On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 10, 2009, at 4:35 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > >> I'm curious, does anybody know what percentage of the Federal budget >> goes towards PBS/NPR? If it is more than a small fraction of one >> percent, I'd be shocked. > > Looks like they're giving the Corporation for Public Broadcasting $400 > million for fiscal 2009, and $380 million of that will end up in the > hands of PBS and NPR. > http://www.cpb.org/aboutcpb/financials/budget/ > > Yes, $400 million is WAY less than 1% of the Federal budget.
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