Gerig said, on the plus side, that since January the national leaders have gotten together and developed a method to raise funds for public broadcasting through a public trust.

My understanding is congressional leaders are impressed with public broadcasting, because we have developed a way to get off of an annual federal appropriation, he said.

Gerig said the 8 percent cut to the budget equals about $90,000, and the station is prepared for these cuts.

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If we lose a million dollars we don’t know what we will do, Gerig said. We are hoping that is the way it truly goes through.

Olaguez said public broadcasting has been instrumental in furthering his understanding of electronic communications.

Everything I have learned as a student I have learned from public broadcasting, Olaguez said. I feel it has given me a solid foundation for broadcasting.