Bush Proposes Steep Cut to PBS Funding

February 5, 2007
Bush Proposes Steep Cut toPBS Funding

President Bush is reopening the fight over government support of public television, unveiling a
2007 government fiscal year budget that would cut federal funding for the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting by nearly 25 percent.

There was some confusion on how to tally the exact cut, but public TV and congressional sources
said at least $114 million of the $460 million CPB budget for the fiscal year that starts in
October would be cut. The Association of Public Television Stations said the total impact could be
$145 million when cuts in related programs are added, including a program to upgrade radio station
satellite facilities.