DUE TO FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS…….EFFECTIVE TODAY (WED)….WKU PUBLIC MEDIA REDUCED THEIR STAFF BY A THIRD….ELIMINATING SIX FULL-TIME AND TWO
PART-TIME POSITIONS….
THE RECENT ELIMINATION OF FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC MEDIA…..THROUGH THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING….HAS CREATED A SIGNIFICANT
FUNDING DEFICIT…..AS WKU-PUBLIC MEDIA IS LOSING ONE-POINT-TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERALFUNDS…..
WKU-PUBLIC MEDIA OVERSEES……WKU PUBLIC RADIO, WKU PBS, THE HILLTOPPER SPORTS SATELLITE NETWORK AND WKU’s TWO CATV SYSTEMS……