WVIZ/PBS Membership

WVIZ/PBS ideastream is a public service organization with a mission to strengthen our communities.

But service to the community is expensive. The price tag for every hour that WVIZ/PBS broadcasts is a whopping $1,218. As a non-profit, non-commercial station, there are no advertising dollars to help defray that cost. Tax dollars used to support public broadcasting work out to about $1 per person per year. And while it’s true that state government, corporations and foundations help, individual contributions from generous people like you are the single largest source of revenue for public television stations.

Your membership gift will be invested in the acquisition, production and broadcast of quality programs on WVIZ/PBS. Your gift also supports the station’s many educational and public service projects.

All gifts to WVIZ/PBS are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. If you request and receive a thank you gift, the fair market value of that gift must be deducted from your contribution for both tax and matching gift purposes.

We assume that you want as much of your contribution as possible to be invested in your favorite programs. So rather than guess at quantities and end up with a warehouse full of expensive thank you gifts that no one wanted, we wait until the membership campaign has concluded before ordering the various thank you gifts offered. It generally takes six to eight weeks after your contribution has been processed for your gift to arrive.

With an annual contribution of $35 or more, you will receive a full year’s subscription to the WVIZ/PBS monthly program guide. The station’s special, program-related thank you gifts begin at the $60 level. Review a complete list of thank you gifts and pledge. Most importantly, when you join WVIZ/PBS, you’ll enjoy the satisfaction of supporting our community’s most accessible resource for entertainment, education, art, information and culture.

Yes - WVIZ/PBS uses a secure server to ensure the protection and privacy of any information you submit to us through our online pledge form.

Yes you can, provided your installment payment is $10 or more and your pledge is completed within six months. For example, if you made a pledge of $120, we could bill you $20 each month for six months. The easiest way to pay your installment pledge is with a credit card, but you can pay by check as well.

The easiest way to make a significant contribution to WVIZ/PBS is to become a Sustaining Member. You tell us the amount you would like billed each month to your credit card, and we’ll take it from there! When you receive your monthly statement from your credit card company, you’ll see your monthly contribution to the station was automatically charged.

The great thing about being a Sustaining member is that your support of WVIZ/PBS will always be current and will automatically renew each year. Of course, you can stop your contribution at any time by simply calling the Membership Office at (216)-916-6100 or by simply emailing the Membership Department. And since there will be no need to mail you renewal reminders, you’ll save the station printing and postage costs and allow us to invest more of your membership gift into the programs you enjoy.

Become a Sustaining Member now!

Your member is active for one full year from the date WVIZ/PBS processes your gift. Take the step from being just to listener to being a Member. Pledge now!

Renewing early simply ensures that you don’t miss any issues of your monthly WVIZ/PBS program guide, and it lets us know that we can count on your support for another year when we’re making important programming decisions. Many people appreciate being reminded of their upcoming renewal so that they can incorporate their gift into their household budget planning. Rest assured, renewing early will not cause you to lose any time from your current membership. We’ll simply extend your membership benefits for one year from your current anniversary date. Renew your membership now!

WVIZ/PBS does not sell, rent, exchange or share its members’ names or email addresses with any organization outside of ideastream.

If you ever have a question, concern or opinion you would like to share, you can contact the Membership Office.

By Mail
Membership Department
WVIZ/PBS ideastream®
Idea Center®
1375 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1835

By E-mail
Membership Comments

By Phone
(216) 916-6100