I need my MPR, Dammit!

[RadioRobbie]

From the Front Page of Radio-Info...

Minnesota Public Radio and other public broadcasters are "zeroed out" of Governor's new budget

Minnesota Public Radio, with its more than two dozen stations and a big presence in St. Paul, has long been a target for politicians who want details about its spending. Now it and other radio (and also TV) pubcasters face a total elimination of state funding under Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty’s Fiscal 2011 budget. David Brauer at the online MinnPost.com says Pawlenty would strike the entire $2,015,000 allocation from an earlier version of the budget, costing Minnesota Public Radio $250,000 and other individual public radio stations $387,000. The stations are planning to fight back by pointing out that lost state funds will mean they won’t qualify for federal matching funds.

[Bengalsfan]

Then I guess you need to figure out a way to pay for it.  Looks like the free ride is about to come to an end.

[JimmyJames]

The "free ride" for EBS and reading for the blind services?

That's what the state was funding with that money to MPR.