US EditionCongress Approves Public Media and Foreign Aid Cuts: What to Know
UNITED STATES, JUL 19 – Congress approved a rescissions bill eliminating $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting, affecting over 1,500 local stations and prompting emergency fundraising efforts.
- On Friday, Congress approved the rescissions bill revoking over $1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasters, with VP JD Vance casting the tiebreaking Senate vote and the House approving it early Friday morning.
- When asked on Thursday, Karoline Leavitt called public broadcasters `partisan left-wing outlets` funded by taxpayers, while Jeffrey McCall said the defunding push has been coming for a long time, and Congress allocates just over $500 million annually to CPB.
- At WYES, a loss of $800,000, over ten percent of its budget, will hit local services, Robin Cooper said, while WWOZ plans to cover a $400,000 gap as WWNO braces for over $200,000 in cuts, Paul Maassen added.
- At KCLU, Olson called it a `dark day for public media in our country` and said `$300,000 is now gone immediately from our budget`, adding the station will now turn to its listeners for support.
- Patricia Harrison warned that CPB will cease to exist on Oct. 1 without funding, and Sen. Maria Cantwell called the cuts a `reckless endangerment` of roughly 13 million Americans relying on public stations for emergency alerts and local reporting.
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SCETV could lose $3 million from federal budget cuts - Charleston City Paper
Public broadcasting in South Carolina could lose up to $3.1 million due to recently-passed federal budget cuts that whacked federal funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The post SCETV could lose $3 million from federal budget cuts appeared first on Charleston City Paper.
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