After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses
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- A conservative group, the Center for American Rights (CAR), urged the FCC to revoke licenses from NPR and PBS stations and reassign their spectrum.
- The request follows the shutdown of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) after Congress approved President Trump's funding cut.
- CAR suggested the FCC should evaluate whether NPR and PBS stations are fulfilling public-interest obligations given the loss of federal funding.
- Republicans voted to eliminate CPB funding, drawing criticism from Democrats who called the move harmful to public programming.