Summary
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a nonprofit that has supported public media like PBS and NPR, will receive a major television award at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. The organization is closing down this year because the U.S. government stopped its funding.
Key Facts
- The CPB will receive the Television Academy’s Governors Award for its contributions to television.
- The award ceremony will take place on September 7, where Patricia de Stacy Harrison, the CPB's longest-serving president, will accept it.
- The U.S. government cut funding, effective with the end of the fiscal year on September 30.
- A transition team will remain until January to finish any remaining tasks.
- The CPB has supported 1,500 local radio and TV stations and programs like “Sesame Street.”
- The CPB was founded in 1968 and operated for nearly 60 years.
- President Trump's administration canceled $1.1 billion for public broadcasting, citing perceived political bias and expense.
- The closure affects public radio and TV stations, particularly in small U.S. communities.
