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This Is NPR: The First Forty Years. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. 2010. ISBN 978-0811872539. Slotten, Hugh Richard (2009). The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0803954076. Stewart, David (1999). The PBS Companion: A History of Public Television. New York: TV Books.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was created on November 7, 1967, when U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.The new organization initially collaborated with the National Educational Television network—which would be replaced by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Brendan Carr, the President Trump-appointed FCC chairman, warned the CEOs of PBS and NPR that they “could be violating federal law by airing commercials” — and that he has ordered an ...
The organization's legal name is National Public Radio and its trademarked brand is NPR; it is known by both names. [10] In June 2010, the organization announced that it was "making a conscious effort to consistently refer to ourselves as NPR on-air and online" because NPR is the common name for the organization and its radio hosts have used the tag line "This ... is NPR" for many years. [10]
NPR and PBS are facing calls for the subsidy to be removed at long last. However, at the same time, pressure is coming from the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Chair Brendan Carr is ...
Subcommittee chairwoman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants NPR and PBS to testify in a hearing on why they're receiving public funding.
NPR and PBS programming is aired to a network of around 1,500 member stations, all of which choose which programs to broadcast. The stations require licenses approved by the FCC to operate, and ...
Federal funding for NPR and PBS largely goes through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is poised to receive $535 million from the government in fiscal year 2025, according to its budget.