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I'd be curious to hear from someone who has worked at a local public broadcasting affiliate about what their budgets look like. I enjoy state-level public radio

I'd be curious to hear from someone who has worked at a local public broadcasting affiliate about what their budgets look like. I enjoy state-level public radio, but I don't watch a lot of state or local public television programming. It seems like a lot of the arguments for funding PBS/CPB have been centered around their national programming, e.g. Nova and Sesame Street. But if the proposed cuts are "across the board," state and local public television programs would bear a greater share of the burden. Maybe we should be talking more about those.

maxlybbert 10y ago
It's a simple strategy. Everybody knows "Sesame Street." Fewer people know, say, "North Carolina NOW" or "Wild Nevada." On the other hand, somebody should do local stories about local shows. Each PBS station should highlight its own programming, but they would reach a different audience (including potential new fans) by getting other channels to include a story on their local news.