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CPB Restores $36 Million NPR Contract After Settlement

The deal leaves NPR's challenge to Trump's funding order headed to a December hearing.

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Volunteer Bonnie Ralston hosts a show in the Allegheny Mountain Radio studio, in Monterey, Virginia, on September 2, 2025. Allegheny Mountain Radio is one of the many stations across the United States imperiled by President Donald Trump's funding cuts. At Trump's request, Republicans in Congress voted to cut federal money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the key funding source for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), both of which conservatives have long accused of liberal bias. (Photo by Pierre HARDY / AFP) (Photo by PIERRE HARDY/AFP via Getty Images)

Overview

  • CPB agreed to honor a multi-year $36 million contract for NPR to operate the Public Radio Satellite System, resolving that portion of the dispute.
  • NPR approved two years of full relief from PRSS interconnection fees for all interconnected public radio stations.
  • CPB will maintain a separate five-year agreement with Public Media Infrastructure, providing $47 million to develop parallel distribution capabilities.
  • CPB denied wrongdoing despite earlier skepticism from Judge Randolph Moss about its defense, and NPR ended its claims contesting the PMI grant.
  • Both parties stipulated that the May executive order directing CPB to cut off funding is unconstitutional, CPB will not enforce it absent a court order, and a hearing on NPR’s broader challenge is set for early December.