Since moving to the DC area a little over four years ago, I’ve listened to WAMU, the NPR affiliate broadcast from the campus of American University. They have by far the most annoying pledge drives of any of the numerous other NPR stations that I’ve listened to over the years. Not only do they take up an inordinate amount of the air time during “Morning Edition,” the main show I listen to, but they have multiple pledge drives a year.
They have now been outdone by their counterpart, WETA, whose solicitation for funds I just received in the mail. The beauty part? They stopped being an NPR affiliate well before they mailed out the letter! (It’s true that the WETA call letters also identify the company’s PBS television affiliate, but the mailing also prominently mentioned NPR.) That’s some chutzpah!
