Overview
- The five-year settlement reinstates nearly $36 million for NPR’s Public Radio Satellite System after the grant was previously rescinded.
- CPB and NPR agreed the May executive order cutting public media funds is unconstitutional, and CPB will not implement it unless ordered by a court.
- NPR approved two years of PRSS interconnection fee relief for all interconnected public radio stations.
- CPB’s separate distribution grant to Public Media Infrastructure remains in place, with $47 million to advance digital and terrestrial delivery.
- A judge earlier found CPB’s rationale for reversing NPR’s award not credible, and the broader challenge to the executive order proceeds in early December.