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One year ago Congress killed the CPB. Public media is still trying to figure out the future.

npr.org · Kelly McBride · last updated

Bigger changes to the public radio network are still coming

One year ago, Congress passed legislation that stripped $535 million a year of federal money from the public media system.

Public media fans rallied to support both NPR and their member stations. While the new donations didn’t completely cover the federal money, the network has soldiered on. But the transition has just begun and big changes throughout the network are starting to take shape.

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