(WAND) - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, funder of NPR and PBS, announced Friday that it will begin an "orderly wind-down" of its operations after Congress cut its funding.
The CPB said in an Aug. 1 press release that the majority of its staff positions will end with the close of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. There will also be a small transition team that will remain through January 2026.
The organization did not say how many employees will be laid off.
The news comes a few weeks after Congress passed a package of spending cuts, which included cancelling $1.1 billion in funding for the CPB.
CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison said that the organization "remains committed" to supporting its partners throughout the transition.
“Public media has been one of the most trusted institutions in American life, providing educational opportunity, emergency alerts, civil discourse, and cultural connection to every corner of the country. We are deeply grateful to our partners across the system for their resilience, leadership, and unwavering dedication to serving the American people,” Harrison said in the release.
CPB was authorized by Congress in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, providing support to more than 1,500 locally owned public radio and television stations nationwide.
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