Corporation for Public Broadcasting

For the public media's greater good, CPB needed to dissolve, she said

Vote comes after Congress ended all funding for the 58-year-old organization

As the agency prepares to shut down operations it is dispersing the remaining $7.1 million in grant funds

During the Creative Arts Emmy Awards Ceremony on Sept. 7, the CPB will be honored for 58 years of service supporting programming in the public interest

Recent loss of funding halts distribution of public safety grants, jeopardizing local stations’ ability to serve and protect rural and disaster-prone communities, the CPB said

The reductions were caused by the elimination of Federal funding and the upcoming shutdown of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting

“Simply put, cuts to public broadcasting funding significantly jeopardize public safety,” says APTS president

NextGen TV Funding is used to develop alert technology to be used over ATSC 3.0

The two-year grant will fund the addition of four reporters, three editors and development director

Slavitt will replace Westwood Smithers Jr., CPB’s chief legal officer since 2005