Who pays when public radio goes dark?

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6 blocks64.0s narration$0.2560 spent6 factsapproved 2026-07-28 22:59:02Receipt →

The film

The board

Six blocks, one per beat. Each card shows the provider that actually ran — a fallback nobody can see in the record is a substitution, not a fallback.

Block 1cold open

One point one billion dollars in federal funding for public radio and television simply stopped. No replacement was announced. The money was gone.

F1
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Block 2stakes

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting distributed federal funds to over fifteen hundred local stations since nineteen sixty-seven. It was the backbone holding public radio and television together.

F2
10.88s ✓
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Block 3evidence

WPBS in Watertown, New York lost one million dollars. That was roughly a third of its operating budget. The station cut thirty percent of its workforce.

F4
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Block 4evidence

KUAC in Fairbanks lost one point two million dollars and cut overnight broadcasts. After October first, the CPB stopped approving new grants and began winding down operations.

F4F3
12.56s ✓
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Block 5turn

Native Public Media's network of fifty-seven radio stations and four television stations now faces existential risk. Yet some metropolitan listeners responded with unexpected generosity.

F5
12.40s ✓
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Block 6kicker

When a billion dollars vanishes from public broadcasting, the cost is not measured in dollars alone. It is measured in the stations that go silent.

F1
9.25s ✓
elevenlabs · eleven_v3

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