On the eve of a vote crucial to its financial health, the public television system is being buffeted by political and economic forces that have pushed it into a situation many say is one of the most
precarious in its 38-year history. The House of Representatives is considering a measure today that would nearly halve federal funding for public television a move that broadcasters predict would
force the closure of small, rural stations and curtail production money for programming.
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