#public-media

#public-media

When a deadly landslide tore through part of Wrangell, Alaska, in 2023, there was only one place people there could go for information. "We're on an island, and there's one road, and everybody that lived south of that road lost everything they lost their electricity, internet, television, phones," says Cindy Sweat, the general manager of KSTK, the community's public broadcaster. What was left, Sweat says, was the radio.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicated that the Senate aims to vote on the rescissions package, aiming to approve a procedural vote for debate the following Tuesday.

"Through this program, public media stations will further develop innovative digital strategies and use data to create and distribute unique local public media content and services across platforms, reaching and serving new audiences."