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The House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS-Education) Appropriations Subcommittee unveiled its draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations bill, which eliminates two-year advance funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and Interconnection funding. In effect, CPB funding would end beginning in FY 2026.

While many were expecting significant cuts to meet the debt ceiling law caps, this proposal to eliminate funding for CPB is deeply troubling and would overturn a 47-year-old bipartisan practice of advance funding that has been central to public media’s success and independence. And would eliminate annual funding of approximately $125,000 for KUAF - an annual loss that would be detrimental to the growth and vitality of the local, national, and international news coverage KUAF provides to hundreds of thousands in our area.

We Need Your Help

This moment necessitates a big grassroots response, and we need your help to spread the word. KUAF is asking you to work with us to Protect Public Media and to ask your representatives in Congress to oppose this bill.

What You Can Do

You can write or call Representative Steve Womack, (R-AR, 4th), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, asking for his support of public media and against the cuts to CPB.

You can also email Arkansas' other members of Congress - Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR, 1st), Rep. French Hill (R-AR, 2nd), and Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR, 4th).

You can access a template letter to a House Appropriations Committee members here and a template for other House members here.

A gallery of images from this year's Format Festival in Bentonville, Arkansas.

There are no open full-time positions at this time. If you are interested in interning with KUAF, check out our internships page here.

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KUAF is the public radio station and NPR affiliate for Northwest and West Arkansas, Southwest Missouri and Eastern Oklahoma.

The University of Arkansas campus is located in Fayetteville, a welcoming community ranked as one of the best places to live in the U.S. The growing region surrounding Fayetteville is home to numerous Fortune 500 companies and one of the nation’s strongest economies. Northwest Arkansas is also quickly gaining a national reputation for its focus on the arts and overall quality of life.

As an employer, the University of Arkansas offers a vibrant work environment and a workplace culture that promotes a healthy work-life balance. The benefits package includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary.

KUAF is celebrating Member Appreciation Week, October 9^th through the 13^th!

We want to say THANK YOU to the community that makes KUAF possible. Each day this week, we'll have be giving away prizes to those who have given us so much!

Listen to the noon edition of Ozarks at Large this week to hear if you've won a prize and listen on Wednesday to call in for your chance to win!

Monday, October 9 - we'll draw a winner from our list of newsletter subscribers!
Tuesday, October 10 - we'll draw a winner from our social media followers.
Wednesday, October 11 - we'll have an old school CALL IN giveaway!
Thursday, October 12 - Coffee at the station! join us a the station for coffee, from Rendition Coffee & Cocktails, and breakfast pastries from 7 - 10 a.m.
Drop by, meet some KUAF staff, and see what YOUR support makes possible at the station!

And on Friday, October 13, we're wrapping Member Appreciation week up with a special Trivia Night at Black Apple Hard Cider taproom in Springdale. With trivia created and hosted by News Director Kyle Kellams, we'll have awards, prizes, music and drinks, it’s free to the public, but seating is limited. Reserve your space or get a whole team together for a night of trivia, fun, and celebration of public radio in our community!

YOU are the public in this public radio station and we want to say THANK YOU for making all the news, music, and community connection you get from KUAF, possible!

Join KUAF on March 15th from 6 - 9 p.m. at Arsaga's Mill for the first ever KUAF Radio Rumble! Learn about new music programs coming to KUAF, meet the hosts, and watch them battle it out... and vote for the first ever Radio Rumble Championship!

KUAF is debuting SIX new music programs on our digital signal KUAF3, and to introduce this new slate of shows, we're celebrating with the hosts as they play 20 minute DJ sets previewing their new programs. You can cast your vote for your favorite set by donating at the event - $1 = 1 vote - and all proceeds will go toward expanding music programming on KUAF. And if you can't make to the Rumble but want to support music on KUAF, you can donate early by clicking here.

With drinks and a nacho bar by Rabbit Hole NWA - you won't want to miss this night of music and friendly competition. Come be a part of the spectacle! Wrestling attire and attitudes are encouraged.

DJs performing at the KUAF Radio Rumble include DJ Girlfriend, DJ Katastrophe, Miletus, Jay Stoyanov, Logan Simmons and Sophia Nourani.