The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Media Column.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, November, 2001

By Susan Strother Clarke, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 5--With all the talk about economic hard times, one might think public radio would be barely hanging on, its signal and livelihood threatened by a lack of cash.

In such grim days, it would seem implausible to suggest that 90.7 FM (WMFE) recently hit a record with its fall membership drive, raising $41,353 on the last day -- the most ever for an on-air campaign.

But that's what occurred.

Public radio stations across the country had successful pledge drives this fall, though many occurred only days after the war began in Afghanistan, said Kevin Klose, the president of National Public Radio.

WMFE raised $138,772 -- 11 percent...

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