{"id":1884,"date":"2025-11-22T10:10:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2025-11-22T10:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:10:55","slug":"in-rural-america-public-radio-saves-lives-mother-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=1884","title":{"rendered":"In Rural America, Public Radio Saves Lives \u2013 Mother Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1171874\">\n<article class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"hero is-image \">\n\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"media-caption\">Sage Smiley (left), news director at KYUK, and Morris Alexie visit Nunapitchuk village in Alaska. Alexie manages relocations caused by climate change.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Katie Basile<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mj-text-cta\">Get your news from a source that\u2019s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/newsletters\/?mj_oac=Article_Top_No_Oligarchs\" data-ga-category=\"TopOfArticle\" data-ga-label=\"NewsletterPromoCovid\" data-ga-action=\"click|https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/newsletters\/?mj_oac=Article_Top_Support\">Sign up for the free <em>Mother Jones Daily<\/em>.<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"section-lead\">When a typhoon<\/span> hit Alaska, public radio station KYUK was on the air, broadcasting critical information about conditions, evacuations, and search and rescue operations. An estimated 1,600 people were displaced, and many were saved in the biggest airlift operation in state history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe work that we do in terms of public safety communication literally does save lives,\u201d said Sage Smiley, KYUK\u2019s news director.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>KYUK is small, scrappy, and bilingual. It broadcasts in English and Yugtun, the language of an Indigenous population that lives in villages along two massive rivers. The station airs NPR content, but also high school basketball games, local call-in talk shows, and even a show hosted by the volunteer search and rescue team, answering listeners\u2019 questions about ice conditions and safety. The station is a lifeline for this unique region.<\/p>\n<p><noscript>Subscribe to <em>Mother Jones<\/em> podcasts on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/artist\/mother-jones\/1388496226\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> or your favorite podcast app.<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>KYUK covers an area the size of the state of Oregon, but after Congress passed the Rescissions Act over the summer, it lost 70 percent of its operating budget. Republicans have targeted public media since its inception in the late 1960s. But this is the first time they have successfully ended the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, wiping out more than $1 billion in funding for public media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This week on <em>Reveal<\/em>, we take listeners inside KYUK as it grapples with this new reality. Host Al Letson sits down with Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski to discuss how the cuts are affecting her state. And we take a trip to WQED in Pittsburgh for a look back at how Fred Rogers, the host of <em>Mr. Rogers\u2019 Neighborhood<\/em>, defended public television throughout its decadeslong struggle to survive Washington politics.<\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2025\/11\/public-media-funding-cuts-rescissions-act-npr-kyuk-alaska\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sage Smiley (left), news director at KYUK, and Morris Alexie visit Nunapitchuk village in Alaska. Alexie manages relocations caused by climate change.Katie Basile Get your news from a source that\u2019s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. 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