"The nonprofit charged by Congress with allocating funds to NPR, PBS and other US public radio and television stations announced is dissolving after massive federal funding cuts under Donald Trump. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced on Monday that its board of directors had voted to dissolve the organization after nearly 60 years in operation. Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of CPB, said in a statement Monday that the organization's board of directors voted to dissolve the organization as it faced a profound responsibility."
"She added: CPB's final act would be to protect the integrity of the public media system and the democratic values by dissolving, rather than allowing the organization to remain defunded and vulnerable to additional attack. The organization was created by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, which built the organization to support NPR and PBS, along with 1,500 locally owned and operated public media stations."
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board of directors voted to dissolve the organization after nearly 60 years of operation. Dissolution was justified as a means to protect the integrity of the public media system and democratic values rather than allow CPB to remain defunded and vulnerable to additional attack. CPB was created by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 to support NPR, PBS, and some 1,500 locally owned public media stations and distributed about $500 million annually. Conservative plans, including Project 2025 and a presidential memo, sought funding cuts. Republican congressional action cut $1.1bn, forcing CPB to shut down operations.
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