FCC opens investigation into PBS & NPR

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21 minutes ago, Rusty Muck said:

You can absolutely kiss public broadcasting as a whole goodbye, along with a major chunk of the EAS PEPs. These braindead republicans and their cult leader…

 

It probably depends on market and how well funded they are from outside sources.  I just read a state PBS/NPR in a small state but medium sized city will lose about 10% funding. My gut says that may be an low estimate but time will tell. That's bad, but not a kiss of death.  Big market stations will need to do more fundraising but can probably survive.  The real issue is money for program acquisition.  Small markets/stations will have the toughest time as the federal funding makes up a much bigger part of their budgets and the ability for big donor fundraising in those markets is limited at best.

 

When WNET first went on the air, the local network owned stations all contributed to the start up costs to get it on the air.  Some media companies may consider some level of support  to support the public interest - just not at levels lost by this action.

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6 hours ago, NowBergen said:

When WNET first went on the air, the local network owned stations all contributed to the start up costs to get it on the air.  Some media companies may consider some level of support  to support the public interest - just not at levels lost by this action.

 

In 1948.

 

PBS does nothing that people care about. Here in North Carolina PBS has ~90,000 donors 

90,000 ... across 12 broadcast stations, out of 11,000,000 population!

A literal statistical insignificance. Goofy UFO podcasts have more supporters than that.

South Florida PBS barely over 40,000 donors. In area where the average dinner for two can run $200+

 

People do not care. They say they care because Trump is slipping through their Xanax half-life and they want more social likes but they really don't.

They care in the same way Baptists insist they absolutely, unequivically go to church every Sunday.

Which is to say they lie.

 

Besides, the local retirement community now has Netflix and BritBox.

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Big one I saw this evening: The NewsHour drop the “Corporation for Public Broadcasting” credit at the start of the program during the funding credits. I don’t know how many other PBS shows have done this, but this will probably grow soon. 

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21 minutes ago, EVVTV12 said:

Big one I saw this evening: The NewsHour drop the “Corporation for Public Broadcasting” credit at the start of the program during the funding credits. I don’t know how many other PBS shows have done this, but this will probably grow soon. 

 

They've also been absent from Washington Week with The Atlantic for at least the last couple of weeks.

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PBS News Hour sent a statement last night at the end of the broadcast...

 

They're here to stay. And good for them.

 

 

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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced they're winding down operations:

 

https://cpb.org/pressroom/Corporation-Public-Broadcasting-Addresses-Operations-Following-Loss-Federal-Funding