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NM Legislature Backfills Some Federal Funding Cuts for Public Media

October 3, 2025

10.3.2025 – After Congress in July, 2025, clawed back more than $1 billion in federal funding for PBS, NPR and public media stations across the country, the New Mexico Legislature has voted to help fund local stations with state dollars. Three public tv stations and 12 public radio stations will share $5.6 million, which amounts to about one of the two years of federal funding they lost. NMiF Correspondent Gwyneth Doland spoke with lawmakers about what their districts’ stations mean to their communities.  

Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland 

Guests: 
State Rep. Martha Garcia, D-Pine Hill 
State Rep. Derrick Lente, D-Sandia Pueblo 
State Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview 
State Rep. Randall Pettigrew, R-Lovington