Coming PBS, NPR Cuts Already Hurting Many Stations

EDITORIAL: NPR and affiliates stare down barrel

National Public Radio (NPR) is again in the crosshairs of a federal administration bent on defunding the organization, and public broadcasters in general. And again, Americans are in danger of losing a rich and vital resource for local news broadcasting. It’s a reality that stings all the more in a landscape dominated by hyper-partisan commercial media. There is much at stake for a free and fair exchange of viewpoints. Congress in July ratified …

Tennessee's Public Media Giants Defiant in Face of Funding Loss - Real News Now

Three weeks following the congressional bylaws that led to severe budget cuts, effectively leaving public broadcasting giants like National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) without federal funding, the leadership at Tennessee’s public media outlets delivers a powerful statement: they will battle these changes resolutely. These sentiments rang clear within Nashville’s PBS studios on August 7, where a tapped live event …

What Happens to Public Media Now?

Republican-backed funding cuts go way beyond NPR and PBS. Radio and TV stations from Alaska to the Allegheny Mountains may never be the same.

California’s NPR and PBS stations will cut staff and programs after funding slashed

Dozens of California public broadcasting stations will lose millions of dollars in funding after Republicans in Congress voted to strip them of federal funding, cutting off a vital lifeline in rural communities and limiting access to local news programming in an era of hyperpartisan national media. While California broadcasters are assuring audiences that they plan to keep their signals running, they also warn that cost-saving changes are inevit…

California’s NPR and PBS stations cutting staff, programs after funding slashed

By Maya C. Miller and Cayla Mihalovich | CalMatters Dozens of California public broadcasting stations will lose millions of dollars in funding after Republicans in Congress voted to strip them of federal funding, cutting off a vital lifeline in rural communities and limiting access to local news programming in an era of hyperpartisan national media. While California broadcasters are assuring audiences that they plan to keep their signals running…

California's NPR and PBS stations will cut staff and programs after funding slashed

In summary Small NPR and PBS stations in California are teetering after Congress pulled funding from public broadcasting. Even big stations are bracing for cuts. Dozens of California public broadcasting stations will lose millions of dollars in funding after Republicans in Congress voted to strip them of federal funding, cutting off a vital lifeline in rural communities and limiting access to local news programming in an era of hyperpartisan nat…