by Fox Rochester

Mon, May 5th 2025 at 2:30 PM

Updated Mon, May 5th 2025 at 2:30 PM

A stuffed Cookie Monster is seated in a control room at the Arizona PBS offices at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Katie Oyan)

Save Story

Chris Hastings, president and CEO of WXXI, joined ARC Rochester to discuss President Donald Trump’s executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cut federal funding for NPR and PBS.