Correction: A previous version of this article gave incorrect names of the fired CPB board members. They are Laura Ross, Diane Kaplan and Thomas Rothman. A federal judge on Sunday declined to block… ...

However, removing them is a whole other matter. In the CPB’s view, the lone way Congress may remove a board member is if they fail to attend at least half of CPB board meetings in any calendar year.

But CPB CEO Patricia Harrison has taken steps to affirm that Ross, Rothman and Kaplan will continue to be directors on its board, according to a CPB news release. Harrison has signed a document ...

CPB’s Harrison stressed that “without federal funding, many local public radio and television stations will be forced to shut down. Parents will have fewer high quality learning resources available ...

CPB is a nonprofit private organization established by Congress in 1967. It helps fund PBS and National Public Radio as well as individual programs, including the NewsHour.

He became the creative director five years later, a partner in 1997, and co-chairman in 2008. In 2010, Adweek named him creative director of the decade.

The CPB is distinct from NPR and PBS and does not produce programming or own, operate or manage any public media stations. Today, CPB-funded public media reaches nearly 99% of the U.S. population.