As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.
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Congress has defunded public broadcasting. Murkowski explores what’s next for Alaska stations.
The fate of Alaska’s smaller public radio stations is in doubt after Congress passed a bill to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
U.S. Senate votes to defund CPB, rejecting Murkowski’s effort to spare station money
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins were the only GOP senators to vote against the bill to claw back funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and foreign aid. It goes next to the House.
Trump wants to cut funds to public media. Here’s what that could mean for 27 radio and 4 TV stations in Alaska.
A memo set to appear before Congress on Monday will ask lawmakers to rescind $1.1 billion in funds that support public media nationwide and heavily subsidize public radio stations and television stations throughout Alaska.
NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as ‘state-affiliated media’
By going silent on Twitter, NPR’s chief executive says the network is protecting its credibility.
Public broadcasting stations in Alaska trying to make up for loss of state funds
The state funding ranged from 7% to 28% of public media stations’ budgets. But the loss could lead to some Alaska stations losing much more federal funding.