My understanding is that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is the organization that receives federal money and distributes it to the various local PBS and NPR stations will begin shutting down in September, but will continue operations with a smaller staff to wrap things up through January.

As far as local PBS and NPR stations, I believe the majority of those will continue to operate even without the federal funding. They’ve always received funding from the public, whether it be private individuals or corporations. I’m reading those donations have increased in the past three months by around $120 million.

I don’t know what the programming will look like going forward, but I believe they will continue to operate.

If there is anything on PBS that people actually wanted to watch, it will be bought buy other networks. Let the people decide what content the want through the free market instead of forcing content the people don't want using my taxes.

PBS news programs are completely one-sided, they lean hard left. And almost anything broadcast by NPR is woke.

But I enjoy many of the PBS documentaries and a lot of their other programming.

WeatherWorld, a 15 minute weather segment aired week nights on PBS, is the absolute best weather forecasting you can get in Pennsylvania. I will miss that if it goes away.

Glad its gone

What's PBS,
just kidding. Don't have TV or a computer.
Just my phone and a picture window.

Hopefully it continues to function in all its glory. Lots of great kids shows, science shows, local documentaries, etc. Even the little “political” or news stuff I watched seemed pretty straight forward fact stating without the blowhard over the top acting from CNN and FOX stuff! I hope now with the federal funding dropping they maintain their generally unbiased programming and don’t fall off the left or right cliff. Happy trapping! ScottW

PBS, Has a show for kids.

"Molly of Denali"

Probably the most PRO Trapping, hunting and fishing show for children I've ever seen.

Never have enough time for TV.
To me it is a waste that could be put to something productive.
So much so haven’t owned one in ten years.

Agree.

Is this something I can find on YouTube if PBS goes away? Have a very young son and certainly want him consuming media that I agree with.

Edit: nevermind, tons of episodes on there.

I agree
Just wish I knew right where to find the reduction in my federal taxes. All the cuts in federal programs i don't know where to see that savings? Would love to look at my property taxes and not see the tec school portion on that. But that is a local or state thing feds cant help with. At least if it would go away I could see it is gone.
Oh well. I alway thought this old house, Red Green, and New Yankee Work Shop were pretty gay. So glad my Federal tax dollars no longer funding that.

Mac

There is absolutely no reason for taxpayers to have to fund this. They can make it on their own or go away.

You and I agree on public schools. I see PBS kind of like that--a form of public education. Investing in public education is good. Are schools and PBS perfect--no way. But we need an educated society.

Ken Burns documentaries are a great example. Anyone can watch one on PBS and walk away more educated on the subject.

Also, our local PBS station is great. I learned a lot about hunting and fishing as a kid watching Outdoor Oklahoma on OETA.

Announcement is a publicity stunt to generate more donations.

They're running a left wing liberal propaganda operation, with your tax dollars.

"generally unbiased" that's funny, and sad because the public in general is brainwashed.

As much as I sometimes enjoy PBS, I don't think they should be supported by tax dollars. Anyone who wants to keep them around is free to donate to them.

Donate here

Good riddance!....Death to socialism/marxism/communism.

The CEO for one of those branches was on another network news show. She claimed she didn't know of any biased programs that they aired. The network she was on is a left wing propaganda machine also, so they just let her spew and went along with it.

The bias in the media in this country has to be eliminated.

Ken Burns is a raging democrat. How much credence can really be placed in the documentaries he makes?

Which Ken Burns documentaries have you watched?

Not many. Saw the civil war one... and I think part but not all of the Vietnam war one.