HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The Alabama Educational Television Commission met at the Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville Tuesday, discussing routine agenda items before 24 people signed up to make public comments about a nearly year-old decision.
A majority of those speakers turned the clocks back to October 1, 2025, when the commission voted to disaffiliate Huntsville radio station WLRH from National Public Radio. The commission’s decision came after the Trump Administration removed the public broadcaster’s federal funding.
Speakers touched on a wide range of opinions Tuesday, from their frustration over the break-up, future fears about APT ending its deal with PBS and some support for the commission’s efforts…