Nashville Public Radio has met — and surpassed — an emergency fundraising goal. WPLN and WNXP raised more than $500,000 this week in response to a congressional clawback of federal funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have passed legislation on a narrow, party-line basis to eliminate all federal funding for public broadcasting for the next two years. That’s $1.1 billion previously approved by the Republican-led Congress and President Trump.
Senate approves cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid programs
The Senate has approved the Trump administration’s $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television — a major step toward winding down nearly six decades of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The state of local and public media
We’re getting meta on Public Media Giving Day and peeling back the curtain on the news landscape.
How A Vanderbilt Doctor Became The Nation’s Go-To Flu Expert
Listen When flu season comes around each year, a familiar face from Nashville appears in homes around the country: Dr. William Schaffner. The Vanderbilt doctor has become a media darling when it comes to infectious diseases.
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