The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said Friday it has started an orderly wind-down of its operations after President Donald Trump signed a rescissions package that eliminated the nonprofit’s federal support. The Republican-controlled Congress clawed back roughly $1.1 billion earmarked for CPB and excluded the agency from the pending fiscal-2026 spending bill, marking the first time in more than five decades that the organization will receive no federal appropriation. CPB told employees that most staff positions will conclude at the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, 2025, with a small transition team remaining through January 2026 to settle grants, music-rights payments and other obligations. The shutdown comes amid a broader $9 billion reduction in public-media and foreign-aid spending approved last month. Established by Congress in 1967, CPB has funneled more than $500 million a year to the Public Broadcasting Service, National Public Radio and over 1,500 local television and radio stations, many in rural communities. Chief Executive Patricia Harrison warned that the loss of federal support threatens local news, educational programming and emergency alerts as stations scramble to replace the funding.