# Corporation for Public Broadcasting **CPB** — the federally chartered private nonprofit created by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 to distribute federal funding to public media. CPB does not produce content; it passes grants to more than 1,500 local public radio and television stations, the backbone of the NPR and PBS systems, with rural and small-market stations the most federally dependent. CPB was a long-standing conservative target as alleged "liberal media" subsidized by taxpayers. The [[Rescissions Act of 2025]] **canceled ~$1.1B in advance CPB appropriations** (FY2026–FY2027), and CPB announced it would **wind down operations** within weeks — the first time the federal public-broadcasting funding structure was effectively eliminated. *Stub — expand with the 1967 founding, the recurring defunding fights, and the 2025 shutdown's effect on local stations.* ## Related - [[Rescissions Act of 2025]] · [[DOGE]] · [[Budget Hub]]