And it is true, public broadcasters in both radio and TV vehemently protect the $$$ they get from the local fundraisers. In general, they don't like PBS or NPR being offered ANYWHERE than their local station. They view it as a threat to the local fund raising moola $$$, and a great many stations resent the managers at the national level making it available anywhere else, even if it is packaged separately so as not to compete with the local stations.
At the national level, there is still a degree of contempt for the little locals who seem to get in the way of the folks in Washington trying to expand their reach beyond the local station. I could go on to say more, but you get the picture.
