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Today NPR, alongside Aspen Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, and KSUT Public Radio, filed suit to challenge President Trump’s unlawful Executive Order targeting NPR and PBS. They do so to defend our First Amendment rights and the rights of public media stations across the country. 

NPR member stations across the country are facing a period of unknowns after an executive order from President Donald Trump called for an end to NPR and PBS funding through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

On Thursday night, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media.” The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to prohibit both direct and indirect federal funding to NPR and PBS.

WCBU is making some changes to our events calendar and on-air announcements that we hope will make it easier for community groups to connect with our audience.

WCBU has earned a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence for the second year in a row.

The WCBU Scholarship is awarded each year to one qualifying student or may be evenly divided among multiple qualified students. The WCBU scholarship is made possible by the Friends of WCBU Fund.

NPR member stations around the country voted to elect WCBU general manager R.C. McBride to the NPR Board of Directors. McBride will serve a three-year term beginning in November.

We're proud to announce the recipient of the inaugural WCBU Scholarship: Olivia Streeter.

WCBU, the National Public Radio (NPR) member-station in Peoria owned by and licensed to Bradley University, has earned first-place honors in the Illinois News Broadcasters Association contest.

WCBU will debut a new weekend schedule Aug. 14-15 that will make it easier to hear your favorite shows and also introduce you to two new weekly NPR programs.