The sign to the public transmitting service is apparent at the headquarters of the building on February 18, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo of Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
Washington – Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday that it will be closed.
The advertisement came only a day after the major Senate’s accounting He omitted funds for non -profit organization that finance public media and a week after President Donald Trump signed the act in the law This pulled $ 1.1 billion previously approved expenditure on CPB.
CPB, which Congress allowed in 1967, provides funds for national public radio, public broadcasting services and hundreds of local stations in the United States. President Donald Trump and other Republicans criticized the NPR and PBS about left -wing prejudice, the accusation that rejected public media organizations.
“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote and petitions to preserve federal funds on CPB, now we are facing the difficult reality of closing our actions,” said Patricia Harrison, president and general director of CPB on Friday.
“CPB remains involved in fulfilling his trust duties and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care,” said Harrison.
She added that “public media was one of the most trusted institutions in American life, ensuring educational opportunities, ambulance, civil discourse and cultural connection with every corner of the country.”
CPB said that employees were notified on Friday that most of the staff positions “would end with the end of the tax year on September 30, 2025,” and the miniature transitional team would remain until January 2026.
On Thursday, the Senate Committee approved the Act on expenditure for work, health and humanity and education for a budget year 2026, which did not include any CPB financing.
Senator Patty Murray from the state of Washington, the highest democrat in the panel, expressed disappointment with the lack of CPB assignment in the bill during the committee marker.
“This is a shameful reality, and now communities in the whole country will feel the consequences, because over 1,500 stations will lose critical financing,” said Murray.
In winning for the Trump administration, Congress adopted the Resuments package In July, which went back by $ 9 billion previously approved expenditure on public broadcasting and foreign assistance, including $ 1.1 billion per CPB.
Trump signed this legal measure just a few days later.
