PBS Western Reserve ramping up fundraising in face of federal cuts

PBS Western Reserve president and CEO addresses attendees at the station’s State of the Station open house July 23. Wendy DiAlesandro/The Portager

PBS Western Reserve ramping up fundraising in face of federal cuts

- Wendy DiAlesandro

Reeling from the federal government’s decision to claw back already-approved funding, public broadcasting stations are left to find money.

PBS Western Reserve’s loss is some $1.5 million—$1.2 million in federal funding and another $300,000 in state funding. That’s close to 30% of the station’s budget, local PBS President and CEO Natalie Pillsbury told attendees at the first of two open houses on July 23 and 24.

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