Native American radio stations at risk as Congress looks to cut $1B in public broadcasting funding

Native American radio stations part of funding deal as US Senate takes up cuts to NPR, PBS • Michigan Advance

National Public Radio headquarters on North Capitol Street in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Photo by Jacob Fischler/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday began debating changes to a bill that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending on public broadcasting and foreign aid — but with a deal for grants to some Native American radio stations that may help offset cuts to public media. The vote-a-rama,…

Klobuchar says rural radio stations would go under due to GOP cuts

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said on Wednesday that rural radio stations in her home state could go out of business due to a rescissions package moving through Congress seeking to cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). “My hope is that we find some way to get through this, and so we don’t…

Indigenous Services budget cuts?

Cutting billions of dollars from the federal Indigenous services budget could worsen the quality of essential services and spark lawsuits that would cost Ottawa more money long term, some advocates say.

Ken Burns warns Oregonians of ‘shortsighted’ cuts to public broadcasting

Cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will affect public television and radio stations across the country, particularly rural stations that rely heavily on the federal funding for their budgets.

KUAF waiting for answers as potential federal funding cuts loom

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Conversations in Washington, D.C., regarding the importance of public media have put organizations across the nation, such as Fayetteville-based public radio station KUAF, on edge about their future. In June, the House voted on a rescissions package that would cut federal funding to public media, eliminating $1.1 billion previously approved for those across the Nation and is now passed off to the Senate. In Fayet…

Rural PBS stations could bear brunt of public media cuts. Just ask those in Kansas

Congress is weighing legislation that enacts a series of cuts to already approved funding, including $1.1 billion for public media.