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Wyoming Public Television seeks state help after loss of federal CPB funds, requests $3.6M for tower modernization
Summary
Wyoming Public Television asked the Joint Appropriations Committee for level base funding and two exception requests — an ongoing operations replacement for lost CPB funds and a $3.6 million one‑time modernization of tower and broadcast infrastructure used for statewide emergency alerts. CEO Joanna Kale emphasized WPTV’s role in emergency alert distribution and legislative livestreaming.
Joanna Kale, chief executive officer of Wyoming Public Television, told the Joint Appropriations Committee that the station has suffered a substantial, permanent loss of federal Corporation for Public Broadcasting support and urged the legislature to consider both ongoing and one‑time help to preserve operations and public safety infrastructure.
Kale said WPTV’s core state funding is approximately $3.3 million and that roughly 90 percent of that amount supports salaries and benefits for the station’s Wyoming‑based workforce and towers that relay emergency alerts. She told lawmakers that CPB funding, historically…
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