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Per https://cpb.org/funding, $357m goes to public tv and $119m to public radio.

That's a nice chunk of change, though low enough that a few friendly billionaires could put some pocket change into a trust today and make up for this funding in perpetuity. And there undoubtedly will be a massive surge in donations from small donors in response to this.

As long as the bigger fish are willing to subsidize the smaller rural stations, I don't think there is anything to be afraid of.

The removal of this Sword of Damocles is in my opinion a great thing for PBS and NPR.

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A few friendly billionaires could have funded them entirely for the last 60 years. I see no reason to think that they suddenly will now. Many stations will be closed, and people will lose out on valued programing.

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Joan Kroc gave NPR its biggest gift ever, $200 million. Alas, that was unusual.