Rest of Colorado Public radio in Colorado prepares for an onslaught

[Mark Roberts]

From Corey Hutchins' excellent Inside the News in Colorado:

Under Trump, Colorado's public media are on alert

The news behind the news in Colorado

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There's a good quote from the public radio station in Carbondale (actually licensed to Glenwood Springs), in the high country, a community station not part of the Colorado Public Radio network:

Public Media outlets, including community radio stations such as KDNK, have recently been named as direct targets for funding cuts and threats of total dissolution by the federal government, under false pretenses that all public radio is “biased” or “liberal propaganda.” It's important that we take a stand for public media and make our voice heard.

The CEO of the Colorado Broadcasters Association is also quoted as saying that the organization is monitoring the situation closely.

There's also a reference to the online publication, the Colorado Sun, and a quote it published from Steve Zansberg, a prominent First Amendment attorney in Colorado who often represents broadcasters.

“This isn’t being done in isolation,” Zansberg said. “It’s part of a concerted, broad assault on the free press and I don’t suspect this will be the first and last. I think there’s much more of this to come.”