Public radio and television stations in rural areas may be hit the hardest after Congress clawed back $1 billion for public broadcasting.
High Plains Public Radio, which broadcasts in western Kansas, lost 15% of its operating costs, according to executive director Quentin Hope. And in southern Missouri, general manager Rachel Knight says Ozarks Public Radio has lost 10% of its budget and Ozarks Public Television has lost one-third of its budget.
Hope and Knight sat down with Up To Date host Steve Kraske to discuss the impacts of the rescission on their rural stations.
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