CPB funding promotes public television and radio stations and their programs. CPB is the largest single source of funding for public television and radio programming. The number of radio and television public broadcasting stations supported by CPB increased from in to 1, in , of which are television stations. Public broadcasting stations are run by universities, nonprofit community associations, state government agencies, and local school boards, all of which are licensed by the FCC.
CPB is a nonprofit private corporation and is guided by a nine-member board of directors. These directors are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The directors serve for staggered six-year terms. CPB's principal function is to receive and distribute the federal appropriation in accordance with the Public Broadcasting Act, supporting qualified public radio and television stations and funding national content.
Seventy percent of the federal appropriation is used to provide Community Service Grants or CSGs to stations that meet specified eligibility criteria. CPB exercises minimum control of program content and other activities of local stations, and is prohibited from owning or operating any of the primary facilities used in broadcasting.
In addition, it may not produce, disseminate, or schedule programs. While federal funding for CPB primarily comes from the Departments of Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations bill as a separate entry under the "Related Agencies" section of that bill, it may receive other sources of funding from the federal government.
PBS was created by CPB in to operate and manage a nationwide now satellite program distribution system interconnecting all the local public television stations, and to provide a distribution channel for national programs to those public television stations. Although PBS does not produce programs for its members, it aggregates funding for the creation and acquisition of programs by and for the stations, and distributes programs through its satellite distribution system.
For radio, a different division of responsibilities was established. CPB created National Public Radio NPR in as a news-gathering, production, and program-distribution company governed by its member public radio stations.
Unlike its public television counterpart, NPR is authorized to produce radio programs for its members as well as to provide, acquire, and distribute radio programming through its satellite program distribution system.
NPR Inc. These include reviewing and updating of policies and training with respect to the role of NPR journalists appearing on other media outlets, reviewing and defining their roles including those of news analysts in a changing news environment, and encouraging a broad range of viewpoints to reflect the diversity of NPR's national audiences.
At the same time these recommendations were announced, Ellen Weiss, vice president of news for NPR, resigned; it was also announced that Vivian Schiller, then president and chief executive at NPR, would not receive a bonus for On March 9, , Ms. Schiller resigned, over continued scrutiny and criticism over NPR's handling of an incident regarding Ronald Schiller no relation in a taped interview. These incidents brought intense scrutiny to NPR from public policymakers.
Approximately 42 million people listen to NPR stations weekly; 3. For funding levels, see Table 1. From the last year of available information, the U. The remaining The largest single income source Federal appropriations which go through CPB to the individual public radio and television stations generally are designated as unrestricted federal funds. However, member stations also pay NPR fees for content and programming; some contend that federal grant money is supporting part of the revenue streams back to NPR Inc.
A history of CPB appropriations is presented in Table 1. Table 1. CPB Federal Appropriations. Allowance not included in House bill because of lack of authorizing legislation. Transition Quarter funding, during which federal budget year changed from July to September. Includes funds appropriated for the Satellite Replacement Fund. Similarly, the President's budget request did not provide separate funding for digital or, where applicable, interconnection replacement, but would have permitted CPB to use a portion of its general appropriation to fund both.
Reduced 5. NPR has been repeatedly accused of demonstrating bias against Israel in support of the Palestinian territories. When asked if he blamed Muslims for the September 11, terrorist attacks, Williams responded by claiming to be a civil rights advocate.
I get nervous. Williams responded to NPR by accusing the organization of being ideologically intolerant and ignoring the viewpoints of a substantial portion of Americans, particularly non-white Americans who agreed with him. The board stated that Schiller had mishandled the Juan Williams and Ron Schiller who is of no relation to Vivian Schiller scandals, both of which had occurred within six months. Oreskes was put on administrative leave, and then a day later he was asked to resign.
Some temporary workers interviewed by the Washington Post complained about work conditions and an extremely competitive work environment in which many low-cost, temporary workers were forced to compete for a few, full-time employment spots. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Kelly asked Secretary Pompeo why he had not supported U. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch during the scandal in which former President Donald Trump allegedly attempted to coerce Ukraine into supporting his presidential re-election.
Secretary Pompeo claimed he had supported Ambassador Yovanovitch and had always supported all State Department employees but failed to provide examples in aggressive follow-up questioning from Kelly. After the interview, Secretary Pompeo took Kelly into a private room and reportedly screamed at her. Pompeo attempted to belittle Kelly by asking her to identify Ukraine on a map; Kelly claims she correctly pointed to the country while Secretary Pompeo claims she pointed to Bangladesh.
NPR has been criticized for using taxpayer funds to lobby the government for benefits. In , the Washington Times criticized NPR for lobbying against Republican efforts to cut government funding to the organization. The vast majority of recipients have been Democrats. Recipients included President Joe Biden , U. House of Representatives candidate Claire Russo. Deborah Amos Reporter.
Donor Organizations. CPB awards grants to a variety of producers to create programs that air on public media stations. Public media stations are operated by a variety of licensees including non-profit community organizations, public and private colleges and universities, local school districts and state governments. By law CPB does not own, operate or control any broadcast stations.
More than 1, locally owned and operated public media stations receive support from CPB. You can find your station here. Contact your local station to find out when a program is scheduled to air. Many programs are also available to view or listen to online at your convenience.
There are many ways to get programs on the air. CPB invests limited funds in the production of innovative, diverse content that aligns with CPB's mission—to provide universal access to high-quality educational programming, especially to underserved audiences. CPB-supported content must be distributed through public media outlets, so collaborative ventures between independent producers and public media stations are highly encouraged.
Depending on the scope of the program, producers may complete the project on their own, or may require assistance from additional funders or a radio or television distributor. Producers then have to pitch their program to a public media distributor who may market the program to broadcast stations throughout the country.
Public media stations fund the content and services they provide to communities across the country with support from CPB's federal appropriation and with contributions from individuals and underwriters. By law, 95 percent of the federal appropriation CPB receives is provided as grants to local television and radio stations, programming, and improvements to the public broadcasting system. CPB appreciates your interest in learning how to support public media and encourages you to consider contributing to your local public television and radio stations.
You can find your local station information here. CPB invests limited funds in the production of innovative, diverse content that aligns with public media's mission—to provide universal access to high-quality educational programming in the United States, especially to underserved audiences.
CPB-supported content must be distributed through public media outlets, and with that in mind, collaborative ventures between independent producers and public media stations are highly encouraged.
Under a framework referred to as the "three Ds" — Digital, Diversity, and Dialogue — CPB's grants support innovation on digital platforms; content that is for, by and about the diverse communities we seek to serve; and content and services that foster dialogue and engagement among members of the audience and the broader community.
CPB's strategic priorities call for programming that focuses on advancing journalism, education, innovation, diversity and content for unserved and underserved communities. CPB considers projects from producers with experience creating nationally recognized work. Productions or collaborative ventures between independent producers and public media stations are encouraged. CPB-supported content must be distributed through U. Funding is subject to the availability of funds and system content needs.
Check our list of other potential funding sources for more. If you are a producer looking to secure CPB funding for a project, read about our Content and Production Grants and email grants cpb. For updates on grants, follow CPBmedia on Twitter or sign up for email updates. Public media's mission is to provide universal access to high-quality educational programming in the U.
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