Do perpetual PBS pledge drives raise enough money to offset the aggravation they cause among their viewers?

Another PBS pledge drive this week!! It seems like the last one just finished!

PBS pledge drives seem to be getting more end more frequent. PBS used to run interesting programming during pledge weeks; now, they dust off a depressing collection of reruns from the last few pledge drives, infomercials for self-help authors and geriatric "reunion" rock concerts.

PBS boasts that it doesn't have commercial interruptions. Believe me, there are a lot of commercials I would rather see than the dead air of exhortations for contributions to "your local PBS station" (the pledge drives are no longer even locally produced!)

Can't PBS come up with a better fundraising strategy than those infernal pledge drives?

I agree with you, I wish they would come up with something better or at least cut back on the drives. It used to only be once a yr, then it went to twice and now it is every other month. I would think they are spending more on the drive than they're raising.

All I know is that when it comes on, I change the channel.