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APTS Commends Senate Appropriations Committee for Public Broadcasting Funding in Draft Spending Bill
11/10/20
America’s Public Television Stations today commended the Senate Appropriations Committee for recommending $465 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting but urged Congress to include in the final appropriations bill the $50 million increase for CPB approved by the House of Representatives in July. -
APTS Congratulates PBS on Its 50th Anniversary
10/05/20
America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) president and CEO Patrick Butler issued the following statement on the 50th anniversary of PBS. -
APTS Commends House for Approving Increased Funding for Public Broadcasting
07/31/20
Today the U.S. House of Representatives today approved $515 million in advance funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in Fiscal Year 2023. -
APTS Commends the U.S. House Appropriations Committee for Providing Funding for Public Broadcasting’s Public Safety Infrastructure
07/15/20
Today, the House Appropriations Committee today recommended $20 million for public broadcasting’s Next Generation Warning System within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the Fiscal Year 2021 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill.
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2020 Public Media Summit
The APTS Public Media Summit is the largest annual gathering of public broadcasting general managers and community leaders who come together to explore issues that are vital to the future and mission of public service media.
The 2020 Public Media Summit is being held Monday, February 24 - Wednesday, February 26, at The Ritz-Carlton Washington, D.C. hotel located at 1150 22nd Street, NW, Washington, D.C.