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1/7/26 PBS and NPR aren’t being shut down but the system that helped local stations afford them is disappearing. When Congress eliminated funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, its board responded by voting to dissolve the organization. That doesn’t cancel shows, but it does change whether local stations can still afford to carry them. It raises a real question about whether public media stays a shared civic service or becomes something only some communities can afford. Where do yo