Problem with leading with the fact that NPR only gets a small portion of it’s budget from the CPP, is that it ignores that the locally funded affiliates pay for NPRs content. And a lot of those smaller affiliates are now going away.
From this article from WABE that I looked up after seeing this post (WABE happens to be the station that I listen to when I can):
Although NPR, which produces news programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered,**relies on direct federal funds for only a small portion of its budget, its approximately 1,000 member stations receive a heftier portion of their operating revenue through CPB. With its nightly PBS News Hour and children’s programming, such as Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, PBS gets around 15% of its revenue from federal money, as do its member stations on average.
Problem with leading with the fact that NPR only gets a small portion of it’s budget from the CPP, is that it ignores that the locally funded affiliates pay for NPRs content. And a lot of those smaller affiliates are now going away.
From this article from WABE that I looked up after seeing this post (WABE happens to be the station that I listen to when I can):