Redbones, Somerville Theater, and WBUR

[davelew.livejournal.com]

In case anybody is thinking of donating to public radio, WBUR has a very Davis-centric deal right now. A $100 donation gets you a $25 gift card to Redbones and passes to the Somerville Theater, according to the www.wbur.com website. Yeah, I know that's not worth $100, but you also get to support public radio and not feel quite as guilty whenever their fund drives come on the air.

Comments

[ron_newman]

They'll first have to promise not to hire Mike Barnicle as a news commentator.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Have you written to them about this?

I'm a contributor, but not sending them a dime until this Barnicle thing is cleared up. He's a horrible broadcaster, quite apart from the plagiarism stuff.

[ron_newman]

I'm not in the best position to be writing such a letter, since I'm not a current contributor.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Eh, I think you should write to them anyway, and say that you wouldn't even consider contributing until, &c., &c.

Then you can consider it and decide not to.

Although Mike Barnicle was OK on "Chronicle" years ago, I occasionally heard his radio show on WTKK, and it was HORRIBLE.

Please help

[nomike.livejournal.com]

We can stop this by contacting some, or all of the following:

Joseph P. Mercurio, Executive Vice President, Boston University, mercurio@bu.edu, 617-353-6500
Peter Fiedler, VP Administrative Services, Boston University, pfiedler@bu.ed, 617-353-6500
Paul La Camera, General Manager, WBUR, lacamera@bu.edu, 617-353-0909

Thank you!

[starry83.livejournal.com]

Hmm, it seems that they've changed their promotions. Now if you donate $100, you get tickets to an IMAX.

But, if you show your WBUR member card at Redbones, you get a buy-one-get-one free entree deal.