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PBS News Ends Weekend Broadcasts After Federal Funding Cuts
"This -- I like to call it -- small but mighty team handled all these stories week in and week out."
NPR Secures $36 Million From Corporation for Public Broadcasting After Claiming Contract Was Illegally Pulled
"The settlement is a victory for editorial independence and a step toward upholding the First Amendment rights of NPR and the public media system in our legal challenge to [Trump's] Executive Order."
NPR Sues Corporation for Public Broadcasting After Nearly $60 Million Grant Awarded Elsewhere
NPR has filed a lawsuit against the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in an effort to block the group from awarding a $57.9 million...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Cease Operations After Federal Funding Cut
"We now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,"
NPR and PBS Received $20 Million in Donations After Funding Cut, New Estimates Show
“It is still early, and we hope the support will continue to grow.”
NPR CEO Katherine Maher: Public Radio Funding Cuts ‘Directly Harms Communities and Consituents’
"Public radio is a lifeline, connecting rural communities to the rest of the nation, and providing life-saving emergency broadcasting and weather alerts."
More Than $1 Billion in Cuts to NPR, PBS Passed in Senate
The vote to pass the cuts was split largely along party lines.
How Worried Should NPR Be About the Future?
I won’t take sides on the federal support for public broadcasting question, but perhaps public radio needs to consider some new approaches.
NPR CEO Katherine Maher: Attacks From Donald Trump Are ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’
"The action of withdrawing federal funding is retaliatory, and so this is a First Amendment issue.”
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Awards Funding To KVPR, WQLN and KRCL
Public radio stations KVPR Fresno, WQLN Erie, and KRCL Salt Lake City are set to benefit from a substantial financial investment aimed at improving their emergency alert systems.