The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has long helped pay for PBS, NPR and 1,500 local radio and television stations and programs like “Sesame Street."

The company is among the first casualties of a vote to strip roughly $500 million in federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributed grants to public media outlets PBS and NPR, is ceasing operations after almost six decades due to a loss of federal funding. Friday, August 1st,