CPB Funding

BOSTON (October 7, 2024)–– The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) awarded a $359,600 grant to public media distributor PRX for a pilot that will enable free access to Dovetail for 30 public media stations. Dovetail is PRX’s digital platform that currently supports hundreds of podcasts, including more than 150 from stations nationwide.    

Public media stations that participate in the pilot will test Dovetail’s impact on audience engagement and station revenue.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 3, 2024) – CPB has awarded a total of 30 grants to date through the first round of funding for the Next Generation Warning System (NGWS) grant program, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Stations in Alabama, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, and Virginia are the latest to receive funding to upgrade equipment for public safety.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 19, 2024) – Public radio stations KHNS-FM and KRBD-FM in Alaska and Mountain Lake PBS in New York will receive a total of up to $400,000 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to upgrade their equipment to provide enhanced emergency alerting. With these grants, CPB has awarded a total of 24 public media stations funding so far for the Next Generation Warning System (NGWS) grant program, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

PITTSBURGH (September 16, 2024) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that PBS SoCal (Southern California) has been selected as the lead station for a national public media civic content and engagement initiative. Leading into 2026 and the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, the short-form, digital first initiative will collect and share the stories of Americans describing the defining moment or experience that made them realize that they could make a difference through public service and community engagement, their “civic spark.”  

ST. PETERSBURG, FL (September 3, 2024) — The Poynter Institute is pleased to announce the 26 journalists who have been named to the second cohort of the Public Media Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative, developed and delivered by the Poynter Institute and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). 

This nine-month fellowship is designed to prepare public media leaders for the challenges and opportunities presented by a changing media landscape, and represents the commitment of both CPB and Poynter to local journalism.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2024) – Public media stations KMOS PBS (Missouri), PBS Fort Wayne (Indiana), and KTOO Public Media and Kodiak Public Broadcasting/KMXT-FM (both Alaska), have been awarded a total of up to $1.37 million from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to upgrade their equipment to provide enhanced emergency alerting. CPB has awarded 17 grants to date through the first round of funding for the Next Generation Warning System (NGWS) grant program, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 30, 2024) – Alabama Public Television, KLRN-TV in San Antonio, and KYUK/TV-AM-FM in Bethel, Alaska, have been awarded funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to upgrade their equipment to provide enhanced emergency alerting. CPB awards the grants through the Next Generation Warning System (NGWS) grant program, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 21, 2024) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has issued a Request for Proposals for a public media station to lead “Civic Spark,” a national civic content and engagement initiative to feature stories of individual Americans making a difference in their communities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 16, 2024) – Delta College Public Media in Michigan, Community Radio Project, Inc. in Colorado, and KSTK Stikine River Radio and Silakkuagvik Communications’ KBRW in rural Alaska have been awarded funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to upgrade their equipment to provide enhanced emergency alerting. CPB awards the grants through the Next Generation Warning System (NGWS) grant program, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ARLINGTON, VA; May 13, 2024 —PBS has received a significant grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to provide PBS Member Stations with Nielsen Local Dashboards, providing in-depth audience data. The dashboards will display local market linear television audience data to give stations an enhanced understanding of the viewers they reach throughout the day.