(17 Jul 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jackson, Mississippi – 17 July 2025
1. Mississippi Public Broadcasting sign
2. Man sitting in control room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Royal Aills, Mississippi Public Broadcasting executive director:
"The vote that will happen today, if they take that funding away from us on the national level, will affect us with $2 million in cash—about 14 – 15% of our operating budget. That will affect NPR and PBS."
4. TV monitor
5. Children’s show puppets
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Royal Aills, Mississippi Public Broadcasting executive director:
"Well, there is content that we can’t bring back, and that’s PBS Kids."
7. Kids TV show plays in lobby
8. Children’s show puppet
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Royal Aills, Mississippi Public Broadcasting executive director:
"I know what PBS means to the home, especially those folks who don’t have cable or satellite, fiber hasn’t come to their home yet, it’s still sitting on the pole down by the road and hasn’t gotten that last mile. They need us."
10. Man stands in front of cameras
11. Man watches TV monitors
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Taiwo Gaynor, Mississippi Public Broadcasting chief content officer:
"This is important for families – to have access to content that they don’t have to pay for, that they’re getting something out of."
13. Man watches screens in control room
14. ON AIR sign
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Taiwo Gaynor, Mississippi Public Broadcasting chief content officer:
"And so that is a sad thought to think that we won’t be able to provide that, we might not be able to provide that for a generation of children. And that’s a real thing. I mean, this funding affects that."
16. Picture of the family of Taiwo Gaynor, Mississippi Public Broadcasting chief content officer
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Taiwo Gaynor, Mississippi Public Broadcasting chief content officer:
"Yeah, I have, I have two very young sons."
18. Sign reading "Mississippi is our mission"
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Taiwo Gaynor, Mississippi Public Broadcasting chief content officer:
"They grew up watching Mississippi Public Broadcasting, and they watched ‘Daniel Tiger’, and they watched, you know, ‘Caillou’"
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20. WFYI sign
21. Broadcasting tower
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jackson, Mississippi – 17 July 2025
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Taiwo Gaynor, Mississippi Public Broadcasting chief content officer:
"And it’s not just Mississippi Public Broadcasting that does this. A lot of PBS and public television stations provide this same service, and so the thought that this funding does affect content, it also affects services. There are some stations that won’t be able to survive this."
23. Mississippi Public Broadcasting sign
STORYLINE:
Mississippi families may lose access to their favorite PBS Kids shows if Congress follows through on President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $1.1 billion for public broadcasting.
Royal Aills, the executive director of Mississippi Public Broadcasting, said the cuts would result in a $2 million loss for MPB, which represents approximately 15% of the organization’s budget.
"That will affect NPR and PBS," Aills said. "I know what PBS means to the home, especially those folks who don’t have cable or satellite, fiber hasn’t come to their home yet, it’s still sitting on the pole down by the road and hasn’t gotten that last mile. They need us."
MPB broadcasts a 24-7 kids channel that streams on digital platforms. MPB’s Chief Content Officer Taiwo Gaynor said they won’t be able to continue that channel if the cuts pass.
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