Arizona PBS’ General Manager on Trump’s call to cut funding for public media
June 4
On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, President Donald Trump formally called on Congress to pull $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid and public media.
About $1.1 billion of that funding was previously approved to be allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) for the next two years. CPB provides funding for both PBS and NPR.
This request by President Trump must be approved in the next 45 days with a simple majority of the legislators in both chambers of Congress for it to become law.
Scott Woelfel, General Manager of Arizona PBS, joined “Arizona Horizon” to explain what this means for the future of public media.
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