Rick Scott Zeroes Out Florida's Pubcasting Funding
Florida Governor Rick Scott yesterday zeroed out funding for Florida’s 26 public radio and TV stations, cutting $4.7 million out of those stations’ budgets.
The Florida legislature had already proposed cutting pubcasting funding by 30 percent, reported the St. Pete Times’s media columnist Eric Deggans.
But Scott’s vetoes turned the 30% cut into a 100% cut, ending 35 years of public broadcasting in the state.
It’s devastating,”Laura Fage, a spokeswoman for WEDU, told Deggans. WEDU stands to lose about 5 percent of its $8 million budget.
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