Four More Years: why getting rid of NPR or PBS will affect more than the news or ‘Sesame Street’

Tough times may lie ahead for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.. and that's the topic for today's focus of Four More Years, the View of Trump's presidency from Illinois. Two members of Congress have already introduced bills to end CPB. Donald Trump tried and failed to defund public broadcasting in his first presidential term. Our guests explained how withdrawl of backing for CPB could hurt local stations and programming and America's emergency communications system as well as why financial resources are so few for Illinois' NPR and PBS stations.

Guests:

Moss Bresnahan
Executive Director, Illinois Public Media - WILL-AM/FM/TV Champaign/Urbana

Jenna Dooley
News Director, WNIJ - DeKalb

Mike Janssen
Digital Editor, Current magazine

Fred Martino
Executive Director, WSIU-FM/TV Carbondale

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