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The rescission of CPB funding reflects conflicting narratives about public purpose and federal spending.
operates on a hybrid, decentralized funding model—local member station dues and fundraising, corporate underwriting and foundation grants, and historically federal support routed through the —backed b...
A narrow set of rural and tribal public radio stations were disproportionately dependent on community service grants (CSGs) going into 2025—dozens of outlets relied on CPB for a third or more of opera...
Tribal and rural public radio and television stations function as frontline emergency communicators in parts of the where broadband and mobile coverage are sparse, delivering weather warnings, missing...
Federal funding for the U.S. public television system is commonly reported in the mid‑teens of overall revenue: roughly 15 percent of public television’s aggregate budget is supported by federal dolla...
Wisconsin’s public broadcasters — principally Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) and the statewide PBS Wisconsin network centered on WHA-TV in Madison — are identified in reporting as among the local outlet...
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) received roughly a half‑billion dollars in federal appropriations each year in recent practice, with CPB reporting a FY2025 federal appropriation of about...
NPR received a small share—roughly 1–2%—of its overall revenue from federal sources in 2025, with most federal support flowing indirectly through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and gran...