Corporation for Public Broadcasting

The pressure is high on the Senate to pass the rescissions bill that takes back already appropriated funding for public media, including HPPR. But there is an opportunity to amend the bill to exclude public media cuts from the bill.

The House is expected to vote Thursday on the White House request to take back two years of already appropriated funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, including nearly $550,000 in support for HPPR.

The House votes this week on the White House request to take back two years of already appropriated funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, including nearly $550,000 in support for HPPR.

Public goods are shared resources and services that are available to everyone and build communities. HPPR is such a public good, providing the High Plains with factual, in-depth and impartial news and information, timeless and inspiring music, and programming exploring and celebrating the history, cultures and community life of the High Plains. It seeks to serve the region as a public forum, performance hall, library, continuing education center and virtual highway to new places, all wrapped into one and open to all, 24 hours a day.

Here on the High Plains and all across the country, we benefit from a uniquely American system of public media. It’s a system based on local stations with missions of serving the civic, educational and cultural needs of their local communities. Collectively, these local stations serve 99% of the country’s population every day with entirely free, easily accessible and high-quality programming.

A series of White House actions have been taken in recent days aimed at eliminating all federal support of public broadcasting and undermining the continued operations and independence of over 1,500 local public radio and TV stations across the country, including HPPR.

High Plains Public Radio was honored to be recognized by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting this week as they celebrated "Kansas Day" on "Station…