PBS Slashes Budget by 21% After Federal Funding Cuts

The nonprofit will receive less revenue from its members, which are under pressure to make up for shortfalls of their own.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down

The company is among the first casualties of a vote to strip roughly $500 million in federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country.

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Donations to NPR and PBS Stations Surge After Funding Cuts

Donors are turning out to support local stations, but those contributions so far fall well short of the annual $550 million that Congress cut.

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He Helped Create NPR. Now He May See it Be Defunded.

Bill Siemering, 91, says potential funding cuts put a “unique, invaluable cultural resource” at risk.

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Tribal Media Leader Implores Senator to Reject Public Broadcasting Clawback

In a letter to Senator Mike Rounds, Republican of South Dakota, the head of a network of Native radio and television stations said a deal to ostensibly protect tribal stations was unworkable.

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Senate Advances Trump Clawback of Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds

The vote to take up legislation to rescind $9 billion in funds Congress has already approved suggested that Republicans would bow to the president’s wishes in the simmering fight over spending powers.

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PBS and NPR’s Last-Ditch Fight to Save Funding

As a vote to cut more than $500 million per year in federal funding nears, stations are making their pitches to lawmakers, listeners and “Viewers Like You.”

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NPR and PBS Face Federal Funding Cuts: What to Know

A proposal before the Senate to strip funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting could be catastrophic for local stations, particularly those in rural areas.

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Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91

Before becoming known as an unusual breed of television correspondent and commentator, he had a long association with President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Trump Asks Congress to Claw Back $9 Billion for Foreign Aid, NPR and PBS

The request seeks to codify spending cuts advanced by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

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