US EditionNPR, PBS Parent Company Shutting Down After Congress Cut Billions in Funding
UNITED STATES, JUL 31 – CPB board members responded emotionally to a $1.1 billion funding cut by Congress amid allegations of bias, while local stations raised $1.5 million in 10 hours, officials said.
- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting revealed it will cease operations by the end of its fiscal year following a $1.1 billion funding cut imposed by Congress.
- This shutdown follows a GOP-led law rescinding CPB's federal funding amid political disputes including attempted firings of Democrat-appointed board members.
- CPB chief Patricia Harrison expressed sorrow for public media's dismantling and highlighted urgent risks to rural stations and community services.
- Harrison quoted Shakespeare, lamenting the situation, while journalists’ union leader Jon Schleuss called the rescission a coordinated attack on press freedom.
- The shutdown implicates loss of funding for over 1,500 local stations, but CPB plans a small transition team to ensure orderly closure and continued royalty management.
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cbs19news.comAfter Congress cuts public media funding, a WV radio station looks for other support
The WVMR studio in Dunmore, W.Va. (Photo courtesy WVMR)A radio cooperative serving Pocahontas County in West Virginia and two neighboring Virginia communities expects to lose more than half its annual budget after Congress passed a bill rescinding $1.1 billion previously approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Allegheny Mountain Radio comprises WVMR in Dunmore, West Virginia, WVLS in Monterey, Virginia, and WCHG in Hot Springs, Vir…
Pompous, Ridiculous! Public Media Poobahs CRY and Quote Shakespeare Over Defunding
Unbelievable. Kudos to Chuck Ross at the Washington Free Beacon for posting some pompous and ridiculous audio from a recent meeting of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting board after Congress rescinded CPB funding amounting to $1.1 billion. The CPB board members were crying and comparing themselves to military heroes in Shakespeare plays and the movies.
News Guild President Schleuss pitches for public broadcasting
WASHINGTON—News Guild President Jon Schleuss, whose members have come under fire and threats from anti-worker and anti-media President Donald Trump, is making a strong pitch for the public to support, with voluntarily donated dollars, the Public Broadcasting System and National Public Radio. Trump’s “recessions” law, which the GOP congressional majority gleefully passed, yanks $1.1 billion combined that lawmakers previously appropriated for the…
Even More Layoffs At A PBS/NPR Station, This Time At Pittsburgh’s WQED
Due to the recission of Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds by the Trump administration and Congress, WQED is facing a $2.5 million budget shortfall and has laid off 19 employees, mostly in marketing, membership, and production. – Axios
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