Question

The topic is Public radio. How is it funded? Should public funds be used to pay for something that, if the demand was there, the market could provide? And If demand is not there to fund it through market forces, then why should the public pay for it?

Answer 1

The funding of public radio is a complex topic because of the following reasons:
1 Funding is difficult because of the low investment structured project in the sector.
2 Funding is maintained by the organiser.
3 Funding is an issue related to the productivity and in this case the productivity is very low.
4 Funding is not managed by the private investors.
Now the point is demand of public radio is very low in the market and that’s why it is a big challenge that whether it should be on the basis of pre assigned funding or it is maintain with the help of the public.
But if it not demanded by the public then why it should be the burden on the public.
So in this case the favourable points are as follows:
1 Public radio is for information delivered by the govt to their citizens and that’s why it is important to manage from the side of the public.
2 Public radio is very helpful in the case of emergency or in the case of when internet will stop working.
3 Radio signals can easily work in the remote areas so it is important to spread the information.
So as this is very important from the point of view of information delivery then it is a point to consider that public benefit is not only the responsibility of the government it is equally handled by the public also.