Will Kansas City Public Radio Survive Funding Cuts?!?

The argument is that donations make up most of their budget . . . BUT this network is trying desperately to keep their taxpayer cash so a lot of their claims about private support might be a bit overwrought. 

Either way . . . Like it or not, this note offers a pretty good read regarding their future . . .

The question is "Would we be able to thrive as a national network?" That is what I am focused on is we get so much value as public media by being part of a 50-state network that covers 99.7 percent of the American population. If federal funding goes away, that network is absolutely at risk, the quality of service, the ability to cover everyone, people who live in what would otherwise be news deserts. And as a result, there's no question that NPR would not be able to pull from that richness of our national coverage if those local newsrooms

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NPR CEO Katherine Maher addresses future of federal funding for public media

Katherine Maher, president and CEO of National Public Radio, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for public media.

And the reference for this post is LL Cool J's classic . . . Radio . . .

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