Posted on 07/16/2025 7:03:11 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
PBS and NPR stations are on the verge of losing the federal funding that has helped keep them on the air for decades.
The Senate is preparing to vote on a rare measure called a “rescission,” which would claw back money that was already budgeted by Congress, including nearly $1.1 billion in funding for public media.
Here’s what will happen if lawmakers zero out the funding for PBS and NPR.
What will viewers and listeners notice?
Over time, some local stations may be forced off the air, while other stations may have fewer shows to broadcast. Stations may have fewer resources for news reporting and educational programming. But the exact impacts are hard to predict because the public radio and TV system is complex.
The center of the system is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB, an independent entity established by Congress in the 1960s to support local radio and TV stations across the United States.
CPB receives $535 million in taxpayer support annually and disburses the funds to about 1,500 local radio and TV stations, as well as programmers and infrastructure providers. Those funds are what President Trump and congressional Republicans are trying to revoke. Democrats want the funds to remain in place. When would the cuts take effect?
Trump’s rescission proposal targets CPB’s federal funding for the period from October 2025 through September 2027, so if the money is taken back, stations will face budget shortfalls starting this fall. Some public media executives are already planning layoffs and other cost-cutting moves.
PBS and NPR affiliates have numerous other sources of revenue, including donations from “viewers like you,” as the famous PBS phrase goes. But the federal funding has historically served as the foundation of the proverbial house.
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My suggestions? More Fundraising Marathons where they play THE GOOD STUFF FOR FREE, though you have to put up with a few more commercials.
Bake Sales. *SMIRK*
‘What will happen to PBS and NPR stations if the Senate votes to claw back funding?’
Less lefty commie propaganda.
SPOOKY idea for lifelong grifters.
I won't notice any impacts, that's for sure.
Claw back?
Everything I want to watch that was on WPT (Wisconsin Public Television) is now on You Tube. For free, with no whining and begging for cash. ;)
Nothing. They have private donors.
‘What will happen to PBS and NPR stations if the Senate votes to claw back funding?’
Basically nothing since the federal money component in their overall budget is around 15-20%, and liberal money will flow to them to save Big Bird from extinction.
PBS buys some British drama they air on Sunday evenings.
Things about farm life during WW II. The filming of novels like the Poldark series about a figure of the early 1800s.
The point being, they do have non political content. I will miss that. Hope they prioritize it if they have less funding.
If Free Republic had a “Like” button, I would click it on your post.
Perhaps they will have to learn about moving their content towards ‘what the people want’.
there are shows on PBS i would miss - the production of “Wolf Hall” was spectacular and i love re-do of “All Creatures Great and Small.” but PBS started Passport and several streaming venues in anticipation of something like this. also the good shows - which are usually British - can go to Britbox and Acorn or others for streaming. i assume PBS has contingency plans.
That’s a common government term. And it’s so accurate. At the State level, we claw back money from time to time.
You know, hustle for bucks, meet your payrolls, and hope you survive. All those libs who are decrying the BBB permanent tax cuts can take the money they would have spent and donate it to this worthy institution.
Right you are, Diana.
What happened yo satan after the fall? They will continue to slither, like McConnel and Schumer.
What will happen to PBS and NPR stations if the Senate votes to claw back funding?
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More fund raising drives? Just a guess.
Lefty NGO’s will support their propaganda.
They will sink or swim, depending on whether they can sell advertising based on their content, rather than producing whatever they want and waiting for the government check to arrive.
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