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Court reaffirms CPB's independence

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This was reported by RadioInk:

One more point of note: while the House voted to defund public media, it simultaneously endorsed continued investment in public broadcasting’s emergency infrastructure. On Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee recommended level funding of $40 million for fiscal 2026 for the Next Generation Warning System, which supports upgrades to public media’s emergency alert capabilities.
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I believe that $40 million would go to CPB, which would be defunded by the clawback. Don't know how that would be handled.

Here's a link to the rest of the story:

radioink.com

State AGs, Radio Groups Battle Trump’s CPB Defunding Order - Radio Ink

State AGs and NPR stations filed briefs against Trump’s order to eliminate CPB funding, while Congress debates public broadcasting’s future.
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A senate committee had a chance to question the white house budget director on the rescission request. It didn't go well:

www.pressherald.com

Sen. Susan Collins presses Trump’s budget director over foreign aid cuts

Russell Vought appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday to field questions about the Trump administration's request to cut $9.4 billion from the current budget for foreign aid and public broadcasting through what is called a rescission package.
www.pressherald.com www.pressherald.com

www.kalw.org

Senators question Trump plan to kill federal funds for PBS, NPR and some foreign aid

Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee pushed back against the Trump administration's bid to rescind federal funding for public broadcasting and international aid programs.
www.kalw.org www.kalw.org
 
Like adjacent Healthcare concerns for Rural Areas currently: KNOW, KCMP & KSJN in the Twin Cities will likely pull through, but it's rural Greater Minnesota getting the shaft again! States like Wyoming, Nebraska & Alaska and places like Greater Minnesota (esp. out West and Up North) are at the most risk. Rural Radio, like Rural Hospitals are already imperilled.
 
Wolfie770 said:
Rural Radio, like Rural Hospitals are already imperilled.
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It's great analogy. The main purpose for the public broadcasting system and CPB wasn't for the big cities, but the rural areas. The goal was to provide quality broadcasting in areas that commercial broadcasting forgot. That's partly why there's federal funding. There is no other way for places like that to get locally staffed radio & TV. The intent was to level the playing field between the city and the country. Same with health care and education. The quality of those necessities shouldn't depend on where you live. Where we're heading is a country where some people have access to these things, and some people don't. Just like it was before the 1950s.
 
Wolfie770 said:
Like adjacent Healthcare concerns for Rural Areas currently: KNOW, KCMP & KSJN in the Twin Cities will likely pull through, but it's rural Greater Minnesota getting the shaft again! States like Wyoming, Nebraska & Alaska and places like Greater Minnesota (esp. out West and Up North) are at the most risk. Rural Radio, like Rural Hospitals are already imperilled.
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Let's be accurate here. In Minnesota, with the exception of KAXE-FM in Grand Rapids, all of the NPR news stations are satellite broadcasters of Minneapolis' KNOW-FM; and in Nebraska, with the exception of KIOS-FM in Omaha, all of the NPR news and music stations are satellites of the NPR outlet in Lincoln. What this means in practice is that 1) local issues outside of the towns where the originating stations are may not be covered as well; and 2) if funds are cut, it is possible that at least some of the satellite stations (those that have donor support) will remain satellite stations.

I'm not trying to minimize problems that CPB funding could cause (I donate annually to my local affiliate KJZZ) but I do believe in accuracy when covering a situation such as this.
 
TheBigA said:
Where we're heading is a country where some people have access to these things, and some people don't. Just like it was before the 1950s.
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Just look at the distribution of urban vs. rural population in the decade before WW II and now. We have had a major shift in the sustainability of rural communities ranging from labor for farms and ranches to schools, hospitals and police services.

This is an issue in nearly every nation in the world where people can move around freely. In my family, I see it in Ecuador where metro Quito was a million people in 1970; today it approaches 4 million. And the rural areas that are more than 60 or 70 km outside the city have declined by half or more.

This is a social issue, not a political one. It becomes so expensive to serve rural areas that services decline. And, from doctors to the police, it is harder to find people who want to be in remote zones.

Again, using Ecuador as an example, "nobody" wants to live in the remote towns and even mid-size cities. Nearly half the country's people are in the metro area of two cities. And about 75% of the doctors, lawyers, physical therapists, accountants and so on are in those two big metro areas. And... and... nearly all the smaller town radio stations have closed. In many areas, the only radio service comes from relay transmitters (equivalent of high power translators) of the two large city stations.
 
davideduardo said:
This is a social issue, not a political one. It becomes so expensive to serve rural areas that services decline. And, from doctors to the police, it is harder to find people who want to be in remote zones.
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Absolutely but the difference is that before WW2, people really weren't aware of the life that existed outside of their hometowns. Now the internet and the media make the disparity more obvious.

Today, FCC's Brendan Carr announced plans to make access to high speed internet a priority. He wants to use government resources to assist the growth of telecom.

www.newscaststudio.com

FCC chair Brendan Carr outlines infrastructure priorities in Build America agenda

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr announced a broad infrastructure policy initiative called the Build ... Read More
www.newscaststudio.com www.newscaststudio.com

The bad news is that all this help for telecom will make it more difficult for broadcasters who don't have a digital plan.
 
TheBigA said:
Absolutely but the difference is that before WW2, people really weren't aware of the life that existed outside of their hometowns. Now the internet and the media make the disparity more obvious.

Today, FCC's Brendan Carr announced plans to make access to high speed internet a priority. He wants to use government resources to assist the growth of telecom.

www.newscaststudio.com

FCC chair Brendan Carr outlines infrastructure priorities in Build America agenda

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr announced a broad infrastructure policy initiative called the Build ... Read More
www.newscaststudio.com www.newscaststudio.com

The bad news is that all this help for telecom will make it more difficult for broadcasters who don't have a digital plan.
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The other bad news is that if all those tariffs go through, nobody but the wealthy in rural areas will be able to pay for the deployment of these new technologies.
 
davideduardo said:
Just look at the distribution of urban vs. rural population in the decade before WW II and now. We have had a major shift in the sustainability of rural communities ranging from labor for farms and ranches to schools, hospitals and police services.

This is an issue in nearly every nation in the world where people can move around freely. In my family, I see it in Ecuador where metro Quito was a million people in 1970; today it approaches 4 million. And the rural areas that are more than 60 or 70 km outside the city have declined by half or more.

This is a social issue, not a political one. It becomes so expensive to serve rural areas that services decline. And, from doctors to the police, it is harder to find people who want to be in remote zones.

Again, using Ecuador as an example, "nobody" wants to live in the remote towns and even mid-size cities. Nearly half the country's people are in the metro area of two cities. And about 75% of the doctors, lawyers, physical therapists, accountants and so on are in those two big metro areas. And... and... nearly all the smaller town radio stations have closed. In many areas, the only radio service comes from relay transmitters (equivalent of high power translators) of the two large city stations.
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One of the biggest reasons for rural folks moving to the cities is because that's where the jobs are. Because of modern agricultural technologies, we can feed the world with a lot fewer farmers. The problem is, these former farmers need replacement employment and that is much more available in urban areas than in rural areas.
 
ted chittenden said:
Keep in mind that the current elected leader and the base who supports him do not believe in compromising with the other side--they believe that they lose when compromises occur.
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That was my implied point, Ted. Thanks for saying it more directly for those who didn't see my nuance.
 
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