La Classical Station Kusc Slashs their employees after federal financing discounts on the general radio
The classic music station in Los Angeles (91.5) delivered employees after the Republicans cut federal funding from the Public Broadcasting Company.
James A. Mohamed, California, the classic president of California, the entity that runs the non -profit Kusc and his sister’s station, KDFC in San Francisco, reduced the workforce in a memorandum sent on Thursday to its listeners.
“Despite our best effort, the fact is that the classic California witnessed a reduction of $ 1.1 million to support the Public Broadcasting Corporation,” Mohamed wrote. “This, along with other effects, requires us to make difficult decisions via Kusc-FM and KDFC-FM.”
Classic California actor did not answer questions about the number of employees. A person who was briefed on this step, which was not permitted to publicly comment, said he was eight positions, including administration managers, based in Los Angeles.
None of the broadcasters at the two stations were included in the cuts.
Classic California is among the many public media that are scrambling to fill the budget gaps caused by Trump’s decision of the White House and Republican Congress to support $ 1.1 billion of federal funds allocated to the company for public broadcasting.
The non -profit entity managed the money of radio and public television stations, most of them from NPR and PBS companies.
Conservatives and Libertaris have long called on the end of public funds that support media organizations, especially those they consider to be political tendencies. Trump described NPR and the government -funded PBS.
The Public Radio Company has also been a vital source of cultural programming and fine arts, which often fights to preserve itself in the commercial media market.
Kusc and KDFC, owned and managed by South California University, plays classic music 24 hours a day and not a NPR. They are the most classic radio stations in the United States
Muhammad’s memo for the listeners included a call to contributions to compensate for the shortage of discounts.
“We are still committed to continuing to be your home for classic music,” said Muhammad. “As a listener station, we need your support for KUSC and KDFC, now more than ever.”