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Native America Calling: Tribal broadcasters brace for federal funding fight
Thursday, February 20, 2025
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Public broadcasters brace for federal funding fight
Public and tribal radio and television stations are fortifying their defenses ahead of what could be the biggest funding threat they’ve ever faced.

President Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly called for an end to federal funding for public broadcasters. Bills proposed in Congress would go as far as eliminating the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the nearly 60-year-old entity created by Congress to facilitate federal support for non-commercial media.

Join Native America Calling to hear from broadcasters about what changes might be in store.

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KILI Radio is based on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Photo: Kenny Chang

Guests on Native America Calling
Peggy Berryhill (Muscogee Creek Nation), co-founder of KGUA in California, president of the Native Media Resource Center and an independent producer

Lenora Ward (Iñupiaq), general manager of KOTZ, Kotzebue Broadcasting, in Alaska

Brian Wadsworth (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe), chief operating officer for Native Public Media, a non-profit based in Arizona

Oi Zephier (Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota and Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho), station manager of KILI on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota

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