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The chief executive for PBS is sounding the alarm about public broadcasting's future if federal funding is axed. CEO Paula Kerger said Sunday that public TV stations heavily dependent on federal funds couldn't survive without it, including in rural or underserved areas. covfefe

[TV orNotTV] Adios to PBS and NPR? (local edition)

West Virginia’s new governor, Jim Justice, has inherited a $500 million budget shortfall. Amongst the tax and revenue programs sprinkled through the FY18 budget, Gov. Justice has proposed slashing $4.6 million in state funding to West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Adios to PBS and NPR?

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 12:18 AM, Tonya Bryant wrote: > Hey there. Just joining the conversation. Could you post the link where > you read about PBS and NPR building up their funding to be sustainable? > Thanks! > I don't know that there is a specific article about it.

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Hey there. Just joining the conversation. Could you post the link where you read about PBS and NPR building up their funding to be sustainable? Thanks! On Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 1:45:55 PM UTC+9, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 10:07 PM, Steve Timko

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On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 12:06 AM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > PBS was a pioneer in putting programming online. However, last year they > made a decision to start a streaming service called Passport as a pledge > drive premium. With some exceptions ("Frontline" and the

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PBS was a pioneer in putting programming online. However, last year they made a decision to start a streaming service called Passport as a pledge drive premium. With some exceptions ("Frontline" and the "Newshour" most noteworthy), most PBS programs that have aired longer than four weeks ago on

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The state PBS network had added PBS Kids as their X.3 channel, though currently only the Comcast neighborhoods have added the channel to their lineups. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 26, 2017, at 13:28, Eddie Anderson wrote: >But a few weeks ago, that same PBS station

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'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV wrote: > I can't imagine a cut-off of federal funding would be a big deal to > most PBS stations. If they're anything like KQED, they'll just up > the pledge drives from eight months a year to eleven or twelve. Are pledge drives producing diminishing returns yet?

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On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 5:13 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: > From what I've read, the impact would be catastrophic. There was a 2012 > report that the CPB themselves commissioned from Booz & Company which > concluded: > > "There is no substitute for federal support of public

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>From what I've read, the impact would be catastrophic. There was a 2012 report that the CPB themselves commissioned from Booz & Company which concluded: "There is no substitute for federal support of public broadcasting... And that the loss of federal support would mean the end of public

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I can't imagine a cut-off of federal funding would be a big deal to most PBS stations. If they're anything like KQED, they'll just up the pledge drives from eight months a year to eleven or twelve. --Dave Sikula On Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 8:45:55 PM UTC-8, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Tue,

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Where's Mr. Rogers when you need him? On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 8:45 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 10:07 PM, Steve Timko > wrote: > > The Hill reports Trump wants to privatize the Corporation for Public > Broadcasting and eliminate