Corporation for Public Broadcasting
About Corporation for Public Broadcasting
401 Ninth St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20004
www.cpb.org
| 202-879-9600
| Founded: 1968
Industry: Media | Category: Non-profits
The federally funded CPB is the largest single source of financial support for public television and radio programming. It was created by Congress to protect public stations from political pressure, but it has not always been able to stay above the fray. Last year, after complaints by some members of Congress, the CPB arranged to distribute a conservative-produced TV documentary on Islam that PBS had rejected as unworthy.
2007 Financial Data
Total employees: 105 | Local employees: 105Did You Know
KEN BURNS'S EFFECT: CPB agreed on a 10-year contract with filmmaker Ken Burns for future projects. Possible subjects are Prohibition, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, the Vietnam War and an update to his series on the history of baseball.
