{"id":4770,"date":"2011-02-14T12:23:06","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T18:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=4770"},"modified":"2011-02-14T12:35:34","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T18:35:34","slug":"a-special-message-about-federal-funding-from-the-presidents-of-npt-and-wpln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2011\/02\/14\/a-special-message-about-federal-funding-from-the-presidents-of-npt-and-wpln\/","title":{"rendered":"A Special Message About Federal Funding from the Presidents of NPT and WPLN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a joint opinion piece in today&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/article\/20110214\/OPINION03\/102140353\/Your-public-TV-radio-risk-Congress?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|p\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> <em>Tennessean<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Beth Curley<\/strong>, president and CEO of\u00a0 Nashville Public Television (NPT) and <strong>Rob Gordon<\/strong>, the president and CEO of WPLN (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wpln.org\">Nashville Public Radio<\/a><\/strong>) make their case for the importance of federal funding for public broadcasting. &#8220;Public broadcasting is America&#8217;s largest classroom,&#8221; they write. &#8220;Both public television and public radio are educational and enlightening cultural vehicles for adults on a lifelong quest to understand events and experience art.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to read this important opinion at the<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/article\/20110214\/OPINION03\/102140353\/Your-public-TV-radio-risk-Congress?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|p\"><em>Tennessean&#8217;s<\/em> website<\/a><\/strong>, and consider sharing it with others. 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