US public radio fights for survival after Trump funding cuts | International

MONTEREY, United States, Sept 15, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A white light flashes above the studio door as Bonnie Ralston takes to the air waves of Allegheny Mountain Radio, one of the many stations across the United States imperiled by President Donald Trump's funding cuts. The station, which relies on volunteers like Ralston, is one of the only to broadcast in the area, delivering news, sports and music to the small mountain towns along the border of Virginia and West Virginia. "We don't know what is going to happen to us," Ralston, 59, told AFP. At Trump's request, Republicans in Congress voted to cut federal money for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the key funding source for National Public Radio (NPR)...