(17 Jul 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jackson, Mississippi – 17 July 2025
1. Mississippi Public Broadcasting sign
++SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOT 1++
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Royal Aills, Mississippi Public Broadcasting executive director:
"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."
3. Kid’s TV show plays in lobby
++SOUNDBITE FULLY COVERED BY SHOT 3 & 5++
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Royal Aills, Mississippi Public Broadcasting executive director:
"There is content that we can’t bring back, and that’s PBS Kids."
5. Children’s show puppets
6. Man sitting in control room
++SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOT 6++
7. 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."
8. TV monitor
++SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOT 8++
9. 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."
10. Picture of the family of Taiwo Gaynor, Mississippi Public Broadcasting chief content officer
++SOUNDBITE FULLY COVERED BY SHOT 10++
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Taiwo Gaynor, Mississippi Public Broadcasting chief content officer:
"Yeah, I have, I have two very young sons."
++SOUNDBITE FULLY COVERED BY SHOTS 10 & 13++
12. 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.’"
13. Children’s show puppet
++SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOT 15++
14. 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."
++SOUNDBITE FULLY COVERED BY SHOTS 16, 17 & 18++
15. 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. There are some stations that won’t be able to survive this."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Indianapolis – 17 July 2025
16. WFYI sign
17. Broadcasting tower
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jackson, Mississippi – 17 July 2025
18. ON AIR 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 14-15% 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."
"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," he said.
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