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OPB tells Ways and Means panel state funding helps maintain emergency broadcast network and statewide journalism
Summary
OPB President and CEO Rachel Smolkin described OPB’s role as a primary entry point for the emergency alert system and urged continued DAS funding of $500,000 per biennium to sustain statewide readiness and journalism.
Rachel Smolkin, president and CEO of Oregon Public Broadcasting, told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on General Government that state funding is critical to maintaining OPB’s role in the emergency alert system and to supporting its statewide journalism.
Smolkin, who said she has led OPB since September, described OPB as a member-supported public broadcaster with 17 full-service radio stations, five full-service television stations and additional translators and digital services that together reach audiences across all Oregon…
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