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by falcolas 1164 days ago
https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finance...

Perhaps worth reading from the horses' mouth as it were.

Also, here's the financials for a member station near me:

https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/4c/1d/4e0c21b44d2aa963c25f8bc9...

Note that state contributions totaled less than 5% of their total revenue. The CPB grant, which could be stretched to be considered state/government contributions, was about 16% of their revenue.

Given that member station contribution is 30% of NPR's total revenue, there's no chance that state funding is going to reach 30%-40% values.