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WFUV Responds To CPB Cut

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Congress just defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The president told them they were defunding NPR. He was wrong. They defunded the entire public radio system, including WFUV and WBGO. Here's how WFUV responded:

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Your elected representatives have just taken an ax to public radio and television. Funding for The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been eliminated. WFUV has now lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual support from the federal government.
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Specifically, this means WFUV will lose at least $400,000 in their annual community service grant. Plus they will now have to pay all royalty fees for the music they play. Those royalties have been negotiated and paid for by CPB.

2023: Bronx, New York: WFUV

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WBGO has lost even more:

WBGO, Radio Community Service Grant, $437,829.
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Barry said:
It appears from their website that WFUV will have no on air personalities between 6 pm and 6 am on weekdays
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This brings them in line with many, if not most other music formatted radio stations in 2025. I've been puzzled by why 'FUV even had Darren DeVivo hosting late evenings. Any time I've heard him, there was little-to-no insight into the music as one would expect on a Triple-A station. All he did was backsell the last tracks, announce the call letters, say his name at least 2-3 times and intro the next song. It's hard to argue with the forced budget decision to eliminate that kind of nonessential content.

That said, they should have given him a farewell show. Showing the door to someone who gave over 40 years to the identity of your station without a chance to say goodbye is something that's expected from corporate radio which -- despite the branding -- has no heart, but not so much from a public radio station where the audience probably thinks of the hosts as friends. Did management think he would go on a tirade if they gave him a farewell show? He probably would have just announced his name a few extra times.
 


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