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January 7, 2026

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Votes to Dissolve Itself
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the primary funder of PBS, NPR
and many local television and radio stations, has voted to dissolve
itself. The CPB vote came after the elimination of federal funding and
what its board called "sustained political attacks." The CPB had been in
operation since 1967, with the aim of supporting noncommercial and
educational public media throughout the United States.


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