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Another View: The Future of Public Media

WHRO CEO Bert Schmidt, WHRO Chief Content Officer Heather Mazzoni, WHRO Board of Directors Chairman Yvonne Allmond, and Another View Host Barbara Hamm Lee

On May first, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to " cease direct funding to NPR and PBS" including canceling current funding and also to eliminate all future funding. The order also calls for federal agencies to review and eliminate any existing grants or contracts that provide funding for NPR and PBS. What does this mean for the future of Public Broadcasting in America? Proposed funding cuts to NPR and PBS is not a new idea. As far back as 1969, there were calls for cuts to Public Media. How are the entities Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Public Radio, and Public Broadcasting System fighting back? WHRO CEO Bert Schmidt, WHRO Chief Content Officer Heather Mazzoni, WHRO Board of Directors Yvonne Allmond, and Vice-President of News at WHRO, Maurice Jones join host Barbara Hamm Lee to discuss future of Public Media both nationally and locally on this edition of Another View. This, and all Another View programs can be heard on demand on the show's program page.

Barry Graham used to arrive at WHRO with a briefcase full of papers and lesson plans. For 32 years he taught US and Virginia Government in the Virginia Beach Public Schools. While teaching was always his first love, radio was a close second. While attending Old Dominion, Barry was program director at WODU, the college radio station. After graduating, he came to WHRO as an overnight announcer. Originally intending to stay on only while completing graduate school, he was soon hooked on Public Radio and today is the senior announcer on WHRV. In 2001, Barry earned his Ph.D in Urban Studies by writing a history of WHRO and analyzing its impact upon local education, policy and cultural arts organizations.