Why John Oliver Designed a Bizarre Auction for PBS

Why John Oliver Designed a Bizarre Auction for PBS

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Oliver Helps Raise $1.5 Million For Public Broadcasting

Oliver Helps Raise $1.5 Million For Public Broadcasting Back on November 16, HBO’s John Oliver used his Last Week Tonight program to combine two liberal favorites: late night comedy shows and public broadcasting when he announced he was holding an auction to benefit public broadcasting because otherwise “people would die” as a result of it being defunded. The auction closed on Monday night and, according to Variety, brought in a total of roughl…

‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Auction Raises More Than $1.5 Million for Public Broadcasting, Including New Record for a Bob Ross Painting

'Last Week Tonight With John Oliver' auctioned a Bob Ross painting and other items for PBS, raising more than $1.5 million.

John Oliver Auction Raises $1.5 Million for Public Media Thanks to Bob Ross and GWAR

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight auction raised $1.54 million for public media, thanks to a record-setting Bob Ross painting and a GWAR-signed bidet.

How John Oliver and a Data Startup Give Thanks to Public Radio

Kuskokwim Public Broadcasting Corporation began KSKO’s broadcasts in 1981, originally on 870 AM. It transitioned to FM in 2015. For Paul Walker, the sole full-time employee at 89.5 KSKO(FM) in McGrath, Alaska, it’s not uncommon for someone infatuated with perhaps the smallest NPR-member public station in the U.S. to send a token of goodwill its way. But he took notice when a stream of donations started to trickle into remote central Alaska last …