PBS and NPR’s Last-Ditch Fight to Save Funding

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As a vote to cut more than $500 million per year in federal funding nears, stations are making their pitches to lawmakers, listeners and “Viewers Like You.”

When Americans took off the Fourth of July holiday to celebrate the country’s independence from the British, Paula Kerger, the chief executive of PBS, was busy fighting her own political battle.

As a deadline was fast approaching for Congress to decide whether to strip more than $500 million a year from public media, Ms. Kerger was promoting a campaign to save that funding, featuring celebrities like Bill Nye, Kerry Washington and Reba McEntire.

“We were really taking advantage of this moment, when people were talking about our country, to be part of that dialogue because that is what PBS is,” Ms. Kerger said. “We are very much a part of the fabric of America.”

Congress is expected to vote on that proposal, known as a rescission

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