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The House Has Voted to Rescind Public Media Funding

This vote threatens federal support for programming on WITF — putting at risk educational programming, trusted news and emergency communications that our community depends on produced locally and from PBS and NPR. Now the proposal heads to the Senate.

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Boogie with American Experience: War on Disco

Explore the cultural movement that gave rise to disco, and the backlash that tried to destroy it. 

Watch American Experience: War on Disco Monday, October 30 at 9pm on WITF TV or with the PBS or WITF app!

Explore the culture war that erupted over the rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco unseated rock as America’s most popular music by the late 1970s. But many diehard rock fans viewed disco as shallow and superficial. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot broke out at “Disco Demolition Night” at a baseball game in Chicago. 

Watch American Experience: War on Disco Monday, October 30 at 9pm on WITF TV or with the PBS or WITF app! 

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