Senate Confirms Calvert, Ross to CPB Board
The Senate confirmed CPB board nominees Rubydee Calvert and Laura Gore Ross Thursday under unanimous consent. Technology shifts are “placing a financial burden on local stations” and “setting up a challenging decision-making process at CPB and the other national organizations…
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as they look to invest their limited resources,” especially given the shift to ATSC 3.0, Calvert said in her questionnaire responses to the Senate Commerce Committee. Uncertainties about funding at the federal, state and local levels are also a major challenge for CPB because its grants “are critical to all stations,” even for large stations that rely on smaller stations to help contribute to national programming. Ross cited CPB's need to bolster “innovative use of multiple digital platforms to reach broader audiences” and the importance of maintaining strong public broadcasting content as CPB's top challenges. Senate Commerce advanced the two nominees during an April markup (see 1804040059 and 1804250048).