Congress has approved the Rescission package that eliminates funding for public media. This means a near-immediate loss of around $150,000 dollars to KCCK, with other costs to come as services provided to us by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) are wound down. This represents around 20% of our budget.
While this is not the outcome we had hoped for, we are grateful and proud of our community for your calls and emails to our representatives and messages of support to us through this trying time. You showed politicians the strength and passion of our community. While we can no longer count on any federal support, I am confident that this community will continue to sustain KCCK.
This transition won’t come without pain. We will have to make cuts, so it’s likely that some things you are used to hearing on the station will not continue. But local producers, live shows, and education programs are the heart of our service, and will be the very last things to be cut. We’re not quitting. In fact, despite this significant challenge, we’re intensifying our commitment to you. We must build a stronger, more resilient, more sustainable KCCK. It’s a model that relies — especially now — on the support of the people who value what we do.
So, we turn to you, our listeners and friends… our family, to help us shape and fund KCCK as we move forward into a new normal. If you would like to help now, click the DONATE button to make a gift or set up a monthly donation. Contact us if you’d like to increase your sustaining gift.
Again, thanks to everyone who fought the good fight and advocated for us and for all of public media. Together, we can keep KCCK strong and make sure that despite these headwinds, there is a home for local, non-profit, community media now and in the future.