Kansas governor Sam Brownback spared public broadcasting in the current budget by not using his veto power. He told them to be ready for cuts next year. Approved funds were recently vetoed by Virginia's governor, Bob McDonnell. You can read more in The Republic of Columbus, Indiana. Cutting the funding would save about $1.5 million out of a $13.8 billion budget.
In other public broadcasting news...WNET has reached an agreement to run the public television station of the New Jersey Network. The fate of NJN's current employees is not known. "Talks concerning the future of New Jersey’s radio assets and broadcasting operation are continuing," According to treasury spokesman Bill Quinn "No agreement has been finalized." There's more at nj.com.
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Richard Stockton College offers a dollar to take over NJN broadcasting - pressofAtlanticCity.com
Richard Stockton College offers a dollar to take over NJN broadcasting - pressofAtlanticCity.com
This an interesting article from the Press of Atlantic City about NJN. Stockton College has offered to take over the network for a dollar.
According to the article by Juliet Fletcher, there are two other offers for NJN. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wants to unload the network by December when state funding runs out.
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