Kentucky's Rural Radio Stations Face Uncertain Future

Kentucky’s campaign to improve rural cancer care is a national model. Federal cuts threaten its progress

Kentucky has improved rural cancer care access and quality, but looming Medicaid cuts threaten hospitals, screenings, and preventive services

College-Affiliated Public Media Stand to Lose Big Under Cuts

The Trump administration’s cuts to public radio and television may create news deserts and limit experiential learning opportunities for students. Recent federal cuts are hacking at an additional piece of college and university budgets and operations: on-campus broadcast and radio stations.

Murkowski votes no, Sullivan yes on funding cut to public radio stations

Congress has approved a request from the Trump administration to rescind billions of dollars in previously adopted federal funding, including tens of millions of dollars meant for Alaska’s 27 public radio stations. The tightest vote was in the Senate, where the measure passed with 51 Republican votes in the 100-member chamber. It was after 2 a.m. Thursday, July 17, in Washington, D.C., when senato...

Kentucky's rural radio stations face uncertain future

Rural radio stations across America could see some of the largest impacts from Congress' cuts to funding for public media, threatening vital services in communities that rely on them for both news and entertainment.This year marks four decades of broadcasts for WMMT 88.7 out of Whitesburg in Letcher County. But this milestone year also brings new challenges after Congress passed a rescission package last week. If signed into law, it would take b…