KCUR Admits MAGA Cut Fear

The pledge drive pleading is ramping up for Kansas City Public Radio & TV . . . Meanwhile, we pulled this quote because it offers a peek behind the curtain of progressive local newsies . . . Check-it: 

Preserving KCUR, the local National Public Radio affiliate, just got more difficult . . . KCUR will lose nearly $1 million in federal funding over the next two years if Trump signs the cuts into law as he is expected to do, said Lisa Rodriguez, the station’s interim director of content.

“Despite the fact that we’ve seen this coming and that it’s been signaled by the administration for months, it hurts, and I would be lying if I said that people weren’t scared about what this means for KCUR,” Rodriguez said. 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Will KCUR, KCPT have to reduce programming after Trump-backed federal cuts?

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