Public radio stabilized by emergency grants as post-CPB era begins

Public media leaders are acknowledging how close the system came to widespread station shutdowns following Congress’ elimination of funding for public radio and television. Public Media Company CEO Tim Isgitt said emergency funding distributed last year by his organization helped prevent what he described as a potentially devastating collapse affecting stations nationwide.

“In coordination with other efforts, we have temporarily averted a mass shutdown that would have jeopardized the entire public media network,” Isgitt said in remarks delivered at the Knight Media Forum last week.

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