Public television would lose its state funding in a budget proposal adopted by the Legislature’s budget conference committee Friday.
The committee removed all $600,000 that Governor Bill Walker proposed for public TV.
The committee approved Walker’s $2 million request for public radio, as well as $44,000 for the Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.
Anchorage Representative Les Gara was the only one of the six committee members to object to the television cut.
Both houses of the Legislature must vote the budget after the conference committee finishes its work. Then Walker decides whether to sign it.
Andrew Kitchenman is the state government and politics reporter for Alaska Public Media and KTOO in Juneau. Reach him at akitchenman@alaskapublic.org.
