TOPEKA (KSNT) – Topeka’s PBS station, KTWU, turned 60 on Wednesday.
KTWU has been operating in the Capital City since 1965. The station was the first public broadcaster in the state. It was originally located at Sixth Street and Wanamaker Road but moved to Washburn’s campus 31 years ago.
In July, KTWU lost one-third of its funding due to budget cuts.
“We have had anger, we have frustration, and disappointment, we have also had just this feeling of camaraderie, and family and closeness with all of our community,” KTWU General Manager and Executive Director Valerie VanDerSluis said.
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The cuts came after both the Kansas House and Senate agreed to slash the Kansas public broadcasting council funding. The council works with public broadcasting and radio stations that receive state funding such as: KPTS, KTWU, Smoky Hills PBS, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW Wichita, Radio Kansas, High Plains Public Radio and KRPS.
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