{"id":120170,"date":"2025-02-20T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=120170"},"modified":"2025-02-20T10:22:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:22:02","slug":"native-america-calling-tribal-broadcasters-brace-for-federal-funding-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/20\/native-america-calling-tribal-broadcasters-brace-for-federal-funding-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Tribal broadcasters brace for federal funding fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Thursday, February 20, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\"> Public broadcasters brace for federal funding fight<\/div>\r\n Public and tribal radio and television stations are fortifying their defenses ahead of what could be the biggest funding threat they\u2019ve ever faced. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nPresident 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/cpb.org\/\">Corporation for Public Broadcasting<\/a>, the nearly 60-year-old entity created by Congress to facilitate federal support for non-commercial media. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to  hear from broadcasters about what changes might be in store.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/20\/native-america-calling-tribal-broadcasters-brace-for-federal-funding-fight\/kiliradio\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-120180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" data-attachment-id=\"120180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/20\/native-america-calling-tribal-broadcasters-brace-for-federal-funding-fight\/kiliradio\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20\/kiliradio.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"KILI Radio\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;KILI Radio&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;KILI Radio is based on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kennyschang\/9227257014\/&gt;Kenny Chang&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20\/kiliradio.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20\/kiliradio.jpg\" alt=\"KILI Radio\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-120180\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> KILI Radio is based on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kennyschang\/9227257014\/>Kenny Chang<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peggyberryhill.com\/about\">Peggy Berryhill<\/a> (Muscogee Creek Nation), co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/kgua.org\/\">KGUA<\/a> in California, president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmrc.co\">Native Media Resource Center<\/a> and an independent producer\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nLenora Ward (I\u00f1upiaq), general manager of <a href=\"https:\/\/kotz.org\/\">KOTZ<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KOTZRadio\/\">Kotzebue Broadcasting<\/a>, in Alaska\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nBrian Wadsworth (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe), chief operating officer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativepublicmedia.org\/\">Native Public Media<\/a>, a non-profit based in Arizona\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nOi Zephier (Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota and Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho), station manager of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiliradio90.one\/\">KILI<\/a> on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Public and tribal radio and television stations are fortifying their defenses ahead of what could be the biggest funding threat they\u2019ve ever faced.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[5366,78,42,6006,38,170,6003,75,6005,243,133,6007,6009,6008,6004,134,85,98,109],"class_list":["post-120170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-politics","tag-119th","tag-alaska","tag-arizona","tag-brian-wadsworth","tag-california","tag-congress","tag-cpb","tag-donald-trump","tag-lenora-ward","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-native-public-media","tag-nmrc","tag-oi-zephier","tag-peggy-berryhill","tag-radio","tag-republicans","tag-south-dakota","tag-tv","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-vge","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20\/kiliradio.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120170"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120181,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120170\/revisions\/120181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}