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Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope
The federal money is appropriated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributes it to NPR and PBS. Roughly 70 ...
Public radio stations in Colorado prepare to lose millions of dollars in federal funding
Some radio stations in the state might go under after the U.S. Senate passed a bill that cuts more than $1 billion in funding ...
Ken Burns Calls Trump’s Federal Funding Cuts To Public Broadcasting “So Shortsighted”
After the Senate passed Donald Trump‘s federal federal funding cuts to public media, Ken Burns worries for the future of ...
GOP-led Senate votes to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR and PBS
The spending cuts package, requested by the White House, heads back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline for Trump to sign ...
Charlotte’s NPR, PBS stations brace for ‘devastating’ federal funding cuts
WFAE CEO Ju-Don Marshall said in an email to the Observer the station could lose up to $800,000 in annual support if the ...
What does Senate’s funding cut mean for Lehigh Valley’s public media, including PBS39 and WDIY?
While the Lehigh Valley’s outlets including WDIY radio and Lehigh Valley Public Media — which consists of PBS39, WLVR radio ...
West Virginia Public Broadcasting executive director contemplates future after Senate passes funding cut
The executive director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting is contemplating the organization's future after the Senate ...
Senate Votes to Cut Federal Funding for PBS, NPR
The Senate voted early Thursday morning to revoke $1.1 billion in public media spending at President Donald Trump's behest, ...
How Every Senator Voted on Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Public Media Funding
The Senate voted 51 to 48 to claw back about $9 billion in federal funding that lawmakers had approved for foreign aid and ...
What’s Happening to PBS and NPR’s Federal Funding?
It cuts $9 billion of previously approved federal funding for foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB, ...
House passes rescissions package slashing $9B in federal funding for foreign aid, NPR and PBS
The measure returns about $8 billion earmarked for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and upwards of $1 ...
How Public Media Lost The Federal Funding Battle, And What Happens Next To Stations, NPR And PBS
Now that Congress has zeroed out federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS, NPR and stations across the country will be scrambling to come up with plans for what to do next.