“If this executive order moves forward, it will significantly impact Valley PBS,” said President and CEO Robert Mollison. Federal funding makes up about 20% of the station’s budget. National public media executives pushed back against the order Friday morning, calling it unlawful and “an affront to the First Amendment rights.”

Nearly $13 million in total state and federal public funding accounts for about 30% of the combined budgets of Indianas public media stations, according to a WFYI analysis of budget and funding data.