Washington, D.C. (December 12, 2025) — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) today announced a $1 million grant to WAMU 88.5 American University Radio (Washington D.C.) in support of 1A, the daily, two-hour news and public affairs program heard nationally.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 3, 2020) -- The Executive Compensation Committee of the CPB Board of Directors will meet telephonically on Tuesday, November 10 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET. On the draft agenda:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 21, 2020) -- The CPB Board of Directors will hold a special telephonic meeting on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, from 2 – 4 pm Eastern Time. On the draft agenda:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 20, 2020) -- The Audit and Finance Committee of the CPB Board of Directors will meet telephonically on Monday, October 26, from 1 – 2:30 pm ET. On the draft agenda:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 14, 2020) – The Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the steward of the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting, unanimously re-elected Bruce Ramer as chair and elected Laura Gore Ross as vice chair. They will serve one-year terms.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 8, 2020) – Patricia de Stacy Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), was awarded the Italian honor of “Cavaliere” of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, the highest-ranking honor of the Italian Republic. Armando Varricchio, Ambassador of Italy to the United States, presented the honor to Harrison October 7 at Villa Firenze, the Ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 7, 2020) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS have received a Ready To Learn grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The grant will provide $24,322,018 in year one of a five-year cycle* to fund CPB and PBS’ comprehensive multi-media learning and station engagement initiative, which will connect children’s media and learning environments to build key skills for success.
WASHINGTON, D.C (October 2, 2020) --The CPB Board of Directors will hold its annual meeting virtually on Tuesday, October 13 from 2:00 – 4:55 pm ET and Wednesday, October 14 from 2:00 – 4:30 pm ET. On the draft agenda:
October 4, 2020 (WASHINGTON, DC) -- PBS, the nonprofit member organization and public media program distributor, is celebrating its 50th anniversary today. PBS, with 330 member stations serving all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and American Samoa, provides more than 1,200 hours a year of children's, primetime, educational, and cultural programming.
WASHINGTON, D.C (September 22, 2020) -- The Audit and Finance Committee of the CPB Board of Directors will meet telephonically on Wednesday, September 30 from 1:00 – 1:35 pm ET. On the draft agenda:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 21, 2020) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced that Chief Content Officer Maja Mrkoci is resigning on October 2 to ensure the well-being and success of her two middle school children due to the pandemic and online school environment, as well as to plan for the next phase in her career.