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New National Poll: Majority of Voters Trust Public Media More than Media Overall and Highly Value Core Services and Programs

Majority of U.S. Voters Oppose Eliminating Federal Funding for Public Media as the Budget Rescission Deadline Nears

CPB Statement on House Approval of Rescissions Package to Defund Public Media

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 12, 2025) -- Patricia Harrison, President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), issued the following statement today on the U.S. House of Representatives’ approval of the rescissions package to claw back $1.1 billion of already appropriated funding for...

CPB Statement in Response to President Trump’s Proposed Rescissions Package and Budget Eliminating CPB Funding

'The path to better public media is achievable only if funding is maintained.'

CPB Statement on U.S. Department of Education Terminating Ready To Learn Grant

CPB informed PBS and 44 public media stations in 28 states and the District of Columbia that receive Ready To Learn grants to stop work immediately

CPB Statement Regarding Public Media’s Response to the Southern California Wildfires

Under challenging circumstances, local public media stations in the area are providing critical, accurate, and lifesaving alerts and local news and information, on air and online

CPB Selects PBS SoCal to Lead Public Media’s Civic Content and Engagement Initiative

CPB Statement on the Death of John Lansing

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 16, 2024) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) released the following statement from President and CEO Patricia Harrison regarding the death of John Lansing, former president and CEO of NPR.

CPB Statement on the Death of Alma Powell

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 30, 2024) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) released the following statement from President and CEO Patricia Harrison regarding the death of Alma Powell.

CPB Statement on the Death of David Pryor

Senator Pryor served on the CPB Board from 2006-2014 and was a recipient of the CPB Lifetime Achievement Award

CPB Statement on the Death of Robert MacNeil

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 12, 2024) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), released the following statement from President and CEO Patricia Harrison regarding the death of Robert (Robin) MacNeil:

CPB Statement on Congress’ Passage of Funding for Public Media

CPB Statement on President Biden’s Budget Proposal