Pennsylvania’s public TV stations go another year without state funding

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Pennsylvania’s public TV stations go another year without state funding

Gov. Tom Wolf had proposed restoring state support for the stations this year, but the legislature declined.

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Woah this stuff would hit the states smaller PBS Affiliates. I know that two of them WQED and WHYY are more notable for producing segments for PBS on the national level. However the other stations listed like WITF, PBS39, WQLN,WPSU and WVIA are not well known outside their respective markets.

Pennsylvania’s public television stations will not receive state funding for the second year in a row.

Gov. Tom Wolf had proposed a budget in February that would have restored station funding for fiscal year 2023 at $1.5 million. But the state budget signed by the governor July 8 does not include the funds.

Last year, Wolf zeroed out the budget line. Before the funding was cut, the state’s public TV stations received $750,000 in FY21.

The funds are divided evenly among the state’s TV stations and support technology needs and operating expenses. They also cover program-related fees, equipment acquisitions and production and distribution costs.

 

[Prescott Joe]

This is one of many reasons some PBS stations took the F.C.C. money and moved
to low VHF..... Not because they wanted to but because they HAD to.