While "Live Wire Radio" hasn't gone off the air yet, they are trying to fight off the recent funding cuts in public media to stay on the air. @opb.org Oregon produces the program. www.insideradio.com/free/oregon-...

Congrats to WBHM Birmingham for launching a new music station yesterday, "106.1 The Hub." radioinsight.com/headlines/31...

More funding cuts. This time, WETA again. @pbsnews.org Hour West is going away, will end December 19th, followed by the axing of @pbsnews.org Weekend on January 11th, 2026. archive.is/RCFSQ

Thanks to some emergency community support, half of SDPB South Dakota's proposed layoffs have been saved. www.sdpb.org/sdpb-press/2...

@wgbh.org Boston is cutting more folks... 15 in January. www.linkedin.com/redir/redire...

With just months left of operation, CPB is distributing its final remaining grants, including $1.2 million for a new Upper Midwest Newsroom. The new newsroom is in collaboration with @mprnews.org, North Dakota's Prairie Public, SDPB, and WPR Wisconsin. www.insideradio.com/free/with-fe...

Public radio ratings in October: Austin: @kutnews.bsky.social is still #1, up 10.7 to 10.9 for its best share since Jan. 2021. KMFA is up 1.6 to 2.3. Raleigh: @wunc.org is still #1, up 8.6 to 9.1. Jax: WJCT is tied for #4, up 6.0 to 6.2. 1/2

Public radio ratings in October: Charlotte: @wfae.bsky.social is #5, up 5.7 to 6.2. WDAV is up 2.4 to 3.2. Portland: @allclassicalradio.bsky.social is up 3.4 to 4.2. Sacramento: KXJZ is up 3.8 to 4.7. Pittsburgh: @wyep.bsky.social is down 2.1 to 1.8.

More funding cuts across public broadcasting. This time, KOCE PBS SoCal. 10% gone from last month. current.org/2025/11/pbs-...

Public radio ratings in October: DC: @wamu.org is #2, dipping from 11.3 to 11.0. Seattle: @kuow.org is tied for #1, down a bit 9.2 to 9.1. Phoenix: KBAQ is up 2.5 to 3.4. 1/3

KOCE @pbs.org SoCal is hosting a nationwide telethon to celebrate 55 years of public television and to raise funds for public broadcasters. It will air this weekend on KOCE before airing nationwide on Thanksgiving Day. www.heartpublictv.org

While @npr.org and CPB are fighting over interconnection funds, at least CPB has temporarily agreed to withhold them until the dispute is resolved. www.insideradio.com/free/cpb-agr...

Public radio ratings in October: SF Bay Area: @kqednews.kqed.org is #1, up 8.7 to 8.8. KDFC is #3, up 5.3 to 5.7. Philadelphia: @wxpnfm.bsky.social is down 4.4 to 3.8.

WQED Pittsburgh has expanded its coverage area by acquiring WBPA-LD and now rebroadcasts the public television station. www.wqed.org/press-releas...

Alabama Public Television is considering dropping @pbs.org entirely. Nothing is final as of now. www.al.com/news/2025/10...

After more than three decades leading @wusf.org, their GM is retiring. current.org/2025/10/wusf...

Sorry for being late on this, but congrats are in order to @cprnews.bsky.social for having the best local news podcast of the year from the @signalawards.bsky.social. news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol....

Despite CPB leaving us, it has secured music rights for public media stations until the end of 2027. current.org/2025/10/cpb-...

Northern California Public Media (KRCB/KPJK) opened up its new headquarters over the weekend and hosted an open house for the public to celebrate. norcalpublicmedia.org/meet-daniel-...

More cuts. This time, state funding cuts for MLC: the Michigan Learning Channel, a partnership between WTVS, WCMU, WDCQ, @wgvupublicmedia.bsky.social, WKAR, WNMU, and WNIT. via Current: current.org/2025/10/stat...

50 years of the @pbsnews.org Hour.

More cuts... this time, its 10% of @kcrw.com staff who were let go.

#BREAKING: Its with a heavy heart to pass along the news that one of @npr.org's founding mothers, Susan Stamberg, has passed away. She was 87.

@wnyc.org is planning to host a major gala to raise major funds for public media as a result of federal funding cuts. It will do so by honoring @stephenathomes.bsky.social on Tuesday, November 18th. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

The President and CEO of WITF Harrisburg and @lancasteronline.bsky.social has abruptly resigned this week. www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10...

Since October 1st, as a result of funding cuts, KEET Eureka has dropped all of its subchannels (World, @createtvchannel.bsky.social, PBS Kids, and FNX) to try to keep itself afloat financially. lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/sep/15/...

