Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Shut Down After Loss of Federal...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — August 1, 2025 — After nearly six decades of supporting public media across the United States, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has announced it will begin winding down its operations following the elimination of its federal funding.

The decision comes in the wake of a federal rescissions package and the Senate Appropriations Committee’s release of the fiscal year 2026 Labor-HHS-Education bill, which— for the first time since CPB’s founding in 1967 —excludes funding for the organization.

“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison.

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