He said on Friday that he never would touch the listener donations, which he calls "the church money."

However, the format has been extremely successful in terms of attracting new listeners and therefore listener donations.

Financial support is growing steadily and the station is able to stay on the air simply with listener donations and without any underwriters.

The website is operating on the principles of "open source intelligence" and it is funded by listener donations.

His noncommercial program was supported by listener donations, which he solicited tirelessly on the air.

Over time the station became self-sustaining, funded primarily by listener donations.

RadioU is a non-profit organization and is funded completely by listener donations.

The station is supported by student activity fees, listener donations and business underwriting.

As of October 2012 the podcast has moved to being funded by listener donations and runs most weeks.

In addition to listener donations, some Sunday-morning programming time is sold to local churches and religious organizations, which adds to the station's revenue.