President’s FY 2027 Budget: No Funding for Public Media Stations

The House of Representatives passed the Senate-amended Rescissions Act, eliminating all previously approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027. 
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Cutting Public Media Funding is No Joke

April 4, 2014 · Update: Today, the House passed its Budget. Federal funding for public broadcasting was cut. Don’t be discouraged. This isn’t final. There will be more opportunities
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Happy Birthday to our Favorite Neighbor, Fred Rogers

March 20, 2014 · We all have our gripes. I hate that when I can’t sleep, I reach for my smartphone. The gentle, soft-spoken man, who would revolutionize children’s
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I love my public media because…

February 18, 2014 · Last week, we asked public media fans from coast to coast to show their public media displays of affection for Valentine’s Day as part of
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How WVPB responded to the West Virginia chemical spill

February 7, 2014 · After a chemical spill contaminated West Virginia drinking water, West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB) moved to the front line to keep local residents safe and
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Happy Holidays from Protect My Public Media

December 18, 2013 · Happy Holidays from Protect My Public Media! As 2013 comes to a close, we would like to thank you, public media listeners and viewers, for standing
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‘Wyoming Stories’ Finds The Pixels In The Big Picture Of History

December 12, 2013 · This story was originally published on the This Is NPR blog on December 6, 2013. Every Friday on Morning Edition, we are touched by the very
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Top 5 Things in Public Media This Week

November 1, 2013 · There were a lot of awesome things that happened this week in public media. While this list is in no particular order, here are our
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Public Media Honors the March on Washington

August 27, 2013 · This week marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, and public media stations nationwide are airing a series of programs and hosting online events and activities to commemorate this watershed event in civil rights history.
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Three Ways You Can Help Public Media This Summer

August 20, 2013 · A couple weeks ago, news outlets like The New York Times reported that a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would cut all federal
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‘The Ways’ Gives Native American Communities Greater Voice

July 19, 2013 · Living Language from Wisconsin Media Lab on Vimeo. Ron Corn Jr. is one of less than 20 fluent speakers of Menominee, the native language of
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