{"id":18982,"date":"2017-03-16T10:49:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T14:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=18982"},"modified":"2017-03-16T15:37:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T19:37:04","slug":"now-is-the-time-to-stand-up-for-public-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2017\/03\/16\/now-is-the-time-to-stand-up-for-public-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Now is the time to stand up for public radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since the early 1990s, there have been intermittent threats and rumors about Congressional plans to eliminate federal funding for public broadcasting, by zeroing out the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Most of these rumors have been just that–with just a small fraction of Congress actually supporting the idea. In the past, we have not asked you to contact legislators because we have had nationwide bi-partisan support and felt confident the CPB would stand strong.<\/p>\n

Now, we come to you because the situation has changed.<\/strong> The President’s administrative budget specifically recommends the elimination of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. North Country Public Radio would lose about 13% of its annual revenues–or approximately $260,000<\/a><\/strong>. Around the country, public radio and TV stations would see funding losses ranging from 3-5% at larger stations to as much as 50% at small stations serving remote rural communities.<\/p>\n

Together we have built an important information and cultural infrastructure called public radio and TV<\/a>. It has been a long and deep process over the past 50 years. If we degrade the public media system now, it may take 50 years to build it back, or, we may never be able to restore this shared community asset.<\/p>\n

What you can do:<\/h2>\n