Public Broadcasting may be short one more network next year—in New Jersey. NJ PBS is expected to close down in roughly nine months, largely because of the Trump administration’s funding cuts, and the ...
WNET, the parent company of NJ PBS, was unable to reach a deal with the state broadcasting authority due to cuts in funding.
WNET Group, which runs local broadcasting channel NJ PBS and the media outlet NJ Spotlight News, will not sign a new contract with the state.
Across the river from Philadelphia, a second public media TV station will go dark after Republicans and President Donald Trump’s administration stripped federal funding from NPR and PBS. New Jersey ...
Federal and state funding cuts meant that WNET was unable to reach an agreement to continue managing the operation after June ...
After its closure, the channel’s nightly news show, “NJ Spotlight News,” will move over to THIRTEEN – the only other PBS station licensed to New Jersey.
After more than a decade of operating New Jersey’s public television network, The WNET Group announced Tuesday that it will ...
WNET ... looks forward to collaborating with New Jersey–based institutions interested in operating a public television ...
NJ PBS is shutting down. For the past 14 years, NJ PBS has been run by WNET, channel 13 in New York, which is licensed by New Jersey.
The announcement of the possible closure comes as federal funding cuts have hurt public broadcasting stations across the ...