Join 170 Million Americans for Public Broadcasting

Sign up to be a part of 170 Million Americans for Public Broadcasting!
Help us tell Congress that public broadcasting is too important to cut.

Please call your member of Congress!

Tell them public broadcasting is too important to cut!

PA Senators
Name	Party		Address	City/State	Phone #
Robert P. Casey, Jr.	D		393 Russell Senate Office Building	Washington DC, 25015	202/224-6324
Pat Toomey	R		3440 Hamilton Blvd	Allentown, PA 18013	202/224-4254


PA House of Representatives
Name	Party	District	Address	City/State	Phone #
Bill Shuster	R	9	204 Cannon HOB	Washington DC, 25015	202/225-2431
Tom Marino	R	10	P.O. Box 653	Williamsport, PA 17703	202/225-3731
Joseph R. Pitts	R	16	420 Cannon HOB	Washington DC, 25015	202/225-2411
Tim Holden	D	17	2417 Rayburn HOB	Washington DC, 25015	202/225-5546
Todd Russell Platts	R	19	2455 Rayburn HOB	Washington DC, 25015	202/225-5836

170 million. That’s a big, big number.

It’s the number of Americans who watch, listen to or use public media each month. You’re one in 170 million, and so am I. And I want you to know about witf’s participation in a project that’s bringing America’s public radio and public television stations together. It’s a national, grassroots effort to rally the support of the 170 million Americans who watch, listen to or use public media each month. We believe this effort is vitally important given the fact that public broadcasting will once again be under attack when Congress reconvenes next month.

170 Million Americans for Public Broadcasting is using America’s public broadcasting system (some 1,300 non-profit, community-based radio and television stations) to create a network of the members, viewers and listeners who value a strong public media as a source of non-partisan news, local cultural programming and non-commercial educational programs.

The heart of the project is a web site – 170MillionAmericans.org – that gives supporters of public media a way to register their support and to put that support into action. Please check out the site and register to connect to this important effort. Use your Facebook and Twitter networks to get out the word, too.

We’ve joined this campaign because we take the threat to public media very seriously. Federal funding amounts to approximately 9% of our annual revenue, nearly $1.3 million dollars each year. Losing this crucial source of general operating support would be a major blow to our organization. No government funding sources will be used in this effort.

This is an exciting project that will require the support of each of witf’s valuable users. Only together can we make our case and win the fight! So don’t wait, sign up at 170millionAmericans.org today!

As ever,