The station reduced staffing on its news program Chicago Tonight and cut episodes of Chicago Stories, according to station employees.

Five employees also accepted buyouts, and 16 open jobs will not be filled.

The Seattle-based station said it will focus on local productions and end its long-form written journalism.

“We ultimately will need outside funding for the station to survive,” GM Rob Keenan said.

The Evansville dual licensee received about 35% of its total revenue from federal funding before the rescission.

Arizona Public Media COO Gene Robinson told a local news outlet that the dual licensee’s television and radio programming will not change.

The station, home to marquee national series such as “PBS News Hour,” will trim $4.4 million in spending.

The dual licensee, owned by the University of Illinois, is eliminating five jobs through a combination of layoffs and attrition.

The leadership team will be reconfigured as GM Chuck Singleton shifts focus to fundraising and sustainability.

Layoffs announced Tuesday affect eight jobs at Greeley-based KUNC and The Colorado Sound.

The layoffs affect 13% of staff and involve cancellation of two local productions.

The network has eliminated close to 100 positions this summer.

In addition to the loss of $2.2 million in CPB funding, the dual licensee projects downturns in underwriting revenues and car donations. ...

KET, like other public media organizations, is absorbing the loss of federal funding to CPB.

The organization is losing $1.1 million in annual revenue with the rescission of CPB funds.