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# Rural public media at risk as Congress moves to cut funding
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/newshour/extras/public-media-funding-cuts-1752696865/
- Published: 2025-07-17T00:45:54.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-17T01:00:20.000Z
- Description: Rural public media at risk as Congress moves toward funding cut
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS News Hour, #ZZZ_Show_fe87d6dc-6a0c-4ffb-800c-e787276ea730, #v1.6, #ZZZ_Extra_0990b896-cd93-4d02-8ee9-4eaa50c4b818, #extra

Among the programs targeted for cuts in the White House rescissions package is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It's the independent nonprofit created by Congress to distribute federal funds to more than 1,500 noncommercial TV and radio stations. Tom Abbott of public radio station KFSK in Petersburg, Alaska, joined William Brangham to discuss what’s at stake for rural stations.