If Congress eliminates funds for public broadcasting in Colorado, the cuts would amount to $5.7 million in federal funding, says Wick Rowland of CPT12 (Channel 12). Without federal funding, Colorado would lose most of its six free educational, noncommercial TV programming streams (subchannels) and, likely, a number of community-based public radio stations, according to Rowland. For CPT12 alone, the cuts would result in a loss of $1 million out of the already lean $4 million budget, and end the ability to produce local programs.
At Rocky Mountain PBS (Channel 6), “the federal funding we receive equates to 25 cents per person in Colorado. And for every $9 we receive through public support, we receive $1 in federal funding.” Colorado Public Radio stands to lose $688,000 in grant money for the fiscal year.
Joanne Ostrow, The Denver Post
