PBS weekend newscasts shut down due to funding cuts, replaced by single-topic programs

PBS News Weekend,” the companion to the weekday “NewsHour” program, has signed off, eliminated due to federal funding cuts to ...
Phys.org

PBS accounts for nearly half of first graders' most frequently watched educational TV and video programs

At U.S. President Donald Trump's request, Congress voted in July 2025 to claw back US$1.1 billion it had previously approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. That measure, which passed in ...
Los Angeles Times

California’s NPR and PBS stations will cut staff and programs after funding slashed

Small NPR and PBS stations in California are teetering after Congress pulled funding from public broadcasting. Even big stations are bracing for cuts. Dozens of California public broadcasting stations ...
al.com

Alabama Public Television could lose millions, members and programs if they drop PBS

Officials said the end of the PBS partnership could cost Alabama Public Television millions in funding, 90% of its content and thousands of audience members. “I’m afraid that it would be the end of ...
NPR

House nears vote on cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid programs

The House could vote on final passage of the Trump administration's rescission package, which claws back $9 billion in funds allocated for public media and foreign aid, as early as Thursday evening.
Current

Arkansas PBS to drop PBS, rebrand as Arkansas TV

Arkansas PBS, the statewide network operated by the Arkansas Educational Television Commission, announced Thursday that it will drop PBS programming and change its name to Arkansas TV. The current PBS ...