PBS has been a home for independent documentaries for more than 50 years. But with the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, nonfiction storytellers have to figure out a way forward.

Ramer left the board after reaching his term limit at the end of 2024. He missed his involvement with such a core part of the nation’s media infrastructure. He has hope that the CPB structure ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The passage of the Rescissions Act of 2025 defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and left the organization without operating funds for the fiscal year ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced on Friday that it will shut down operations, ending over 60 years of public media funding. The move comes after President Donald Trump and ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced that it’s shutting down after nearly six decades. The move to wind down by CPB — which has provided funding to PBS and NPR — comes after ...

Since 1967, CPB has distributed more than $500 million annually to the PBS, NPR and more than 1,500 locally operated public radio and television stations. Rafael Henrique – stock.adobe.com ...

The CPB is a private nonprofit founded in 1967 that serves as a steward of funding for public media. It provides funds to 1,500 local public radio and television stations as well as PBS and NPR.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the organization that allocated funding to NPR and PBS, announced it will cease operations after Congress pulled its funding.

Many of those funds went to stations in rural areas, or regions prone to hazards such as hurricanes or flooding. Congress originally created the NGWS grant program in 2022 and appropriated $136 ...

In an announcement distributed midday Friday, CPB confirmed that it will begin “an orderly wind-down of its operations” following the passage of a federal rescissions package that resulted in ...

CPB is pursuing parallel strategies for both regaining funding and preparing to shut down after Congress voted to rescind its support for the next two fiscal years, CEO Patricia Harrison said Thursday ...