{"id":9017,"date":"2016-06-22T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=9017"},"modified":"2016-06-22T07:47:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T12:47:18","slug":"cpb-board-in-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2016\/06\/22\/cpb-board-in-nashville\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board Meets in Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CPB_bug_logo\"<\/a>The Corporation for Public Broadcasting\u2019s Board of Directors will meet here in Nashville on Monday, June 27, 2016, from 1:30 to 4:35 p.m. CDT.<\/p>\n

CPB is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CPB\u2019s mission is to ensure universal access to non-commercial, high-quality content and telecommunications services. It does so by distributing more than 70 percent of its funding to more than 1,400 locally\u00a0owned public radio and television stations<\/a>, including Nashville Public Television<\/a> and Nashville Public Radio<\/a> here in Middle Tennessee.<\/p>\n

\u201cNPT is honored that the CPB board has chosen to have their quarterly meeting here in Nashville,\u201d said Beth Curley, NPT\u2019s president and CEO. \u201cWe are excited for CPB president and CEO Pat Harrison, the board members and CPB staff to see our thriving city and to share with them an overview of NPT\u2019s original productions and community engagement projects, among them our Next Door Neighbors<\/a> and Aging Matters<\/a> series.\u201d<\/p>\n

CPB is the steward of the federal government\u2019s investment<\/a> in public broadcasting and the largest single source of funding for public radio, television, and related online and mobile services.<\/p>\n

On the draft agenda for the Nashville meeting:<\/p>\n