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  • After federal funding was clawed back, New York Public Radio launched the Station-to-Station Programming Project to help at-risk public radio stations nationwide. By making a bundle of our national programs available free of charge, we’re helping stations redirect limited resources to the local reporting only they can deliver. 
  • As of spring 2026, 220 stations in 32 states across the system are receiving relief through the Station-to-Station Programming Project, representing 38% of the stations in WNYC’s distribution network and approximately 30% of news and talk stations in the NPR system. Based on the current landscape of public media funding, and the feedback we’ve received about this project from participating stations, we expect that the need for this program will continue and increase.
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The White House signed the package into law on July 24, 2025, clawing back already approved funding for fiscal years 2025 and 2026. At the beginning of 2026, the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted to end its operations. Patricia Harrison, president and CEO at the time, said in a statement that “the CPB’s final act would be to protect the integrity of the public media system and the democratic values by dissolving rather than allowing the organization to remain defunded and vulnerable to additional attacks.” 

For New York Public Radio, this means an ongoing funding gap of $3 million per year—money we have historically relied upon to help us deliver trusted journalism and cultural programming.

• April 2026 update
  In March of 2026, a federal judge ruled that the 2025 executive order defunding public media violated the First Amendment. While this ruling represented a positive development for free speech rights, it does not restore our funding now or in the foreseeable future. 
  
  The Corporation for Public Broadcasting remains shuttered, and our station and other public media outlets across the country must continue to operate without the $1.1 billion of federal funding, including nearly $3 million for New York Public Radio, that was clawed back by Congress. 
  
  That means your generosity remains crucial to helping NYPR serve as a vital civic and cultural resource for New York City and beyond. 
  
  
• January 2026 update
  On January 5, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a fiscal year 2026 funding package that included targeted support for two specific public media-related programs, but did not restore broader funding for local stations. The package provided $31 million for the Ready To Learn education program and $48 million for the Next Generation Warning System, which helps public media outlets provide important public safety and education services in communities throughout the country.

New York Public Radio is home to the largest public radio station group in the country (WNYC, WQXR, and New Jersey Public Radio), as well as local NYC news site Gothamist, pioneering podcast producer WNYC Studios, and event venue The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space. Together, these mission-driven entities form an essential community asset that provides incomparable service in New York and New Jersey, and nationwide:

• New York Public Radio’s broadcast signals reach the five boroughs of New York City, the surrounding New York suburbs, and approximately 75% of the New Jersey population. Our content is also available online to those across the country.
  
• WNYC is the nation’s #1 public radio station, and home to one of the most diverse legacy newsrooms in the country.
  
• WNYC is the only Emergency Alert System on the FM dial in NYC—producing vital and even life-saving updates in times of crisis, from 9/11 to Hurricane Sandy to recent events like the earthquake in 2024 and the wildfire smoke crisis in 2023.
  
• WNYC’s first-of-its-kind local daily news podcast NYC NOW provides on-demand local news in NYC.
  
• On his daily call-in show, Brian Lehrer serves as the town square of New York City, bringing listeners, thinkers, experts, and lawmakers together in direct conversation.
  
• A CPB grant allowed us to bring on a new Capitol reporter as part of the New York Public News Collaborative, through which our statehouse reporting from Albany is shared with public media outlets all across the state.  
  
• On-air for almost 90 years, WQXR is the city’s only all-classical radio station, and the most accessible platform for audiences to experience the joy of classical music. 
  
• WQXR broadcasts live concerts from Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and other iconic music and cultural institutions, vastly expanding their reach and opening their doors to those for whom a concert ticket may be out of reach.
  
• WNYC Studios is home to beloved industry-leading podcasts and national radio shows, including Radiolab, The New Yorker Radio Hour, On The Media, and more. Our shows are standard-bearers for audio journalism and storytelling, from the in-depth investigations, to the engaging cultural programming, to the free online learning materials produced alongside kids’ science show Terrestrials and used by educators nationwide.
  
• New York Public Radio as an organization, and the hundreds of people who make it up, strive to be engaged participants in our city’s community through initiatives like our volunteering event with meal organization God’s Love We Deliver, organized by our Women’s Employee Resource Group, and our “Behind the Mic” event inviting local girl scout troops to learn about careers in media. 
  
• After federal funding was clawed back, New York Public Radio launched the Station-to-Station Programming Project to help at-risk public radio stations nationwide by making a bundle of our national programs available free of charge. As of spring 2026, 220 stations in 32 states across the system are receiving relief through the Station-to-Station Programming Project, representing 38% of the stations in WNYC’s distribution network and approximately 30% of news and talk stations in the NPR system.