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What Happens to PBS and NPR Now
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting had $1.1 billion funding rescinded after the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a package of spending cuts last month.
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The CPB, the agency that spawned NPR, PBS and modern public media, begins winding down
The Senate Appropriations Committee failed to include future funding in the latest budget pass. WHYY says its future remains though other area stations face challenges.
Bruce Ramer on CPB Shutdown: ‘A Good Part of Public Radio and Broadcasting Will Be Out of Business’
Entertainment lawyer Bruce Ramer tells Variety the shutdown of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will devastate aspects ...
Trump's fund cuts: CPB to shut down after GOP slashes funding; 'trashed decades of democracy' say critics
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is set to wind down operations following a successful Republican effort to ...
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End of an Era: CPB to Close After Defunding
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a key player in American culture, will close following defunding by Congress.
KUNR braces for significant changes as CPB announces wind down after federal funding cuts
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced Friday it will begin winding down its operations following the ...
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CPB Confirms ‘An Orderly Wind-Down of its Operations’
On Thursday, RBR+TVBR reported that a markup of the the 2026 Labor and Health and Human Services appropriations bill had ...
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NPR and PBS Brought Defunding on Themselves
As the broadcasters’ defenders say, the defunding of public media represents a “drop in the bucket” of what must be done to ...