The Federal Emergency Management Agency has lifted its “hold” on grant money for some public broadcast stations to upgrade their infrastructure. According to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, FEMA “lifted a 65-day hold on $38 million in contract reimbursements to CPB for public media stations seeking to update their equipment to create a more resilient and secure public alerting system.” The news comes little more than a week after two U.S. senators — one from each major political party — urged FEMA to release the grant money. CPB in March brought a complaint in federal district court against FEMA over access to the money. It said that FEMA, without explanation, had placed a purported “hold” on the funds despite the intentions of Congress and its own prior commitments. Among other goals, the grant program is intended to help TV stations upgrade to ATSC 3.0; enable radio stations to upgrade to… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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