Corporation for Public Broadcasting Awards Grant to Public Media Infrastructure for Public Radio Interconnection
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 26, 2025) — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) today announced a grant of up to $57.9 million over five years to Public Media Infrastructure (PMI), a new independent nonprofit entity formed by a coalition of leading public radio organizations, to sustain public radio distribution through 2030.
CPB Board of Directors to Meet on Monday, September 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 24, 2025) -- The CPB Board of Directors will meet on Monday, September 29, 2025. Public session will be from 9:30 – 10:40 am ET. On the draft agenda:
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival announces CPB-Supported 3rd Filmmaker Forum
HOT SPRINGS, AR (September 22, 2025) – Now in its 34th year, the 2025 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (October 10 - 18, 2025) will host its 3rd annual Filmmaker Forum connecting filmmakers and industry leaders on October 12 - 14 in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Announces Final FY 2025 Community Service Grant Payments as Wind-Down Continues
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 22, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will distribute the remaining $7.1 million in obligated Community Service Grant (CSG) funds to eligible local public radio and television stations. Unless new federal funding is appropriated to CPB, these payments will mark the final CSG payments to stations, ending the foundation of federal support that has sustained the operations of 1,500 local public media stations across the country.
CPB Board of Directors to Meet Telephonically on Monday, September 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 11, 2025) -- The CPB Board of Directors will meet telephonically on Monday, September 15, 2025, from 1-3 pm ET. On the draft agenda:
Maryland Public Television Continues National Celebration of HBCU Week with New Programming in Fall 2025
OWINGS MILLS, MD (September 3, 2025) – Maryland Public Television (MPT) today announced the continued national celebration of HBCU Week, recognizing the history and legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities through its national programming initiative, HBCU Week NOW. A dynamic lineup of eight new short films will premiere on the project’s signature YouTube channel beginning in September.
Television Academy to Honor Corporation for Public Broadcasting with 2025 Governors Award During Creative Arts Emmy Awards Ceremony on Sept. 7
(LOS ANGELES – September 2, 2025) — The Television Academy today announced the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is the recipient of the 2025 Governors Award, recognizing the organization’s more than five decades of service in enriching America’s media landscape through funding and support for educational, cultural and public-interest programming.
CPB Board of Directors to Meet Telephonically on August 28, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 22, 2025) -- The CPB Board of Directors will meet on Thursday, August 28, 2025. Public session will be from 2-2:25 pm and 4:55-5 pm ET. On the draft agenda:
CPB Defunding Ends Next Generation Warning System Grant Program for Local Public Media Stations
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 18, 2025) -- Following the passage of the Rescissions Act of 2025, which defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and left the organization without operating funds for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025, CPB no longer can absorb costs and manage the Next Generation Warning System (NGWS) grant program.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill, which excludes funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades.
