US EditionLetter to the Editor: Cuts to PBS Will Hurt Rural Montanans
UNITED STATES, JUL 21 – Congress rescinded $1.1 billion in federal funds for public broadcasting, risking closures of 112 stations nationwide, with rural and tribal areas hit hardest, according to Sen. Maria Cantwell's report.
- Last week, Republican-led Congress voted to strip public broadcasting of all federal funding, approving a package that recoups $9 billion—$1.1 billion from broadcasters—and now sends the bill to President Donald Trump.
- Republicans in Congress have long sought to defund public media, National Religious Broadcasters praised the move as supporting `viewpoint diversity`, and President Donald Trump’s May executive order directed CPB to cut NPR and PBS grants.
- Taxpayer support makes up a significant share for many public broadcasters, with some rural and tribal stations relying on over half their federal funding.
- Station closures and staff reductions loom as early consequences, with GBH layoffs among the first impacts after Congress’s vote, causing nearly immediate loss of coverage in hard-to-reach areas.
- In the past week, the coming months and years will be fraught with unpredictability, with responsibility falling to audiences and communities, as funding support ends on October 1.
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