The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has long helped pay for PBS, NPR and 1,500 local radio and television stations and programs like “Sesame Street."

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributed grants to public media outlets PBS and NPR, is ceasing operations after almost six decades due to a loss of federal funding. Friday, August 1st,

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday that it will begin shutting down, weeks after Congress canceled previously approved funding for the nation's steward of public media access.