By Tess Patton

As a $1.1 billion federal budget cut looms over the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the entity that funds both NPR and PBS, local public radio stations and television affiliates are at risk of going under, an outcome that will ultimately devastate civic life in small towns, experts told TheWrap.

The move is part of the Trump administration’s $9 billion rescission package, which the Senate and House approved Thursday, putting into play the cuts that have been dangling over the CPB for months.