"On June 13, High Plains Public Radio received some welcome news: It had been awarded a $750,000 grant from Press Forward. Over the next three years, the station will build out a regional news contributors network called the High Plains Civic Media Network for the rural communities it serves across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, eastern Colorado, western Kansas, and far southwest Nebraska."
"The rescission hits rural stations like HPPR especially hard because they rely heavily on funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). For High Plains, the funding cuts combined with the loss of the CPB's core shared services (like music rights and the satellite system) amount to "about $550,000 in lost money over two years, which is around 15% of the budget," Hope said."
On June 13, High Plains Public Radio received a $750,000 grant from Press Forward. The station will build the High Plains Civic Media Network over three years to serve rural communities across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, eastern Colorado, western Kansas, and southwest Nebraska. The grant arrived one day after Congress voted to cut public media funding by $1.1 billion, a rescission later approved and signed into law. HPPR's coverage spans nearly 90 counties and 332 communities with a CAP density of about nine people per square mile, including 248 communities under 1,000 residents. The CPB cuts and loss of core shared services equal roughly $550,000 over two years, about 15% of the budget, removing critical backbone support and creating a major funding gap.
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