Congress slashes money for Memphis NPR, PBS and WYXR
This comes after both houses of Congress narrowly approved a measure this week that will “claw back” about $9 billion from the budgets for public broadcasting and foreign aid. (Patrick Semansky/AP file)
WKNO-TV is suddenly facing the loss of 21% of its budget after Congress passed a bill that removes $1.1 billion from public broadcasting.
WYXR 91.7 FM, the relatively new nonprofit community radio station housed in Crosstown Concourse, is facing a similar problem with the expected loss of more than 10% of its budget.
WKNO President Charles McLarty said the station is “going to have to relook at everything that we’re doing and see how do we get everything done.”
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Jody Callahan
Jody Callahan graduated with degrees in journalism and economics from what is now known as the University of Memphis. He has covered news in Memphis for more than 25 years.
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