By Tom LatekKentucky Today
Kentucky Educational Television (KET), the Lexington-based statewide public broadcasting network, has announced staff layoffs, due to the loss of federal funding they have been receiving through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
To help address the budget shortfall resulting from the elimination of federal funding for public broadcasting, KET said they regretted having to announce the reduction of 22 percent of its staff through the elimination of 36 positions…