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Stoney · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:48 am

Channel 10 in Portland, OR has a program about a P-51 acro team, at 2300

The Inspector · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:26 pm

Not in the on screen listings for either KCTS or KTBC in the Seattle market. I've noticed that both local PBS stations seem to be buying a large number of independently done programs from other PBS outlets or other providers and at least in the Seattle market run these as fund raisers showing 9 or 10 minutes of programming and 25 minutes of an irritating Bozo beating the tub to 'pledge $50 and get this really crappy $2 coffe mug and a DVD of the program you are hoping to watch' usually complete with some old hag who must test fly brooms on weekends and puts up lame brained 'banter' making both appear very lame.

I can't count the number of 'sounds interesting' programs I've switched away from on PBS because of this.

51fixer · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:01 pm

Stoney wrote:

Channel 10 in Portland, OR has a program about a P-51 acro team, at 2300

I believe its the Horsemen Cometh episode on the Horsemen P-51 acro team.

cooper9411 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:51 pm

The Inspector wrote:

Not in the on screen listings for either KCTS or KTBC in the Seattle market. I've noticed that both local PBS stations seem to be buying a large number of independently done programs from other PBS outlets or other providers and at least in the Seattle market run these as fund raisers showing 9 or 10 minutes of programming and 25 minutes of an irritating Bozo beating the tub to 'pledge $50 and get this really crappy $2 coffe mug and a DVD of the program you are hoping to watch' usually complete with some old hag who must test fly brooms on weekends and puts up lame brained 'banter' making both appear very lame.

I can't count the number of 'sounds interesting' programs I've switched away from on PBS because of this.

Don't feel bad, it's the same way here

airnutz · **Posted:** Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:34 pm

cooper9411 wrote:

The Inspector wrote:

Not in the on screen listings for either KCTS or KTBC in the Seattle market. I've noticed that both local PBS stations seem to be buying a large number of independently done programs from other PBS outlets or other providers and at least in the Seattle market run these as fund raisers showing 9 or 10 minutes of programming and 25 minutes of an irritating Bozo beating the tub to 'pledge $50 and get this really crappy $2 coffe mug and a DVD of the program you are hoping to watch' usually complete with some old hag who must test fly brooms on weekends and puts up lame brained 'banter' making both appear very lame.

I can't count the number of 'sounds interesting' programs I've switched away from on PBS because of this.

Don't feel bad, it's the same way here

And it will happen moreso I reckon, since PBS lost federal funding last year. I wonder how long before the steely eye of the deficit slashers falls on 501c3's? :shock:

Dave Homewood · **Posted:** Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:06 pm

What does acro mean?

airtj · **Posted:** Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:43 pm

acro=Aerobatic

Dave Homewood · **Posted:** Fri Jan 06, 2012 8:02 pm

Odd.

No wonder we get so fed up with the media saying aeroplanes were doing acrobatic manouvres (as if they were gymnasts). Here in NZ it is aerobatics, or aeros, or aerobatting, etc. No acrobats excpt in the idiot media. Thanks.

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