Montana PBS Suffers Major Federal Funding Cuts, Prompting $900K Matching Campaign
UNITED STATES, JUL 31 – CPB board members responded emotionally to a $1.1 billion funding cut by Congress amid allegations of bias, while local stations raised $1.5 million in 10 hours, officials said.
- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting revealed it will cease operations by the end of its fiscal year following a $1.1 billion funding cut imposed by Congress.
- This shutdown follows a GOP-led law rescinding CPB's federal funding amid political disputes including attempted firings of Democrat-appointed board members.
- CPB chief Patricia Harrison expressed sorrow for public media's dismantling and highlighted urgent risks to rural stations and community services.
- Harrison quoted Shakespeare, lamenting the situation, while journalists’ union leader Jon Schleuss called the rescission a coordinated attack on press freedom.
- The shutdown implicates loss of funding for over 1,500 local stations, but CPB plans a small transition team to ensure orderly closure and continued royalty management.
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