Wisconsin Public Media Losing $6M as GOP Claws Back Funding

Wisconsin Public Media losing $6M as GOP claws back funding

President Donald Trump signed legislation rescinding a billion dollars for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS.

Wisconsin public broadcasting set to lose $6M annually from federal cuts

(The Center Square) – Leaders in Wisconsin public broadcasting said they are expecting to lose $6 million every year after Congress passed $1.1 billion in federal funding cuts to public broadcasting.

Our Opinion: The cost of undermining public broadcasting

Amid all the chaos and cruelty rolling down from Washington, D.C., the broadside against public broadcasters might not be top of mind for most folks. But Congress' $1.1 billion cut to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) will be devastating…

It's Time to Cut Off Public Broadcasting

Big Bird deserves to lose this time. In the past, whenever Republicans have tried to cut federal funding for public broadcasting, the 8-foot-2-inch-tall yellow bird has been trotted out as an exemplar of all that is good and necessary about public broadcasting, and the federal dollars have been preserved. Perhaps our Jim Henson–created feathered friend will continue his undefeated streak, but a Tr...