NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico’s public radio and television stations are bracing for impact with the feds clawing back more than a billion dollars in funding nationally.
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KANW is an NPR-affiliated station in Albuquerque broadcasting across central and northern New Mexico. They’re facing a $240,000 budget cut, but unlike other stations, they said they will be able to keep operating. “The citizens of New Mexico and our listeners all throughout the world, because we have listeners that listen to us streaming, they’ve really stepped up and they’ve really come to the aid of public radio stations,” said Development Director at KANW Heidi Brown.
KANW said the cuts are 29% of their overall budget, helping pay for local news and election coverage, NPR programming, and equipment…