Five minutes into a national news program airing Friday afternoon on KEDM, a public radio station in Monroe, a familiar voice spoke up.
“Federal funding for public radio was just eliminated by an act of Congress,” Jay Curtis, the station’s general manager, told listeners as part of a request for support. “But one thing will always be true: You have the power to make a big difference right now.”
Public radio and television stations across the U.S. were grappling with news of dramatic cuts in funding on Friday after Congress passed the so-called rescission package that slashes $9 billion from a host of federal programs…