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Oklahoma governor seeks to phase out OETA, citing programming that ‘overly sexualizes’ children
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“I don’t think Oklahomans want to use their tax dollars to indoctrinate kids,” Gov. Kevin Stitt said.
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“I don’t think Oklahomans want to use their tax dollars to indoctrinate kids,” Gov. Kevin Stitt said.
“GPB is thankful for the current and past monetary support we’ve received from the state,” a spokesperson said.
The state funds support continuation of PBS and NPR programming on KVCR and will help the community college licensee break ground on a new student media lab.
Gov. Tom Wolf had proposed restoring state support for the stations this year, but the legislature declined.
The state zeroed out funding last year for Pennsylvania PBS, a group of seven stations.
The funds will help KVCR pay for PBS and NPR programming, which it had previously proposed cutting to offset budget deficits.
NJ PBS received $1 million, its first appropriation in a decade, while seven Pennsylvania stations lost support.
The station lost its state appropriation 10 years ago when out-of-state broadcasters took over operations.
The seven stations that receive funding from the state could collectively lose $750,000 annually for technology needs if the proposed budget is approved.