After years of threatening to cut funding for public broadcasting, Republicans in Congress have finally done it, leaving a gaping hole in the budget of West Marin’s community radio station, KWMR.
The $2 billion clawback will obliterate the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, eliminating all its funding for the next two years. The cut will wipe out 26 percent of KWMR’s $620,000 annual budget.
“This is just so crappy,” said Amanda Eischstaedt, the station’s manager and…