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MICHIGAN, July 25, 2025 ~ The future of Detroit public television is uncertain as the federal government under the Trump administration looks to rescind $1.1 billion in funding towards public media.
Detroit PBS television is facing job cuts due to funding cuts passed by the House and awaiting a vote in the Senate, according to Crain’s Detroit Business, putting the journalism, educational children’s programming, music, and cultural content it produces in jeopardy. “The biggest challenge is a sudden rescission, the pullback, of those dollars that had already been committed,” Rich Homberg, president and CEO of Detroit PBS, told WJR. “Mostly, it impacts employees, and when you’re suddenly hit with a loss of funding and where’s the only place you can make moves? That’s the biggest challenge.“
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July 22, 2025 ~ Rich Homberg, president and CEO of Detroit PBS, talks with Chris Renwick, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds about the federal funding cuts to public broadcasting posing significant challenges, and how the Detroit branch will be impacted by these cuts.
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