Show Your Support for Public Television

Call Your Legislators

Federal funding ensures that your local public radio and TV stations can continue to give you access to essential educational, local, and cultural programming; trustworthy, in-depth news; and emergency and community-based services. As the debate over public media funding continues, encourage your Members of Congress to support the Senate’s proposals to safeguard federal funding.

As a supporter of public media, the time has come to make your voice heard.

Here’s what you can say

• Identify yourself as a constituent, which town/city and state.
• Thank the member for his/her service to your community/state.
• State the purpose of the call: you are concerned about the threat to federal funding for public television, and ask that the Senator/Representative protect this important funding.
• Tell them why public media is important to YOU.
• “You understand that members of Congress have to make difficult budget decisions.”
• “Public media is an important investment; it’s free to all, and provides access to educational kids’ programs, public affairs, news, music, arts, culture and history.”
• “There is no replacement for public media.”
• “Please make sure funding for public media continues.”
• “Thank you for your time.”

Email

You may cut and paste the following template to contact your senators and representatives by email.

Use this email template