Bridge Fund grant helps finances for South Bend's PBS station WNIT

Indiana and federal cuts cost WNIT-TV a total of $1.3 million in funding in 2025. The Bridge Fund grant gives the station ...

New documentary on Alabama jazz icon Sun Ra premiering on PBS series ‘American Masters’ Feb. 20

A documentary covering the life and work of Alabama’s most singular musician will have a national debut next year.
Washington Examiner

Arkansas becomes first state to drop partnership with PBS after funding cut

Arkansas has become the first state to cut ties with PBS after a state commission voted to end the public television partnership on Thursday. The Arkansas Educational Television Commission said it ...
The New York Times

Arkansas Public Television Drops PBS

The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely. By Benjamin Mullin Arkansas PBS on Thursday severed ties with ...
WJHL-TV

East Tennessee PBS awarded grant after federal funding cuts

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Following significant federal funding cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting earlier this year, East Tennessee PBS has received a stabilization grant to help ...
Ars Technica

After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses

A conservative group yesterday urged the Federal Communications Commission to take licenses away from NPR and PBS stations and let other entities use the spectrum. The request came from the Center for ...
The Boston Globe

In an age of streaming and AI slop, parents and researchers worry about a shrinking PBS Kids

Like many parents, Andrew David keeps a close eye on what programs his 6-year-old son is consuming, often watching shows on YouTube, Netflix, or Disney+ with him or sitting nearby and listening in.
Yahoo

The streamer nabbed the children’s program after the Trump administration cut PBS funding.

Netflix has no qualms about using its Sesame Street deal to promote the next star-studded installment of its Knives Out franchise. The streamer released a long-winded promo for Wake Up Dead Man: A ...
Fox News

Ken Burns calls PBS the 'Declaration of Independence' for communication, decries its defunding

Longtime documentary filmmaker Ken Burns praised the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) as the "Declaration of Independence" for communications while lamenting the loss of its federal funding on ...
The Boston Globe

Tell us: Are you concerned about funding cuts to PBS and GBH Kids?

Recent cuts to public media are not just affecting local stations and news programming. They also pose a threat to public children’s and educational programming that reaches millions of kids across ...
Cinema Blend

PBS Documentaries Has A Black Friday Subscription Deal Happening (Just In Time For Ken Burns' American Revolution Doc)

We still have a few days until Black Friday officially gets underway, but Amazon has already started dropping some incredible streaming deals ahead of the big shopping day. Fans of PBS, Ken Burns, and ...