A vote has ruled in favor of closing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), per reports.

Corporation For Public Broadcasting

The CPB was established by Congress through the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 to help fund PBS, NPR, and more than 1,000 public television and radio stations with the overarching goal of informing and empowering the public, according to information on the organization’s website.

CPB reported that in the 2025 fiscal year, it supported 386 radio grantees and 158 television grantees, 244 of which were described as “rural.” Furthermore, CPB shared that it directed more than 70% of its federal funding to local public media stations, with 5% allocated towards operations.

Republicans Claims Against CPB

As The Guardian reports, Trump and Republicans have long argued that CPB was biased. In April 2025, Trump drafted a memo to Congress, stating that NPR and PBS “spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news,'” per the outlet.

Slashing funding for the CPB was listed in Project 2025, and since Trump took office, $1.1 billion in funding has been cut from the nonprofit’s federal funding pool, notes The Guardian.

CPB’s Vote Explained

As a result of “sustained political attacks” and loss of federal funding, the CPB’s Board of Directors voted on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, to dissolve the organization, a news release mentions.

In the release, CPB CEO and President Patricia Harrison noted that the decision was affirmed by the realization that CPB would not be able to serve the public interest without proper funding.

“Our Board faced a profound responsibility: CPB’s final act would be to protect the integrity of the public media system and the democratic values by dissolving, rather than allowing the organization to remain defunded and vulnerable to additional attacks,” Harrison wrote in the release.

Ruby Calvert, chair of CPB’s board of directors, still maintains a sense of optimism for the future in the midst of today’s increasingly polarized political landscape.

“Even in this moment, I am convinced that public media will survive, and that a new Congress will address public media’s role in our country because it is critical to our children’s education, our history, culture, and democracy to do so,” Calvert expressed.

As the CPB shuts down, it will still disperse its remaining funds in accordance with Congress, states the news release.