And in the wake of the sale, a weaker educational broadcaster in the area is scrambling to pick up the PBS programs. The station itself has been sold to a religious broadcaster. In Orlando, the longtime public television station, WFME-TV, canceled all PBS programming at the end of June as well. вЂњIf we go with a deficit like this, we have one more year to live.вЂќ

вЂњWithin a year or two, if nothing changes, the lights go out,вЂќ Vishin told the stationвЂ™s board Thursday, according to the Charlotte Observer. The same day that the New Jersey Network went dark, viewers in Charlotte, North Carolina, learned that their public television station, WTVI, was also in jeopardy of going off the air.ДЄfter a вЂњdisastrousвЂќ drop in fundraising, WTVI may exhaust its cash reserves to make up its current deficit of $300,000, according to WTVIвЂ™s treasurer, C. Public radio was also affected by the closure: NJ NetworkвЂ™s nine public radio stations were sold to New York Public Radio (WNYC / WQXR) and PhiladelphiaвЂ™s WHYY-TV/FM, as detailed in an article in Current magazine. New Jersey public television transmitters will now carry programming from WNET in New York City, under a plan that the state legislature tried unsuccessfully to block in late June. ApвЂ“ June 30, 2011.вЂќ As of that night, 130 employees were immediately laid off. At its end, viewers saw a simple sign, вЂњNew Jersey Network. The final New Jersey newscast on NJN was Thursday night. The reason: cuts in funding from state governments across the country.ДЄs I had written about on the blog last December, NJN has finally come to the end of its broadcasting days. WASHINGTON - While the nation celebrated the holiday weekend of independence, New JerseyвЂ™s public television network signed off for the last time and many other PBS stations around the US may soon follow suit.

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