The defunding of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting by Congress and the President means that the CPB is officially shutting down operations.

Here’s more from taxpayer funded Politico:

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Friday it was shutting down its operations after President Donald Trump rescinded funding for the nonprofit, which it used to support public radio and TV stations around the country.

The CPB — which was established by Congress decades ago as an independent nonprofit — said it will begin “an orderly wind-down” after Trump signed a measure last month to claw back $1.1 billion in grants appropriated to CPB over the next two fiscal years.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee also approved an appropriations bill on Thursday that would zero out funding for the organization going forward, which CPB said has not happened before in five decades.

“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” CPB President Patricia Harrison said in a statement.

The elimination of CPB marks a victory for Trump, who has held a long-standing grudge against NPR and PBS over their coverage of him and other Republicans. Last month, Congress approved a request from the Trump administration to rescind funding for the organization, which it distributes as grants to public media stations around the country.

Wouldn’t it be awesome if both NPR and PBS also had to shut down? I doubt that will happen but one can hope!