The funding battle at the federal level is quite prominent. The rhetoric from the current crop of presidential hopefuls all seem to support cuts in funding for public broadcasting.
There have been significant cuts at the state level. New Jersey, Florida, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania have cut out all state aid. The cuts are putting more pressure on stations to raise funding from listeners. Not all stations are prepared for the sudden cuts in funding.
There have been significant cuts at the state level. New Jersey, Florida, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania have cut out all state aid. The cuts are putting more pressure on stations to raise funding from listeners. Not all stations are prepared for the sudden cuts in funding.
The chart linked to in the Atlantic shows what has been happening to public radio funding from state governments since 2008. The chart comes from "On the Chopping Block" a report published by the advocacy group Freepress.
"State funding cuts have had perhaps the greatest impact on stations' capacity to provide unique local programming, which is expensive to produce. In many rural states, the loss of state support could mean drastic reductions in locally produced programming and news. This would be especially devastating in areas that local commercial broadcasters have left unserved or underserved."
"State funding cuts have had perhaps the greatest impact on stations' capacity to provide unique local programming, which is expensive to produce. In many rural states, the loss of state support could mean drastic reductions in locally produced programming and news. This would be especially devastating in areas that local commercial broadcasters have left unserved or underserved."
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