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- F1 The July 2025 rescissions package eliminated $1.1 billion in previously approved CPB funding covering fiscal years 2026 and 2027https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/cpb-rescission
- F2 CPB — the conduit that has distributed federal funds to more than 1,500 local public radio and TV stations since 1967 — announced it would wind down, and its board voted to dissolve in January 2026https://www.npr.org/2026/01/06/cpb-dissolve
- F3 CPB cut roughly 70 percent of its staff and began closing out grants after October 1 with no new fundinghttps://www.cpb.org/impact
- F4 WPBS in Watertown, New York lost about $1 million — a third of its budget — and reduced its workforce by 30 percent; KUAC in Fairbanks lost $1.2 million and cut overnight broadcasts; Basin PBS in West Texas lost 48 percent of its revenuehttps://www.cpb.org/impact
- F5 Rural and tribal stations were hit hardest, putting Native Public Media's network of 57 radio and 4 television stations at riskThe Conversation, "Rural and tribal stations hit hardest"
- F6 Some metropolitan stations saw donation surges after the cuts, including in Nashville, Louisville and at KUOW Seattlehttps://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/cpb-rescission
Every claim, and where it came from
One point one billion dollars in federal funding for public broadcasting disappeared in July twenty twenty-five. It covered fiscal years twenty twenty-six and twenty twenty-seven.
- F1 ← “One point one billion dollars in federal funding for public broadcasting disappeared in July twenty twenty-five” ⇢ The July 2025 rescissions package eliminated $1.1 billion in previously approved CPB funding
- F1 ← “It covered fiscal years twenty twenty-six and twenty twenty-seven” ⇢ covering fiscal years 2026 and 2027
CPB distributed federal funds to more than fifteen hundred local public radio and television stations since nineteen sixty-seven. Its board voted to dissolve in January twenty twenty-six.
- F2 ← “CPB distributed federal funds to more than fifteen hundred local public radio and television stations since nineteen sixty-seven” ⇢ CPB — the conduit that has distributed federal funds to more than 1,500 local public radio and TV stations since 1967
- F2 ← “Its board voted to dissolve in January twenty twenty-six” ⇢ announced it would wind down, and its board voted to dissolve in January 2026
In Watertown, New York, WPBS lost about one million dollars. That was a third of its budget. The station cut thirty percent of its workforce.
- F4 ← “WPBS lost about one million dollars” ⇢ WPBS in Watertown, New York lost about $1 million
- F4 ← “That was a third of its budget” ⇢ a third of its budget
- F4 ← “The station cut thirty percent of its workforce” ⇢ reduced its workforce by 30 percent
In Fairbanks, KUAC lost one point two million dollars and cut overnight broadcasts. Rural and tribal stations were hit hardest, putting Native Public Media's network at risk.
- F4 ← “In Fairbanks, KUAC lost one point two million dollars and cut overnight broadcasts” ⇢ KUAC in Fairbanks lost $1.2 million and cut overnight broadcasts
- F5 ← “Rural and tribal stations were hit hardest, putting Native Public Media's network at risk” ⇢ Rural and tribal stations were hit hardest, putting Native Public Media's network of 57 radio and 4 television stations at risk
But some cities saw something different. After the cuts, donation surges arrived in Nashville, Louisville, and Seattle. The signal stayed on where people rushed to save it.
- F6 ← “donation surges arrived in Nashville, Louisville, and Seattle” ⇢ Some metropolitan stations saw donation surges after the cuts, including in Nashville, Louisville and at KUOW Seattle
When the signal goes quiet, someone pays the price. The question is not whether the cost exists. The question is who bears it, and who does not.
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