Re: [GWL]TV!

**"Peter Loewer" t*@earthlink.net**

Margaret: I've had no problem with my station except that they asked that I
stopped reviewing movies on the other PBS station in our area to limit
competition between stations. I was happy to do so. However, I do not
believe that a local PBS station cannot have it's own program until I see a
line up of cancellations from all the stations in the country, not just
Boston. Best, Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Lauterbach" <melauter@earthlink.net>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
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Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 12:15 PM
Subject: 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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