§ 8827 Public Broadcasting Independence

• •Public TV and radio stations can decide what shows to make and when to air them.
• •The government can't tell these stations what to say or do in their programs.
• •The goal is to keep these stations independent and free from outside control.

A local public TV station wants to make a show about climate change.

The government can't stop them or tell them to change the show. The station gets to choose what to make and when to show it.