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 is shutting down its operations after the loss of federal funding, marking the end of almost sex decades as the entity that distributed grants to public media, PBS and NPR.

Supporters of public broadcasting warn the cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will force the closure of smaller rural stations across the country.