The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a cornerstone of American culture for three generations, announced Friday it would take steps toward its own closure after being defunded by Congress — marking the end of a nearly six-decade era in which it fueled the production of renowned educational programming,

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said that it will begin to wind down operations after President Donald Trump signed a package of spending cuts that ended its federal funding.“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called,

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced that it’s shutting down after nearly six decades. The move by CPB — which has provided funding to PBS and NPR — to wind down comes after President Trump led a successful effort to defund public media.