BUNKER HILL, Kan. — In Warm Springs, Oregon, the NPR affiliate is considering dropping “All Things Considered” to focus on tribal issues. On the windswept prairie of South Dakota, a tribal public radio station is selling off its old records to pay the bills.

In Bunker Hill, Kansas, (population 103), the public TV station may eventually have to cut ties with PBS, pulling children’s shows like “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.”

“We are crippled here,” said Betsy Schwien, the general manager of Smoky Hills PBS in Bunker Hill. “It is the absolute worst-case scenario.”

The decision by President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress to strip $500 million from public broadcasters this summer is forcing profound changes that will reshape the airwaves, especially in rural and tribal areas of the

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