(5 May 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colchester, Vermont – 5 May 2025
1. Wide shot of Vermont Public Radio building entrance
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Vijay Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Vermont Public:
"Vermont Public is a public media company. So we provide NPR and PBS to the state of Vermont and we have a local newsroom and local content."
3. Close up of Vermont Public radio station entrance
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Vijay Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Vermont Public:
"The network effect of the local-national partnership, all of these things are part of the beauty of public media. Really public media is about connection."
5. Mid shot of Vijay Singh working at a computer
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Vijay Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Vermont Public:
"In America we spend a very small amount on our public media system. So the idea is really that we’re underfunded. So the idea of taking away any of the very small amount of federal funding we get will certainly harm our ability to make democracy in America healthier."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Orleans – 5 May 2025
7. Close up of a car radio tuned to NPR
8. Mid shot of an Paul Maassen reviewing documents
9. Mid of Paul Maassen stepping into studio
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Maassen, General Manager, WWNO:
"There’s a lot of communities across the country where public radio and public TV, a lot of that is the only real access that they have to this kind of information, to free information and especially in rural areas and smaller communities it makes a huge difference ."
11. Close up of an "ON AIR" sign
12. Close up of station sign
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Maassen, General Manager, WWNO:
"What happens when the power goes out for long periods of time? The infrastructure goes away. It’s cell phone service, it’s internet service. All the stuff goes down eventually when the power is out for for multiple days and what happens is radio becomes the backbone, becomes the backup to the backup. People can listen to radio when the power is out. It’s hard to watch TV when you don’t have power in your house. For us to continue to provide information during that time costs money, requires infrastructure, requires investment over the course of years. That’s where the Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds help us to be able to be prepared for something like that."
14. Close up of a microphone symbolizing the focus on US Trump Public Radio coverage
15. Close up of audio mixing console in a public radio studio
16. Close up of a certification plaque from the University of New Orleans, highlighting its affiliation with National Public Radio
STORYLINE:
After Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville, North Carolina, the sound coming from open car windows as residents gathered on a street at the top of a ridge trying to get cell service last fall was Blue Ridge Public Radio.
And as they stood in line for water or food, the latest news they had heard on the station was a frequent topic of conversation.
Now, public radio stations are being targeted for cuts by President Donald Trump, who this week signed an executive order aimed at slashing public subsidies to NPR and PBS, alleging “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.
"In rural areas and smaller communities it makes a huge difference" says NPR affiliate WWNO General Manager Paul Maassen.
New Orleans isn’t necessarily rural, but the value for having public radio is vital for the area as locals depend on their NPR affiliate to provide weather updates during storms.
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