NEW FUNDS GO TO PUBLIC TV, RADIO : PUBLIC TV, RADIO GET NEW FUNDING
“Friday the 13th isn’t all bad,” Peter Fannon quipped Friday after President Reagan had signed the second bill in 24 hours that provided money to the nation’s noncommercial radio and television stations.
Fannon, president of the National Assn. of Public Television Stations, reported that Reagan had signed legislation Friday providing $24 million in matching grants for noncommercial stations to repair, replace and upgrade their equipment and facilities.
The night before, Fannon said, Reagan had given his approval to an appropriations bill that will channel $214 in federal funds to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in fiscal year 1988--a $14 million increase over what has been appropriated for 1987 and $54.5 million more than what CPB was given for the current year.
Fannon said both measures constituted “good news” for public broadcasting because the Reagan Administration has sought in the past to reduce the federal allocation to CPB and has tried to eliminate the facilities appropriation altogether.
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