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Igel

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14. NPR lives not on direct funding but on fees for their programming.

Reply to SickOfTheOnePct (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 08:51 AM

Jul 2025

My station went pretty much all NPR/APR/NPR/etc. feeds and at the same time more than doubled their semiannual "ask" for contributions, cranked up their foundation support and because the counterbalance, in part, to RW talk radio. That was their idea.

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So, what's the consensus on PBS funding, [View all] D. Spaulding Jul 2025 OP

I hope so... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #1

Yes. efhmc Jul 2025 #2

Man, I hope you're right. D. Spaulding Jul 2025 #4

I suspect that PBS is going... S/V Loner Jul 2025 #3

We've been discussing... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #6

I do a very small monthly. In return, I get their streaming stuff for free. Scrivener7 Jul 2025 #9

NPR lives not on direct funding but on fees for their programming. Igel Jul 2025 #14

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #15

Supposedly, about 15% of PBS's funding is from feds. Hopefully, they'll replace most of that IF cuts go through. Silent Type Jul 2025 #5

don't forget... PBS brought us Downton Abbey... WarGamer Jul 2025 #7

I agree they should be fine, but I don't think there's D. Spaulding Jul 2025 #11

But the gov't only paid 15% of the bill... WarGamer Jul 2025 #12

While I hope it does misanthrope Jul 2025 #8

Only if they fire Elmo SocialDemocrat61 Jul 2025 #10

If it weren't for PBS Oeditpus Rex Jul 2025 #13