The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has officially stated that it will cease operations after a Republican-led effort to cancel federal funding for public media was successful.
The announcement by the body was made shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a rescissions bill that saves $1.1 billion previously budgeted for CPB.
The agency has received support from the federal government for more than 60 years. It played a major role in giving support to NPR and PBS, especially in local areas.
The elimination of support from the federal government to CPB may threaten the integrity of the public media network, although bigger stations may survive if they get funding from other sources or donations.
“The ripple effects of this closure will be felt across every public media organization and, more importantly, in every community across the country that relies on public broadcasting,” NPR CEO Katherine Mahersaid in a statement.
The newly sworn-in president, who had earlier pushed to stop funding public broadcasting, celebrated its success as he labelled it a political win.
Stakeholders in the public media have called for a grassroots reawakening of public media to preserve civic engagement as they mourn the defunding by the federal government of noncommercial broadcasting.
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