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  • CPB Awards $1.5M to America Amplified Public Media Initiative Ahead of 2024 Elections

    WASHINGTON, DC (August 17, 2023) -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded Indianapolis-based WFYI Public Media a $1.5 million grant for America Amplified, a public media journalism initiative that focuses on listening to communities in the reporting process.

  • Maryland Public Television Announces Launch of National HBCU Week

    OWINGS MILLS, MD (August 16, 2023) – Maryland Public Television (MPT) today announced a national expansion of its HBCU Week programming initiative for September in celebration of the contributions of America’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). The initiative includes national broadcasts of three HBCU-themed films and the production of four new short films focusing on HBCU Classic football matchups.

  • WETA Names Atlantic Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg Moderator of Washington Week

    ARLINGTON, VA (August 2, 2023) – Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president and chief executive officer of WETA and President of NewsHour Productions, today announced Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, as the new moderator of Washington Week. The Atlantic will join NewsHour and WETA as an editorial partner on the show, to be rebranded as Washington Week with The Atlantic. Goldberg’s tenure as moderator will begin on Friday, August 11, 2023.

  • New PBS KIDS Series, LYLA IN THE LOOP, Launches February 5, 2024

    ARLINGTON, VA (August 2, 2023) – On February 5, 2024, PBS KIDS will debut LYLA IN THE LOOP, a funny and engaging new animated series for kids ages 4-8.

  • CPB Board of Directors Audit and Finance Committee to Meet on August 10, 2023

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 31, 2023) -- The Audit and Finance Committee of the CPB Board of Directors will meet telephonically on Thursday, August 10, from 10-11:40 am Eastern Time. On the draft agenda:

  • 2023 One Small Step Radio Station Hubs Announced: Five Public Media Stations Nationwide to Foster Connection Across Political Divides

    Brooklyn, NY, May 1, 2023—StoryCorps, the national nonprofit dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs, today announces a new roster of One Small Step Radio Station Hubs. One Small Step is an effort to bring strangers with different political beliefs together for a 50-minute conversation—not to debate politics, but to learn who we are as people.

  • CPB Statement on Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 27, 2023) – Patricia Harrison, President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), made the following statement today on the Senate  Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor-H) Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 funding bill, which provides $535 million for CPB's FY 2026 advance appropriation and $60 million for system interconnection and infrastructure for FY 2024.

  • Statement From Patricia Harrison on the Death of Vision Maker Media Founder Frank Blythe

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 22, 2023) – Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), released the following statement today regarding the death of Frank Blythe, founding executive director of the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium, precursor to Vision Maker Media.

    “Frank Blythe was a visionary leader who was proud of his Native American heritage and who elevated and shared authentic stories of Native American culture.

  • CPB Statement on House Labor-H Subcommittee Funding Bill

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 14, 2023) – Patricia Harrison, President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), made the following statement today on the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor-H) Subcommittee’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 funding bill, which does not include legislative text for CPB or advance funding for CPB in FY 2026. The bill also does not fund system interconnection and infrastructure for FY 2024, a cut of $60 million from current levels.

  • SOUTHERN STORYTELLERS, a New Documentary Series Exploring Southern Identity, Premieres July 18

    ARLINGTON, VA (June 14, 2023) – 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 Peabody 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.