As local broadcast stations like KSPS grapple with loss of federal funds, Washington lawmakers work to build state support

Spokane Public Radio and KSPS-PBS abruptly lost all of their federal funding Jan. 5 following the dissolution of the national Corporation for Public Broadcasting, but Washington lawmakers aim to ...
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies

Even amid setbacks, public funding for local news is expanding at the state level

Steven Waldman of Rebuild Local News is optimistic but warns that action is needed now because ‘the house is on fire’ ...
Pocahontas Times

A quiet sign-off for Public Broadcasting

Lucas Adcock Staff Writer The year was 1967. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) as a private, non-profit entity ...

One Alabama station stuck with PBS while the other cut NPR. Supporters voted with their wallets

Huntsville radio station supporters plead with commissioners to maintain PBS partnership after seeing dramatic donation ...

What is replacing 'PBS News Weekend' after program cuts? What to know.

Two new 30-minute weekend programs are coming to PBS this month to replace the channel's 'News Weekend,' which ended earlier ...

Sacramento PBS station to keep local shows on air after funding cuts

Just last week, CPB, the entity that gave federal funds to local PBS and NPR stations, voted to close its doors. No money ...