Gillibrand Pushes to Include Funding for Public Broadcasting in Federal Spending Bill

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is leading a bipartisan push to get $575 million in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) included in the upcoming government spending package. During a video conference call with reporters on Thursday, Gillibrand said the funding bill proposed by the House eliminates advance funding for CPB, which would put the future of critical educational and news programming in jeopardy...

Kirsten Gillibrand: CPB supports 1,500 stations nationwide

Because public television and radio relies heavily on federal funding to operate, particularly in rural communities, Gillibrand says losing this funding would force many of these stations to reduce or even eliminate much of their programming.