
Article in Indian Country Today by Lyric Aquino, 8/8/25
Headline: Tribal radio stations hit hard by federal broadcasting cuts”
Subhead: “KWSO in Warm Springs is set to lose 40 percent of its budget, while other rural tribal stations across the U.S., which play essential roles in disseminating information such as emergency alerts and natural disaster updates, are facing similarly large shortfalls”
“More than $1 billion in cuts to previously allocated federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has left the fate of 59 tribal radio stations nationwide in question, including in the Pacific Northwest.
“Station managers note the integral role that tribal radio plays in the communities they serve, which are often rural, including delivering essential information such as emergency alerts during natural
disasters. . .”
Read the full article at:
https://ictnews.org/news/tribal-radio-stations-hit-hard-by-federal-broadcasting-cuts/


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