The Fiscal Year 2025 federal rescissions package eliminated more than $1 billion in public media funding. Some rural public broadcasting stations depend on federal funding for over 70% of their budgets.

The Fiscal Year 2025 federal rescissions package eliminated more than $1 billion in public media funding. Some rural public broadcasting stations depend on federal funding for over 70% of their budgets.

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Keep Communities Informed and Connected

Supporting public media stations keeps trusted journalism, educational programming, and cultural storytelling accessible to everyone. With federal funding cuts and shifting economics placing new pressures on stations, our curated set of reliable, nonpartisan media coverage highlights these challenges and shows why support matters now more than ever. To dive deeper into the state of public media, read our article: Preserving Public Media. 

Did You Know? 

  • Federal support accounts for ~8-15% of the average local public radio or TV station’s budget — but for small, tribal, and rural stations, it can be 40–50% (NPR, 2025) 

  • Over 250 rural stations rely on federal funding to stay on the air (PBS, 2025). 

  • There are 213 counties in the US that are news deserts—meaning that $50 million Americans have little to no access to local news. (Northwestern University, 2025) 

  • Some rural public broadcasting stations depend on federal funding for over 70% of their budgets. (US Senate, 2025) 

Find Your Local Public Media Station

Find your local public media station and help ensure these essential services continue.