While WPSU may be saved, it looks like KWSU-TV from NWPB will not be. By the end of the year, KWSU-TV will go off the air due to... say it with me... funding cuts. www.lmtribune.com/local-news/n...

WJCT Jax's longtime President and CEO is about to call it a career.

It looks like WPSU may be saved and end up in @whyy.org's hands after all. archive.is/zv9wx

Public radio ratings in September: Austin: @kutnews.bsky.social is #1, up 9.6 to 10.7 for its largest share since Jan. 2021. Raleigh: @wunc.org is still #1, though down 10.8 to 8.6. Indy: WICR is up 1.9 to 2.3. Jacksonville: WJCT is up 5.4 to 6.0. 1/2

Public radio ratings in September: Charlotte: @wfae.bsky.social is up 5.1 to 5.7. Portland: @opb.org (FM) is tied for #5, up 5.2 to 5.7 with its stream up 0.6 to 0.8 for a total of 6.5. Orlando: @wucf.bsky.social is up 0.8 to 1.7. Las Vegas: KUNV is down 2.9 to 1.9. 1/2

WETA no longer airs hourly newscasts from @npr.org. via DCRTV: dcrtv.com/weta-fm-drop...

Best wishes to @mprnews.org's @angeladavismpr.bsky.social who's currently fighting breast cancer. www.startribune.com/mpr-host-ang...

Public radio ratings in September: DC: @wamu.org is #2, up 11.0 to 11.3. WETA is up 4.2 to 4.4. Seattle: @kuow.org is #1, up 9.1 to 9.2. for a new all-time record high. KING-FM is #5, but down 4.7 to 4.6. KEXP is down 2.7 to 2.5, and @knkx.org is down 2.5 to 2.2. 1/2

Public radio ratings in September: NYC: @wbgojazz.bsky.social is steady at 0.4, but its stream is up 0.4 to 0.9 for a 1.3 total. LA: KUSC is up 3.3 to 3.6 for its highest share set in Holiday 2024. @kcrw.com is up 2.2 to 2.5 for a new record high. @kjazz881.bsky.social is up 1.7 to 2.0. 1/2

Unfortunately, the cuts continue. @wkuhilltoppers.bsky.social's Public Radio network was next. via Current: current.org/2025/10/wku-...

88.1 KDHX St. Louis, which has only been playing music since January, is now off the air. Its now airing Jams from 95.5 KXBS-HD2 while former DJs and volunteers will soon launch an online stream to keep the legacy of KDHX alive. via @stlpublicradio.bsky.social: www.stlpr.org/arts/2025-10...

Ideastream Cleveland is taking over operations of @wcsb.bsky.social and has flipped the station to Jazz as "JazzNEO".

KRZA has started to receive a free program from @cprnews.bsky.social. Colorado Matters now airs on KRZA at 1pm Mondays-Thursdays. www.cpr.org/press-releas...

At the same time the @npr.org Politics podcast celebrates 10 years, it gains a new co-host in Miles Parks, joining @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social and @sarahmccammon.bsky.social. www.npr.org/sections/npr...

Starting next week, @kutnews.bsky.social will be airing a new newsmagazine, Austin Signal. news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol....

Before CPB closed a majority of its operations, it did issue one final small grant to TV and radio stations, the last such funding act to have done so. news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol....

CPB aims to award a grant of $57.9 million over five years to Public Media Infrastructure for public radio distribution through 2030. news.radio-online.com/articles/n47... @npr.org is suing CPB to block that effort. news.radio-online.com/articles/n47...

Because of funding cuts, @wfae.bsky.social Charlotte is leaving their uptown location, only four years after moving in. via @wsoctv.bsky.social: www.wsoctv.com/news/local/f...

Major market stations can't escape the budget cuts either... look at @wttw.bsky.social Chicago. via Current: current.org/2025/09/wttw...

This YouTuber is hoping that @wwozneworleans.bsky.social is saved from the recent funding cuts. youtu.be/_1Z8VE7EfrM?...

More cuts. I sound like a broken record. This time, KIXE Redding/Chico. www.redding.com/story/news/2...

More cuts. This time, layoffs at @mypbsnc.bsky.social. current.org/2025/09/pbs-...

@cprnews.bsky.social has joined @npr.org's Mountain West News Bureau as an associate partner. It joins managing partners @boisestatepublicradio.org, KANW, KUNC, KUNR, @knpr.org, and @wyomingpublicmedia.bsky.social. news.radio-online.com/articles/n47...

For public radio stations at financial risk, @wnyc.org are offering their programs for FREE starting October 1st. radioinsight.com/headlines/30...