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EIU announces end of TV station’s affiliation with PBS

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WCIA) — Eastern Illinois University has announced that it is ending its affiliation with PBS this fall amidst funding cuts to the broadcaster’s chief funder. Josh Reinhart, EIU’s ...
Journal Gazette and Times Courier

WEIU-TV to end its PBS affiliation due to federal funding cuts, no job cuts planned

CHARLESTON — Eastern Illinois University has announced it will end its affiliation with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) effective Oct. 1. EIU reported in a news release that this "difficult ...
Yahoo

EIU leaders warn staff of potential funding cuts

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WCIA) — Some faculty members at Eastern Illinois University are worried their programs could be on the chopping block. Staff members received an email from Jay Gatrell, EIU’s ...
Current

WEIU will end PBS affiliation as it weathers federal funding cuts

The university licensee of WEIU-TV in Charleston, Ill., announced Tuesday that the station will end its PBS affiliation Oct. 1 due to federal funding cuts to public media. WEIU-TV received about ...
WAND

Public broadcasting cuts to hit local PBS stations

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WAND) - Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a package of spending cuts that included over $1 billion in cuts for public broadcasting. The PBS station in ...