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Coldwater

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8. Living here in Massachusetts

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 04:20 PM

Dec 2025

I grew up watching PBS on WGBH TV in Boston and feasted on shows like ZOOM, Mister Rogers' Neighbor, The Joy of Painting, The French Chef, Crockett's Victory Garden, This Old House, NOVA, Frontline, The Woodwright’s Shop, Nature, Motor Week, Cosmos, The New Yankee Workshop,

I feel sorry for a whole generation of kids who will miss out due to a lack of funding

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Arkansas will become first state to end PBS affiliation [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 2025 OP

Arkansas along with Texas, Florida and other red states suck to live in...I live in one, KS... wcmagumba Dec 2025 #1

I had not heard about this until now. MuseRider Dec 2025 #5

Hiya fellow Kansan, I'm not sure this is being publicly discussed in our state but no doubt behind the scenes... wcmagumba Dec 2025 #6

Good words to live by. MuseRider Dec 2025 #14

I'm sure some of them have better sense. ShazzieB Dec 2025 #37

I was almost born there, but my parents moved young_at_heart Dec 2025 #29

Just renewed by Passport subscription, I hope Austin KLRU can continue to serve the community. walkingman Dec 2025 #30

... Prairie Gates Dec 2025 #2

How did DeSantis/Abbott let them get away with being first? DBoon Dec 2025 #3

Fuck Arkansas. Virginia is not much better because we stopped state funding quite a while ago. Martin68 Dec 2025 #4

Arkansas, leading the way to bigger and better stupid. flashman13 Dec 2025 #7

No doubt losing their ACA and PBS. Thank a Republican first chance you get idiots..... Bengus81 Dec 2025 #20

Roger FAFO! flashman13 Dec 2025 #24

Raise them dumb from the start..... SergeStorms Dec 2025 #34

Give 'em some of that good ole time religion to distract them. OK is a prime example. flashman13 Dec 2025 #35

Living here in Massachusetts Coldwater Dec 2025 #8

I grew up here in Philly with WHYY (originator of "Fresh Air with Terry Gross" ) BumRushDaShow Dec 2025 #9

And yet... GiqueCee Dec 2025 #10

My gawd just look at that listing of left wing commie programming! Bengus81 Dec 2025 #21

We're gonna Zooma Zooma Zoom! hotdamn00 Dec 2025 #25

As if the population of Arkansas need to get any stupider johnnyplankton Dec 2025 #11

Excellent point and I can just moniss Dec 2025 #13

The "flavor" will be akin to Duck Dynasty and Honey Boo Boo. llmart Dec 2025 #22

Yes, and shows glorifying teen pregnancies. travelingthrulife Dec 2025 #36

I didn't know about that one. llmart Dec 2025 #38

Huckabee Hell... GiqueCee Dec 2025 #33

Some quotations on stupidity bmichaelh Dec 2025 #12

Listening to WAMC of Albany right now Bohunk68 Dec 2025 #15

Arkansas really needs PBS BidenRocks Dec 2025 #16

I don't think they watched it. They were all tuned into Fux Noooze. mdbl Dec 2025 #17

Arkansas 'Educational' Television Commission J_William_Ryan Dec 2025 #18

Why not let people decide in Arkansas? From the fucks that claim "limited guberment" Bengus81 Dec 2025 #19

Trump/Repugs love the uneducated...remember. NotHardly Dec 2025 #23

Idiots Nictuku Dec 2025 #26

Late2024, Arkansas is ranked 46th overall among the 50 states chouchou Dec 2025 #27

Squirrel cooking by the Huckafuck kids. Historic NY Dec 2025 #28

Lame.nt jfz9580m Dec 2025 #31

The state seems to be in a vicious cycle dedl67 Dec 2025 #32

Republican propaganda is killing this country. Initech Dec 2025 #39