95 a month to
> hear the shows at 96kpbs would be a very reasonable price--I might
> even be OK with $14.95 a month.)  I think it's absurd that some folks
> are complaining that Talonian won't give the show away.

> Unfortunately, (the lack of) money is definitely a major problem for
> us right now.  I'll go back to figuring out a way to improve the
> reception from our "local" station (KLOO in Corvallis, 80 miles away
> from our house in Portland).  Our reception used to be pretty good,
> but dropped greatly in quality about a year ago...and I can only
> filter out some of the static with Goldwave.  But at least KLOO has
> continued to carry the show each and every week, for more than seven
> years now.

> --
> John Lorentz (1100 shows and counting...)