Northwest Public Broadcasting will make programming cuts after losing $2 million annually because of federal reductions in public media under the Rescissions Act of 2025.

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) – A local public broadcasting station says there’s still time to save a third of its budget from federal cuts. President Donald Trump signed a bill into law that takes back $900 billion previously approved federal dollars from the corporation for public broadcasting.

I don’t think it’s realistic to raise an additional $2.2 million on 75 days’ notice,” said Ryan Howlett, CEO of Friends of SDPB, a nonprofit that raises money for SDPB.

They said July 18 was the single largest day of listener donations in the history of both stations. The fundraiser came after the Trump administration cut funding to public broadcasting across the country.