Public television stations are not the only ones in danger of leaving the air.
An ABC affiliate in Tupelo MS, market 132, is leaving the air at the end of the month. WKDH began operations in 2007 and made the move to digital broadcasting in 2007.
A spokesperson for Southern Broadcasting the owner of WKDH citing the bad economy for its financial situation. There is no word from other stations in the market or ABC about plans for another affiliate.
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Another struggling PBS station is finding a path to continue serving the citizens of the Granite State. New Hampshire Public Television has announced an agreement with Boston's WGBH to collaborate in programming and back office functions. The two stations will remain independent operations.
NHPTV struggles are the result of a loss of state funding and transition to a community license which gives the station a greater freedom to schedule and create programming for a statewide audience.
The agreement will provide NHPTV with financial savings that can be directed toward programming.
The two stations will begin coordinating their schedules in October. As an overlapped station NHPTV retains additional flexibility in selection and scheduling of programs from the PBS primetime schedule.
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