Tag: PBS

Members of the Alabama Educational Television Commission voted on Tuesday by a 4-3 margin to conduct a survey of Alabamians’ opinions of Alabama Public Television and PBS.

Strong, who previously filed legislation to prohibit federal funding for NPR, criticized Moss as an "Obama-appointed judge" and called the news source a "mouthpiece for the Democratic Party."

Arkansas became the first state in the nation to drop PBS programming recently.

With a TV schedule brimming with NPR and PBS programming, Alabama Public Television will be making cuts and attempting to make more Alabama-focused shows in light of the White House's funding cuts to the two media giants accused by President Donald Trump and others of pushing a biased agenda.

In an interview with Newsmax's "Sunday Agenda," U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) applauded the funding cuts to public broadcasting after President Donald Trump signed the rescissions package into law.

Friday on Fox News Channel's "The Ingraham Angle," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) discussed the funding cuts to public broadcasting enacted after President Donald Trump signed the rescissions package into law.

Alabama Public Television will lose about $3 million annually if a rescissions package is approved by the Senate next week, according to one APT executive. 

By Craig Monger A  documentary about the life, challenges, and accomplishments of Alabama's own Helen Keller will premiere Tuesday...