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Public broadcasters warn deep state funding cut would end local programming, strain emergency-alert capability
Summary
Leaders of South Dakota Public Broadcasting and its fundraising arm told the Joint Appropriations Committee that a $3.6 million proposed cut to state general-fund support would force elimination of most local programming, reduce staff from about 76 to 26 FTEs and imperil the state’s emergency alert infrastructure.
Officials and board members of South Dakota Public Broadcasting and the Friends of SDPB told the Joint Appropriations Committee that a proposed cut of roughly $3.6 million in state general funds would dramatically reshape public broadcasting across the state.
Ryan Hall, CEO of Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting, told the committee the network is a long-standing public-private partnership that produces hundreds of hours of local television and radio and manages SD.net, the state’s public legislative streaming and archive platform. Hall said the network covers about 98% of the state’s geography and provides emergency-alert, legislative streaming and local programming services that local commercial broadcasters and streaming services do…
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