--- title: Trump Budget: CPB Calls Funding Elimination 'Devastating' description: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says the proposed budget cuts would ultimately destroy the role of public media in American life canonical: https://time.com/4703652/trump-budget-corporation-for-public-broadcasting/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-16T15:59:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:52:51.150Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Organization Behind PBS and NPR Calls Trump’s Proposed Cuts ‘Devastating' og:description: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting supports nearly 1,500 radio and television stations og:url: https://time.com/4703652/trump-budget-corporation-for-public-broadcasting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0e74829a6f4feb9/6988bea57cdbac6677d57809/trump-budget-cpb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Government Publishing Office Releases Trump's Budget Blueprint For FY2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Organization Behind PBS and NPR Calls Trump’s Proposed Cuts ‘Devastating' twitter:description: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting supports nearly 1,500 radio and television stations twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0e74829a6f4feb9/6988bea57cdbac6677d57809/trump-budget-cpb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Organization Behind PBS and NPR Calls Trump’s Proposed Cuts ‘Devastating'  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Mar 16, 2017 3:59 PM UTC  Copies of President Trump's overview of budget priorities are on display at the Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Office of Management and Budget, on March 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. Copies of President Trump's overview of budget priorities are on display at the Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Office of Management and Budget, on March 16, 2017 in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Mar 16, 2017 3:59 PM UTC [President Trump’s](http://time.com/4703390/president-trumps-words-hurt-his-travel-ban/) proposed plan to [eliminate funding](http://time.com/money/4703456/trump-budget-meals-on-wheels/) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from the federal budget would “initially devastate and ultimately destroy” the role of public media in [American life,](http://time.com/4659390/howe-strauss-steve-bannon/) the organization’s president said Thursday. “There is no viable substitute for federal funding that ensures Americans have universal access to public media’s educational and informational programming and services,” CPB President Patricia Harrison said [in a statement. ](http://www.cpb.org/pressroom/statement-cpb-president%E2%80%99s-budget-proposal-eliminating-funding-public-media) Harrison called public media a “vital investment,” saying it has a role in everything from early childhood education to sparking civil discourse and informing the country. > [](https://twitter.com/CPBmedia/status/842335437490274304) The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was created in 1967 under Lyndon B. 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