Corporation For Public Broadcasting formally dissolves after federal funding cuts

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Source: The Guardian

The nonprofit charged by Congress with allocating funds to NPR, PBS and other US public radio and television stations announced is dissolving after massive federal funding cuts under Donald Trump.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced on Monday that its board of directors had voted to dissolve the organization after nearly 60 years in operation.

Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of CPB, said in a statement Monday that the organization’s board of directors voted to dissolve the organization as it “faced a profound responsibility”.

She added: “CPB’s final act would be to protect the integrity of the public media system and the democratic values by dissolving, rather than allowing the organization to remain defunded and vulnerable to additional attack.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/05/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-board-dissolves

[Blue Owl]

1. Another step towards tRumpian Fascism

[FadedMullet]

2. We used to say that if Republicans (not just Trump) went after public broadcasting, which they have......

.......hated for years because it was "Socialism" (not for profit), that the wealthy patrons of the arts and the parents who rely on Sesame Street to entertain their kids, would rise up in revolt. We didn't figure on, or hope that local funding would keep public broadcasting afloat. More to come on this in the near future.

[LiberalArkie]

3. Maybe the Heritage Foundation will start up the Corporation for Private Broadcasting and only carry Trump and Reagan TV

[2naSalit]

4. Unforgivable.

[electric_blue68]

5. Outrageous federal cuts leading to this. Disgusting.

[mysteryowl]

6. Horrific!

I still can watch PBS and listen to NPR, thankfully.

[Bengus81]

9. Yeah for how long? They'll now be funded locally and I doubt can survive

despite the fact that Corporations could step up and fund PBS. But...dear leader might get pissed at someone.

[purr-rat beauty]

7. This country has lost it's soul

We are going to turn gray like North Korea

[choie]

8. 60 years of ground breaking broadcasting

destroyed in less than a year. Fuck you, you orange bastard.