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APTS Presents 2026 Patrick Butler National Advocacy Award to Jeff Tucker, General Manager of Idaho Public Television
03/03/26
Jeff Tucker is a tireless advocate for public broadcasting, both in Congress and throughout the state of Idaho.
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APTS Presents 2026 David J. Brugger Community Leader Award to Dax Schieffer of Montana PBS
03/03/26
Dax Schieffer is an extraordinarily effective advocate for public broadcasting, both on the national level and in his home state of Montana.
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APTS Presents 2026 Pillar of Public Service Award to Sylvia Strobel, President and CEO of Twin Cities PBS (TPT)
03/03/26
Sylvia Strobel's extraordinary work at Twin Cities PBS has exemplified public television’s pillars of public service in education, public safety and community connections.
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America’s Public Television Stations Present the 2026 Protect My Public Media Award to PBS SoCal
03/03/26
Andy Russell and his team at PBS SoCal demonstrated extraordinary system leadership during a consequential time for local public media stations. In all the years of Protect My Public Media, we have never seen this level of creative investment from a station.
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America’s Public Television Stations Present the 2026 Protect My Public Media Award to Lori Overdorf of Buffalo Toronto Public Media
03/03/26
Lori Overdorf’s creativity, vision and initiative in promoting Protect My Public Media and incorporating it into local station community events helped significantly increase the campaign’s impact.
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America’s Public Television Stations Elect Board Officers and Trustees
02/04/26
Learn more about the elections of the APTS board leaders and members.
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APTS Statement on the U.S. House Approval of Final FY 2026 Minibus Package
01/22/26
While APTS is deeply disappointed that the final package does not restore any of the local station funding that was rescinded last year -- a devastating missed opportunity for Congress to save local stations, particularly those serving rural areas -- we are grateful that the bill provides some funding for the important public safety and education services that public media provides in communities throughout the country.
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APTS Statement on the Dissolution of CPB
01/06/26
The winddown and now dissolution of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is the direct result of the rescission of public media funding last year.
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Local Public Broadcasting Stations Begin Eliminating Local Programs and Services Without Federal Funding
10/01/25
For the first time in over 50 years, local public broadcasting stations will not receive federal funding through CPB. -
U.S. House Appropriations Committee Votes to Continue to Devastate Local Public Television Stations and Their Communities
09/09/25
Americans in every community across the country are now confronting the loss of essential services that only local public television stations.
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U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee Fails to Restore Essential Funding for Local Public Broadcasting Stations
09/02/25
APTS is deeply disappointed that the House Appropriations Labor-H Subcommittee did not include essential funding for local public television stations.
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Defunding Public Media Threatens Public Safety in Communities Nationwide
08/18/25
Today’s announcement by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that CPB can no longer administer the Next Generation Warning System (NGWS) grant program is yet another devastating result of the rescission of public media funding.
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Local Public Media Stations Face Greater Financial Burdens Due to the Closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
08/04/25
APTS is deeply troubled by the current situation that has made it necessary for CPB to begin winding down its operations.
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U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Fails to Restore Essential Funding for Local Public Broadcasting Stations
07/31/25
The Senate Appropriations Committee missed an opportunity to throw a desperately needed lifeline to local public media stations. -
Local Public Television Stations Will Close After U.S. Congress Votes to Rescind Essential Funding
07/18/25
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to eliminate federal funding to local public television stations throughout this country, defying the will of the American people.