CHARLESTON, Ill. (WCIA) -- Eastern Illinois University has announced that it is ending its affiliation with PBS this fall amidst funding cuts to the broadcaster's chief funder.

Josh Reinhart, EIU's Public Information Coordinator, said in a news release Tuesday afternoon that the decision was made after federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was discontinued following the passage of the federal Rescissions Act of 2025. Funding for the CPB will officially conclude on Sept. 30, the same day the university-run station WEIU-TV will end its affiliation.

The station operated on costs of roughly $1 million last year, Reinhart added, and the station has not received any institutionally appropriated money since 2016. While grants and fundraisers have offset those costs by up t

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