Redding public television station KIXE TV Channel Nine is cutting it’s staff by a third after losing more than 40% of its revenue this year due to federal budget cuts. KIXE and other public television stations and National Public Radio stations across the country are struggling financially or closing after funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting lost it’s federal subsidies earlier this year. the station cut its budget enough in 2025 to operate off a reserve and keep its three channels on the air into next spring. The 61-year-old station still needs to find roughly $400,000 to keep operating in 2026.
-Kelly Frost