NPR sues to block CPB $57.9M satellite grant
National Public Radio asked a federal judge on Sept. 27, 2025 to block the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from awarding a $57.9 million, five‑year contract to a new consortium (Public Media Infrastructure) to run the satellite distribution system that connects U.S. public radio stations. NPR alleges CPB reversed an earlier decision to award NPR multiyear funding for the service; the dispute comes as congressional Republicans and a White House order have stripped CPB of previously approved federal subsidies for public media.
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NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting clash as federal funding declines
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- NPR filed court papers Sept. 27 asking a federal judge to block CPB's $57.9 million award to Public Media Infrastructure (PMI).
- PMI members named include New York Public Radio, PRX, American Public Media, Station Resource Group and the National Federation of Community Broadcasters.
- NPR says CPB previously told it in April it would receive more than $30 million to operate the satellite service, but CPB reversed course; federal funding for public broadcasting is being cut starting with the new fiscal year.