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Re: [GWL]TV!

Unfortunately, PBS stations outside of Boston and Washington don't stand a gnat's chance of producing a series that would be accepted on the network. In days past, other stations' work was accepted, but now it's their way or no way. Syndication, even on PBS stands some chance, but an excellent series such as Karen Strohbeen's series (Perennial Gardener, I think) couldn't get a new sponsor, so no new programs. Margaret Lauterbach


GWL: I just got back from a lecture tour and missed most of the comments on TV and radio. I've had a 3-minute spot on Public Radio in Western North Carolina for eleven years--I do it pro bono, and have never been sorry. It's called "The Wild Gardener," and it's heard off and on in South Carolina and Tennessee. Even though unpaid, I would not give it up for anything. As to TV, I had a program in 2001 and 2002 on local WLOS, called "The Wild Gardener." We shot five or six four-minute spots in one morning (I defy any 30-year-old to do the same, regardless of how much he or she knows about one subject like fruits, butterfiles, or bugs), and all was fine. That is until the day I asked to be paid for the work. We settled on $25.00 a program. Last year the series came to an end because I was supposed to give my time freely for the opportunity of being on TV--and Sterling Broadcasting could not afford the cost (probably the money spent on makeup for the news team). And don't mention that perhaps they knew I did the radio show free, as not one person I met at the TV station ever listened to Public Radio. My advice is to make three or four casette recordings of a carefully scripted garden show and take that, and some good background material, for a visit to your local Public Radio Station. Peter (<http://www.thewildgardener.com>www.thewildgardener.com)

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