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February 22, 2011

Republican Funding Cuts Threaten Rural TV and Radio Stations 
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In media news, small television and radio stations serving rural areas
are expected to be hardest hit if Republicans succeed in eliminating
federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. On
Saturday, the House of Representatives approved budget legislation that
would slash about $430 million in funding for the CPB. According to the
San Francisco Chronicle, CPB funding makes up as much as 45 percent of
the budget of some rural public radio and TV stations in California. For
some stations broadcasting on Native American reservations or
broadcasting in Spanish to farm workers, their federal subsidy is often
at least half of their budget.



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