CPB Funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 23, 2022) — Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), made the following statement today following the House and Senate passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which includes funding for public media: 

“We are grateful that bipartisan negotiations have resulted in increased funding support for CPB, providing $535 million for CPB's FY 2025 advance appropriation, ensuring that public media’s high-quality programs and services are available for free to all Americans.

NEW ORLEANS, LA (August 30, 2022) – Building on the success of the Urban Alternative public radio format in cities from Denver to Milwaukee, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is supporting the expansion of the locally customized format, which uses hip hop, R&B, and dance genres to connect with young multicultural audiences. CPB President and CEO Pat Harrison announced a request for proposals from public radio stations wanting to launch the format today at the Public Radio Content Conference in New Orleans, LA.

SAINT PAUL, MN (August 22, 2022) – Each year tens of thousands of Americans take their own lives—there were more than 45,000 deaths by suicide in 2020 alone—and many more have thoughts of suicide. Facing Suicide, a new documentary and impact campaign from Twin Cities PBS, explores the stories of Americans impacted by suicide, and journeys to the frontlines of medical and scientific research to meet those who are working to help people at risk.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 29, 2022) -- The Audit and Finance Committee of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Board of Directors will meet telephonically on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, from noon to 1:40 pm Eastern Time. On the draft agenda:

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 28, 2022) — The latest documentary series by renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, will premiere on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at 9 PM EDT / 8 PM CDT (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app.

ARLINGTON, VA (July 27, 2022) -- The American South is known for its boundless creativity, absorbing personalities and evocative landscapes. SOUTHERN STORYTELLERS, a new three-episode series from PBS, Arkansas PBS and award-winning filmmaker Craig Renaud, follows some of the region’s most compelling and influential contemporary creators to the places they call home — the communities that fertilize the stories they tell in books, songs, poems, plays and on screens large and small.

BOSTON (July 12, 2022)––International news program “The World” — the daily public radio show from GBH and PRX — will expand and sustain its coverage of the war in Ukraine, with the support of $205,000 in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the organizations announced today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 14, 2022) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced a $500,000 grant to IndiJ Public Media, an independent non-profit news organization that owns ICT, formerly known as Indian Country Today. ICT began as the Lakota Times more than 40 years ago and has transformed into a digital news site and a national weekday broadcast covering Indigenous communities.

DALLAS, Texas (May 18, 2022) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) will award the America Amplified engagement journalism initiative an additional $375,000 to help public media stations across the country ensure that American citizens have the facts they need to participate in local, state, and Congressional elections this fall. This grant brings the total amount awarded to America Amplified to more than $1.35 million.

Washington, D.C., April 18, 2022 — This summer, Jon Stewart: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize premieres on PBS stations nationwide on June 21, 2022, at 9 p.m. ET (check local listings) and on PBS.org and the PBS Video App. The special will be recorded at a gala performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on April 24, 2022. Stewart is the 23^rd recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.