CPB is the largest single source of funding for public radio and television, distributing over 70% of its funds directly to more than 1,500 locally owned stations—including KUNM.

PBS' website states it receives funding in part from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which receives roughly $500 million a year approved by Congress, saying "CPB allocates the ...

An analysis of financial data suggests disproportionate effects could be felt across radio and TV, as well as smaller and ...

It is not immediately apparent how much federal funding PBS receives. The CPB doles out about $397 million for TV grants and $132 million for radio. Republicans have mused about slashing PBS and ...

When NPR and PBS make the case for CPB funding, they emphasize the value of public media as a whole, including its role in public safety and civic infrastructure. This is the right approach, but we ...

FCC’s Brendan Carr also suggests an investigation could be relevant to conservative congressional efforts to defund the ...

EXCLUSIVE - The newly formed Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee in the House of Representatives has invited the heads of NPR and PBS to testify on Capitol Hill to defend the ...

Arlington, VA, January 22, 2025 – Today PBS KIDS announced PHOEBE & JAY ... essential literacy skills,” said Debra Tica Sanchez, CPB senior vice president, educational media and learning ...

President Donald Trump’s newly appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has ordered an investigation into NPR and PBS over their alleged “airing of commercials,” and ...

Yet the CPB is still standing, and NPR and PBS remain unreformed. Weak Republican members of Congress always sweep in at the last second to save public media’s bacon. That is true even for some ...