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Sometimes there’s a fog of conflicting information.Did you know: Writing workshops, • Federal funds for public media nationally come to $1.35 per person per panels, readings, year. Public radio’s percentage is just 30 cents of this. and more! • Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding is .0117 % (a little over one one-hundredth of one percent) of the federal budget. – FEATURING – • CPB funds average about 11 percent of SPR’s annual operational budget. Laila Lalami Paula Poundstone Shares Christopher Howell • Public media nationally provides news, information, education, music, Albert Goldbarth Her Quirky Perspective culture, critical emergency and weather information to about 98% of the Nance Van Winckel at the Bing Crosby U.S. population. Shin Yu Pai The comedian • Closer to home, SPR reaches 1.1 million people in 750 communities across John Rybicki Comedian Paula Poundstone appears every 20,000 square miles. Jamaal May has a few impressive month on NPR’s • Public media provides citizens with both public TV and public radio Emily Ruskovich distinctions: an American News Quiz Wait content, as well as digital resources, breaking news, and much more. Alexandra Teague Comedy Award, first woman Jason Rekulak Wait... Don’t Tell Me to win a Cable Ace Award ... and the record for • Every dollar of federal funding attracts nine more dollars of private Tickets & Info: GetLitFestival.org Meghan Daum Saturdays at game losses on Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me. “The funding in donations, grants, underwriting and other revenue. Justin Torres 11 a.m. on KSFC others cheat,” she says magnanimously, “you SPR is our public radio station—now more than ever. More information and more! and 2 p.m. on wouldn’t think NPR would put up with that.” is at spokanepublicradio.org and www.protectmypublicmedia.org. KPBX. Continued inside under KSFC Programming Grid KPBX Program Grid / April-June 2017 KSFC Program Grid / April-June 2017 Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun Mid Mid Brazillian Live Wire KPBX Kids’ Concert: Disney’s Mary Poppins Hour Saturday, April 8, 1 p.m. – FREE at the at 1a 1a SCC Lair Auditorium, Mission at Greene 2a 2a World Watch the original Disney classic on the BIG SCREEN BBC World Service World Radio Network Radio 3a BBC 3a Network and sing along with “Spoonful of Sugar,” “Feed the World Service Birds,” “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and other 4a 4a familiar Sherman Brothers songs. 5a Ira Glass and the 5a Doug Nadvornick BBC World Service Weekend Weekend SPR Spring Drive NPR's Morning Edition producers of This brings the Inland 6a 6a Edition Edition April 20-26, 2017 on KPBX & KSFC NPR's American Life NPR’s Morning Edition Journal back to Local News Weekend Edition Saturday Sunday Make the leap! 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Sprague Ave. in Downtown Spokane New Piano Footlight Guitar From The Takeaway Wait, Wait You Bet Releases Bench Parade Hour the Top Munstedt Oakland Science Don’t Tell Me YourGarden 12p 12p The host of On Point visits Spokane as part of his Living Public Public This Friday On the Zorba Zorba American On Point Radiolab BBC Newshour national listening tour, and as the SPR Thank-You Event. on Earth Forums Paster Forums Life Media Paster 1p 1p Fascinatin’ Front Porch Movies 101 People’s Tickets available at TicketsWest. New Date! 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