Capital Public Radio teetered on the edge of failure when a quiet plan emerged to reshape the NPR affiliate and alter the future of Sacramento’s public media landscape.
The plan was pushed by two organizations: the Capital Public Radio Endowment — a nonprofit operating under Sacramento State meant to financially support CapRadio — and the region’s PBS affiliate KVIE.
Both discreetly strategized a consolidation between CapRadio and TV station KVIE in late 2023 and 2024, in what would be a dramatic shakeup…