President Donald Trump’s proposed budget includes cutting funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds public media outlets like NPR and PBS.
It’s not the first time a Republican has proposed cutting funds for the group… Trump included gutting them last year as well, and it’s not a new idea among GOP lawmakers either.
Despite hyper-charged debate, public broadcasting only makes up a tiny fraction of the federal budget, somewhere around 0.2 percent.
For more on which stations cutting federal funding would affect most, Nina Kravinsky spoke with CEO of the National Federation for Community Broadcasters, Sally Kane.
WORT does receive funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, so it would be directly affected by the cuts.
