[HN Gopher] After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to ta...
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       After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station
       licenses
        
       Author : Bender
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2025-12-10 21:25 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | kayfox wrote:
       | These stations and networks still have about 80% of their
       | previous funding, so nothing is really going to get shut down
       | right away.
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       | Also, in many cases the TV and radio spectrums in markets these
       | stations are in are not saturated to the point where new
       | licensees are prevented from operating just because of
       | saturation.
       | 
       | So this is really just some group asking for public broadcasting
       | to be punished even more.
        
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