Kevin Martin “We may have lost this round, but the fight is far from over.” An email from Ideastream Public Media to its listeners and viewers on Thursday provides an example of how America’s public radio and TV organizations are responding to the looming loss of federal funding support. Ideastream serves northeast Ohio. It operates news and information station WKSU(FM), classical music station WCLV(FM), a full-time HD jazz station/streaming service and five public television stations. It also manages the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau on behalf of Ohio’s public broadcasting stations. Its President/CEO Kevin Martin told supporters in his email that if the rescission package on Capitol Hill becomes law this week as expected, every public media station in the nation will not receive Community Service Grant dollars for their fiscal years 2026 and 2027. [Read: “Senate Passes Cuts in Public Broadcast Funding”] “Ideastream’s FY2026 begins on… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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