Federal funds, distributed through CPB grants to local stations, provide critical seed money and basic operating support. CPB, in addition to direct payment to public media stations, pays for the system's technical backbone, copyright and other fees, and makes major investments in national content from which all stations and the families they serve benefit.
Specifically, the annual federal investment in public media assures universal access to public media's educational programming and public services for all Americans, as mandated by the Public Broadcasting Act of By law CPB is prohibited from producing or broadcasting programming.
The President of the United States appoints each board member, who, after confirmation by the U. Senate, serves a six-year term. The board, in turn, appoints the president and chief executive officer, who then names the other corporate officers. Individual contributions are the largest source of revenue for public media entities, which primarily come through membership donations to local stations.
CPB also supports local public media stations. In fact, by law, 95 percent of CPB's appropriation from the federal government goes to support local television and radio stations, programming, and improvements to the public broadcasting system. Other sources of funding include state and local governments and educational institutions, philanthropic foundations and other non-profit organizations, private businesses, and private colleges and universities. CPB does not produce or broadcast programs.
CPB awards grants to a variety of producers to create programs that air on public media stations. Public media stations are operated by a variety of licensees including non-profit community organizations, public and private colleges and universities, local school districts and state governments.
By law CPB does not own, operate or control any broadcast stations. More than 1, locally owned and operated public media stations receive support from CPB. You can find your station here. Contact your local station to find out when a program is scheduled to air. Many programs are also available to view or listen to online at your convenience.
There are many ways to get programs on the air. CPB invests limited funds in the production of innovative, diverse content that aligns with CPB's mission—to provide universal access to high-quality educational programming, especially to underserved audiences.
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Mahala Maharan selects saplings to be sent for planting. The nursery can select and deliver some 1, saplings a day to the reforestation teams. Before planting, the team clears the plot of grasses, bushes and ferns, which grow taller than the women in the tropical humidity.
Azrimah carries tree saplings in a basket from the boat to the planting site. On a day reserved for planting, she and her team plant about trees. Jong digs holes for her colleagues to plant the tree saplings. Over the months, when I see that the trees which I planted have grown big, that makes me really happy, It's the sweetest thing," said Jong.
Masrita Takshi plants a tropical almond tree Terminalia Catappa on a plot that was donated by an oil palm plantation to make a forest corridor connecting two protected rainforests.
Over the years, the tree - whose fruits are popular with wildlife - will grow taller than the oil palms.
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