Public media is struggling under Trump. L.A.’s KCRW may have found the way forward

Amid budget cuts, KCRW has doubled down on community events and the personal connection between host and audience—and more subscribers are showing up.

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It was a textbook addition of insult to injury. When President Trump signed an executive order last May taking federal funds away from public broadcasters, he dubbed the document: “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media.” Apparently, the financial lifeblood of public radio and TV wasn’t merely wasteful; it was wasteful because of its recipients’........

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