Las Vegas Sun, March 17, 2008

Federal funding for public television and radio would be cut in half in 2009 and 2010 under a budget proposal President Bush issued last month.

The sweeping cuts would slash $200 million from the $400 million Congress has allocated for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 2009 and cut $220 million from the $420 million Congress planned to allocate in 2010.

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