PBS Charlotte is losing $1.2 million following federal funding cuts and will "continue to operate in the near term," as it assesses the long-term impacts, a spokesperson told The Charlotte Observer. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday it would be shutting down,

Founded in 1967 under the Public Broadcasting Act, CPB was created as a nonpartisan nonprofit to channel federal appropriations to public television and radio stations across the United States, including affiliates of PBS and NPR.

Trump’s successful campaign to strip federal money to NPR and PBS effectively ended the public media middleman.