Budget cuts could impact Wisconsin's public broadcasting system

MADISON - Leaders of Wisconsin's public broadcasting system say budget cuts proposed by Governor Scott Walker could put some shows on the chopping block.

Walker's 2015 to 2017 spending plan includes a $2.5 million cut in state funding each year for the Educational Communications Board.

The ECB spends about $19 million a year, and buys national programming for some stations and operates infrastructure for most stations outside Madison.

Full story: WJFW

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