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Jacksonville’s WJCT Asks for Donations After Gov. DeSantis Vetoes Public TV and Radio Funding
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis eliminated approximately $5.7 million allocated for public broadcasting in the 2025-26 state budget, leading Jacksonville's WJCT Public Media to seek support from its audience through donations.
- This funding cut follows broader federal efforts, including legislation approved by the House in June to eliminate two years of federal public media funding, with the Senate yet to decide.
- WJCT, an NPR member station affected by these cuts, emphasized that federal funding sustains their public-private partnership and vital services such as educational programming and local journalism.
- David McGowan, WJCT’s CEO, described the cuts as a ‘direct blow’ to infrastructure supporting civic dialogue, while Senator Kennedy criticized public media as biased and wasteful taxpayer spending.
- These state and federal cuts imply possible losses of programs like PBS children's shows and investigative reporting, jeopardizing public media’s reach especially in rural areas reliant on this funding.
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Jacksonville’s WJCT asks for donations after Gov. DeSantis vetoes public TV and radio funding
A week after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed about $5.7 million in funding for public radio and television stations, Jacksonville-based WJCT Public Media called the cuts “deeply troubling” and looked to its listeners to help make up the losses.
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