Programs: National and local program services: television programming of the highest possible quality, such as great performances, nature, american masters, religion & ethics, live from lincoln center, etc. For distribution through the public broadcasting system. Thirteen (f/k/a educational broadcasting corporation) has approximately 184,500 members.
broadcast station: technical operations provides the transmission of thirteen's broadcast signal within the new york metropolitan area. During the 2010/2011 fiscal year, thirteen broadcast over 41,000 hours of programming on a 24-hour daily schedule primarily on the station's digital channels.
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I was surprised that there were no reviews on this site until it took me over two hours to sign up with Charity Navigator to submit one. I am not a volunteer, but a long standing member of Thirteen. When I recently received a request for a matching grant donation, I checked Thirteen on Charity Navigator which gave Thirteen's use of funding a low rating. In addition the top managers had unjustifiably high salaries, including a president emeritus honorary titled position getting $269,887 a year plus who knows what additional perks. I will remain a member and supporter of Thirteen, but any additional monies I might send to Public Broadcasting will go to a non profit with a better rating on how efficiently they use their funding, such as NPR Democracy Now program.
