The public understands that. They know that we have to make up for the funding cuts and prepare for lean days ahead. We'll continue to distribute federal funds more efficiently. At the same time, we're phasing out grants to television stations that serve substantially the same population. We want to expand our initiatives that help stations create new computer and Internet resources in their communities.
Successful organizations use the inevitability of change as an opportunity for growth.
CPB is determined to grow in ways that are consistent with the core principles that guide our service to the American people. Our future depends on CPB and local public television and radio stations convincing the federal and state governments to recognize that public broadcasting is a national institution. It's like libraries, art museums or the national highway system, that also can't be fully dependent on the marketplace. It delivers education and culture and we hope more and more, will deliver programs that will make Americans more aware of current political and social issues. It can provide access to information so that the public can be more involved.