Republican Urges Trump to Reconsider Proposed Broadcasting Cuts

Advocates fear budget cuts will trim local public media offerings

Earlier this week, the Trump administration sent a bill to Congress to eliminate funding for public broadcasting for the next two years. Broadcasting professi

Protesters rally to save Lakeland PBS in Bemidji as Trump cuts PBS and NPR funding

Lakeland PBS began operating in 1979 and also owns KAWB in Brainerd. Jeff Hanks, the CEO of Lakeland who started working for the station 32 years ago as a producer, said his small crew of four reporters cover a vast area for nightly newscasts.

‘Existential’ threat: How Trump’s cuts to public media funding would impact Utah

Beloved programs like "The Hinckley Report" and "Utah Insight" from PBS Utah could be threatened by federal funding cuts proposed by President Donald Trump

Rural Republicans used to back NPR. Then MAGA changed everything.

Fourteen years before he joined President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, Sean P. Duffy rode a tea party wave into Congress. But within months, the conservative Republican from northern Wisconsin bucked his party and voted to preserve funding for NPR.

Why There Is So Much Worry In Public Media That Donald Trump Will Win Fight To Defund NPR, PBS And Local Stations

The House Rules Committee on Tuesday will take up a so-called “rescissions” package that includes clawing back nearly $1.1 billion in funding for NPR, PBS and local public broadcasting stations, a move that has raised alarm bells among public media leaders. There’s ample reason for worry, especially since that sentiment has shifted even among those […]

Republican urges Trump to reconsider proposed broadcasting cuts