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The Status of Federal Funding for Public Media
- Posted by Cait
- May 15, 2017
With recent news coverage of budgets and government spending packages, you may be wondering – what’s the current status of federal funding for public media? […]
#ItsABeautifulDay in the Neighborhood
- Posted by Cait
- May 04, 2016
On Friday, April 29, 2016 public media advocates nationwide joined Protect My Public Media in celebrating the 47th anniversary of Fred Rogers’s heartfelt testimony to […]
A Beautiful Day to Honor Fred Rogers
- Posted by Cait
- April 21, 2016
Neighbors, April 29, 2016 is going to be a beautiful day in the neighborhood! For the third year in a row, we are putting on […]
Celebrating Public Media Volunteers
- Posted by Cait
- April 14, 2016
I’m Dorothy Pacella, Chair of the National Friends of Public Broadcasting. It gives me great pleasure to celebrate public media volunteers throughout the country during […]
Public Media Funding Included in President’s Budget
- Posted by Derry
- February 09, 2016
This morning, President Barack Obama released his last annual budget, and it includes federal funding for public media. Today’s news is an encouraging and […]
The Greatest Gifts for Public Media
- Posted by Cait
- December 21, 2015
Just in time for the holidays, we’re excited to announce the greatest gifts for public media that we’ve just received. Late last week, Congress passed […]
7 Things You Should Know About the PBS Kids Service
- Posted by Cait
- September 16, 2015
You may have heard reports about Sesame Street and HBO’s new five year deal to produce new episodes of Sesame Street. Don’t worry. Big Bird […]
You Saved Ready To Learn
- Posted by Cait
- July 12, 2015
You called, you tweeted and you Facebooked your support of public television’s kids educational programming. You saved Ready To Learn! Thanks to your tireless work, […]
Appropriations Bills Include Public Media Funding
- Posted by Cait
- June 25, 2015
The Appropriations Committees in the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, which decide how much money federal programs receive each year, just passed their […]
Demystifying the Federal Budget Process
- Posted by Cait
- June 09, 2015
If you’ve signed up for our e-mail list, you may have noticed that we’ve asked you to contact your lawmakers in support of public media […]