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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Begins Wind-Down After Funding Cuts

Most staff positions will end by September 30 following the funding cuts, with local PBS and NPR outlets scrambling to fill sudden budget gaps.

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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting offices seen in January 1990 in Washington, DC.
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Overview

  • The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will wind down operations, ending most of its 100-person workforce by September 30, 2025, and maintaining a small transition team through January 2026.
  • Federal appropriations of $1.1 billion were rescinded this summer under President Trump’s rescissions package, marking the first total cut to CPB funding since its 1967 founding.
  • About 70% of CPB’s federal grants flow to more than 1,500 local PBS and NPR stations, many of which now face emergency fundraising drives to cover lost support.
  • CPB has notified employees and partners that it will oversee final distributions, music licensing and technical infrastructure closeouts during the wind-down phase.
  • This week CPB voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit over attempted board removals after concluding that congressional and executive actions deprived it of sustainable funding.