Gwathmey said his role in NPR's programming department during the network's early years "felt like being the desk sergeant in a police precinct. I had a lot of mediating to do."

“While we wish this voluntary program would alleviate the need for other actions, we know that it likely won’t be enough,” LPM’s interim CEO wrote in an email to staff.

A strong fourth quarter for new donor acquisition for radio, and systemwide sustainers and higher-level donors that maintained or increased their support, drove the results.

"Faced with the loss of public media’s chief financier, how do we evaluate the performance of CPB itself?"

The Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency announced Wednesday details of the “Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the heads of NPR and PBS Accountable” hearing.

The organization is saving $4.2 million through the buyouts and other cost-saving moves.

The Membership Revenue Index shows a year-over-year increase of 5% for the three-month period ending Jan. 31 compared to the same three months in 2024.

With footage shot in 8K resolution, “Inside The LA Firestorm” aims to help viewers protect themselves and their homes from the next natural disaster.

The federal judge, nominated by President Trump in 2017, said CPB failed to show that not restoring the funds immediately would harm the nation’s emergency alert systems.

The North Dakota Senate defeated a bill that would ban state or federal funding for public broadcasting, but some senators who voted against the bill still called for defunding Prairie Public Broadcasting. 

Six projects in R&D look at the state’s history, culture and civic life within the framework of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

The continuing resolution approved last week provides $535 million for CPB in fiscal year 2027.

The radio show launches next month.

Steven Schupak was named president and CEO of Maryland Public Television.

President Paula Kerger says her congressional testimony will “at least try to make our case directly to Congress” for continuing CPB’s appropriation.