Who is most affected by cuts to public broadcasting?

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🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

As the Trump administration moves to cut federal funding for public broadcasting, small stations serving rural communities stand to lose the most. We visit a public radio station in southwest Colorado to see what's at stake when and if CPB funding runs dry. And later in the program, we turn to Broadway for a look at two new, Latino-centered musicals.

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0:00.0	Who's most affected by cuts to public broadcasting?
0:05.0	From Marketplace, I'm Sabri Beneshore in for David Brancaccio.
0:09.0	President Donald Trump is pushing to end federal funding for public broadcasting.
0:13.0	In an executive order earlier this month, he called NPR and PBS biased and outdated
0:18.0	and instructed the corporation for public broadcasting to cut them off.
0:21.6	It's not yet clear if Trump has the legal authority to do that.
0:24.6	Marketplace's parent company, we should say American Public Media receives CPB funding.
0:29.6	So do many of the public radio stations that subscribe to our broadcast shows.
0:33.6	Some of the stations that would be most affected are small stations that serve
0:38.1	rural audiences. Marketplace's Savannah Peters brings us this story from Southwest Colorado.
0:43.8	Jim Belcher is the very early morning voice of KSUT Radio. Well, this morning I got here
0:50.0	about a quarter to four. And I don't drink coffee. His daily newscast from the Southern UD
0:56.8	Indian Reservation reaches listeners across the Four Corners region in the southwest.
1:01.6	Good morning. The time is 749 and you are tuned in to KSUT. Today it includes stories about
1:07.2	bills moving through the Colorado legislature, a regional poll on Trump energy policy.
1:12.7	Asana Merzbach reports, voters are concerned about the implications for public lands.
1:17.7	Belcher also delivers updates on winter road closures, evacuation notices during wildfire season,
1:24.7	crucial information, and lots of people here don't have cell service or
1:29.2	internet access. KSUT is one of the lifelines that our listeners depend on to get the
1:35.8	latest information out. That is something that could be negatively impacted.
1:41.9	19% of KSUT's just under $2 million annual budget comes from the corporation for public
1:48.6	broadcasting.
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