If your mental picture of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) is still tote bags, New England accents and politely liberal documentaries, WSRE — Northwest Florida’s homegrown public television station — is here to remind you that not every PBS affiliate fits that stale stereotype.
And now the station is taking a stand: WSRE’s nonprofit fundraising foundation just filed a first-in-the-nation federal lawsuit to stop Pensacola State College from taking control of millions in private donor dollars that have sustained the station’s community service for nearly 60 years.
The lawsuit alleges PSC didn’t just decide to walk away from its decades-old relationship with PBS, it formally terminated the Foundation as its partner and “Direct Support Organization.” It went even further, demanding the nonprofit dissolve and “that funds donated by private citizens be turned over to the government entity, PSC.”
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