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After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses

57 points by Bender

by adfm

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I offer Fred Rogers testifying before the senate subcommittee on communications as a refresher on why we must continue to fund PBS and NPR.
https://youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA?si=Wei_cwJcF56rXl_w
The person on the other end of that call is thin skinned and likely not hugged much as a child. Sad.

by kayfox

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These stations and networks still have about 80% of their previous funding, so nothing is really going to get shut down right away.
Also, in many cases the TV and radio spectrums in markets these stations are in are not saturated to the point where new licensees are prevented from operating just because of saturation.
So this is really just some group asking for public broadcasting to be punished even more.

by devwastaken

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in a properly functioning government old unused services must depart for new uses. The NPR and PBS you knew is gone - its completely different people, different management. if people want the idea it represented they have to go elsewhere to find it anyways.