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-->--'''Creator/BettyWhite''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Missionary: Impossible"

The TropeNamer is Creator/{{PBS}}, whose stations and original programs used to be funded almost entirely by viewers. (Some stations still are.) For this reason, most PBS programs still end their acknowledgements with "Made possible by ... viewers like you." (Lately they've been following this with a pause, and then "Thank you.") Odds are, fewer viewers donate than not. People usually donate to PBS not because it helps keep the station running, but because neat "gifts" get thrown in (albeit for far more than the free-market rate), and because it's the PBS equivalent of UsefulNotes/{{Ratings}}: the sorts of programs that bring in heavy donations during pledge drives are the sorts of programs that the station will renew. Most of the grant money comes from airtime-hungry corporations, not-for-profit foundations, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("A private corporation funded by [[strike:taxpayers]] the American people").

* {{Kickstarter}}
* {{RadioDeadAir}} home of {{WTFIWWY}}

* Website/{{Quackwatch}}

-->'''Announcer''': This program was made possible by generous grants from the Ultra-Humanite and ''ViewersLikeYou.''

# Viewers of programs whose primary funding comes from voluntary donations, rather than advertising or subscription.

* WCRB, a radio station out of Boston that is affiliated with that city's local {{PBS}} station, WGBH.

-->--'''Creator/BettyWhite''', ''TheSimpsons'', "Missionary: Impossible"

The TropeNamer is Creator/{{PBS}}, whose stations and original programs used to be funded almost entirely by viewers. (Some stations still are.) For this reason, most PBS programs still end their acknowledgements with "Made possible by ... ViewersLikeYou." (Lately they've been following this with a pause, and then "Thank you.") Odds are, fewer viewers donate than not. People usually donate to Creator/{{PBS}} not because it helps keep the station running, but because neat "gifts" get thrown in (albeit for far more than the free-market rate), and because it's the PBS equivalent of UsefulNotes/{{Ratings}}: the sorts of programs that bring in heavy donations during pledge drives are the sorts of programs that the station will renew. Most of the grant money comes from airtime-hungry corporations, not-for-profit foundations, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("A private corporation funded by [[strike:taxpayers]] the American people").

* [=LinkTV=] (Only on DirecTV, Dish and the web)

* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', The Culture Channel is used as a BrickJoke in the 2-parter "Injustice For All". The Ultra-Humanite is seen earlier in the episode enjoying an opera on the Culture Channel in prison, to Lex Luthor's displeasure. Later, when he's been paid off to betray Luthor, he donates it to the Culture Channel, leading to this hilarious parody of the line:
-->'''Announcer''': The following programming was made possible by generous grants from the Ultra-Humanite and ''ViewersLikeYou.''

* TBN (Trinity Broadcast Network).

The TropeNamer is Creator/{{PBS}}, whose stations and original programs used to be funded almost entirely by viewers. (Some stations still are.) For this reason, most PBS programs still end their acknowledgements with "Made possible by ... ViewersLikeYou." (Lately they've been following this with a pause, and then "Thank you.") Odds are, fewer viewers donate than not. People usually donate to Creator/{{PBS}} not because it helps keep the station running, but because neat "gifts" get thrown in (albeit for far more than the free-market rate), and because it's the PBS equivalent of {{Ratings}}: the sorts of programs that bring in heavy donations during pledge drives are the sorts of programs that the station will renew. Most of the grant money comes from airtime-hungry corporations, not-for-profit foundations, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("A private corporation funded by [[strike:taxpayers]] the American people").

* {{NPR}} ("Listeners like you")

* PBS. In 1999, a mandate was issued which requires ThankingTheViewer.

* Many, many {{Youtubers|website: Youtube}} do this.

* In ''JusticeLeague'', The Culture Channel is used as a BrickJoke in the 2-parter "Injustice For All". The Ultra-Humanite is seen earlier in the episode enjoying an opera on the Culture Channel in prison, to Lex Luthor's displeasure. Later, when he's been paid off to betray Luthor, he donates it to the Culture Channel, leading to this hilarious parody of the line:

* Parodied in one ''[[TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' episode where a show Homer is watching on PBS is interrupted by a request for donations and won't continue until a certain goal is met. Homer then goes to extensive means to raise enough money to reach the goal. At the end of that episode, we see Rupert Murdoch broadcasting his own telethon to fund Creator/{{Fox}}.

* {{NPR}}

* Parodied in one ''[[TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' episode where a show Homer is watching on PBS is interrupted by a request for donations and won't continue until a certain goal is met. Homer then goes to extensive means to raise enough money to reach the goal.

The TropeNamer is Creator/{{PBS}}, whose stations and original programs used to be funded almost entirely by viewers. (Some stations still are.) For this reason, most PBS programs still end their acknowledgements with "Made possible by ... ViewersLikeYou." Odds are, fewer viewers donate than not. People usually donate to Creator/{{PBS}} not because it helps keep the station running, but because neat "gifts" get thrown in (albeit for far more than the free-market rate), and because it's the PBS equivalent of {{Ratings}}: the sorts of programs that bring in heavy donations during pledge drives are the sorts of programs that the station will renew. Most of the grant money comes from airtime-hungry corporations, not-for-profit foundations, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ("A private corporation funded by [[strike:taxpayers]] the American people").

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* The ''WelcomeToNightVale'' podcast is funded mostly by merchandise sales and listener donations, with the creators offering gifts for people who set up a regular monthly contribution

* Canadian provincial television (TVOntario and BC's Knowledge Network).