KRVS Launches Endowment Campaign Amid Threat of NPR Funding Cuts

KRVS Radio in Lafayette battles for survival because of federal funding cuts

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — The Trump administration's recent move to cut federal funding for public broadcasting has sparked legal action from National Public Radio (NPR), and local stations like KRVS in Lafayette are feeling the impact. KRVS relies heavily…

Ohio PBS, NPR stations brace for impact of Trump cuts

Local outlets that receive millions annually in federal funding are developing contingency plans, with some stations at risk of losing up to 22% of their operating budgets.

Kat Cammack Isn’t Falling For NPR’s Crocodile Tears

WASHINGTON—NPR announced last week that it’s suing the Trump administration over an executive order slashing its congressionally appropriated funding — a case that could have serious ramifications for the future of publicly-funded media.But if Kat Cammack has her way, it won’t really matter.The Florida congresswoman joined Senator Jim Banks to introduce the Defund NPR Act, which, if passed would codify Trump’s executive order, and ensure that “n…

Behind the half-baked arguments flailing bully Trump uses to attack public media

In one way, this is the easiest column I’ve written. It’s simple to celebrate public media in Kansas: public radio, educational television, veteran journalists, original reporting, local focus, innovative podcasts and more. For all that, I’m a long-time sustaining member of my local public radio station. And I have written many glowing columns about NPR journalism. Public media in Kansas is awesome. In another way, this column is tricky. Defen…

The flimsy arguments Trump used to attack public media that serves Kansas

Public broadcasting in Kansas and across the United States faces threats from the Trump administration. (Eric Thomas illustration for Kansas Reflector)In one way, this is the easiest column I’ve written.  It’s simple to celebrate public media in Kansas: public radio, educational television, veteran journalists, original reporting, local focus, innovative podcasts and more. For all that, I’m a long-time sustaining member of my local public radio …

DiLorenzo: The American Pravda Sues the Trump Administration

In a recent executive order President Trump called for an end to taxpayer funding of NPR and “public” television (PBS), created by Congress in 1967 to laughingly create an “independent” news source.  Yes, they have always been independent of the free market and of the hapless American taxpayers, but certainly not independent of the deep ... Read more Source