Public radio stations receive annual grants directly from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting CPB that make up an important part of a diverse revenue mix . Elimination of federal funding would result in fewer programs , less journalismespecially local journalismand eventually the loss of public radio stations , particularly in rural and economically distressed communities . I have already SEEN the dire effect the Bush Administration had on NPRPBS VIA the CPB why Obama did not fix things , you ' ll have to ask him I can only imagine what Trump will do if he chooses . <| sep |> But it was its own thing . It might have even had some special shielding , or the reapers may have programmed to mostly ignore it .