These rural radio stations are a lifeline for their communities. Trump’s cuts threaten their future
‘Phones can’t go down into a canyon or around a mesa, but radio does,’ Richard Grey of Arizona’s KGHR says
Since Republicans last month slashed over $1bn in funds designated for public broadcasting, non-commercial TV and radio stations around the country have been reeling.
The cuts led the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the nearly 60-year-old organization that has long supported local TV and radio stations across the US, to shut down operations entirely, leaving more than 1,500 local stations nationwide without a critical source of income.
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