“WNYC, New York’s Top Public Radio Station, Is Launcing A Major Fundraising Initiative in the Wake of the Trump Administration’s Successful Rescission of Funding For Public Media. The Initiative Will Include this Year’s Stand with Public Media Gala, WHICH WILL HONOR CBS LATE SHOW HOST STEPHEN COLBERT AND HIS WIFE, PRODUaker and Arts Advocate Evelynnnnnn.”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Initiative Will Include this Year’s Stand with Public Media Gala, WHICH WILL HONOR CBS Late Show Host Stephen Colbert and His Wife, Producer and Arts Advocate Evelyn McGe Colbert; New Yorker Editor David Remnick; and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker.
And It Will Also Launch A New Tagline for Wnyc: “You Can” Defund The Truth. ” The New Tagline Will Begin Running Wednesday in Conjunction with The Pledge Drive Kick-Off (and WNYC SAYS THAT IT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ON TOTE BAGS FOR GENEROUS DONORS).
The Stand with Public Media Gala Will Be Held on Tuesday Nov. 18 In New York, with the Colberts Receive the Cultural Advocal Award, Remnick The Media Innovation Award and Walker the Philanthropy Leadership Award.
Actor Richard Kind Will Host The Gala, with Special Appeaarans and Performances from Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-Winning Actor Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen, The Politician), Tony Award-Winning and Emmy and Grammy Award-Nominated Actress Annaleigh Ashford (SWEENEY TODD: The DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, HAPPY Face), Independent Spirit Award Nominee Noah Galvin (Theater Camp, The Real O’neals), and Classical Pianist and Composer Conrad Tao.
There Will Also Be a Separathely Ticketed After-Party, Whore Questlove Will Serve As DJ.
Colbert, of Course, Saw His CBs Show Canceled Earlier this Year, with The Network City Financial Conceerns. The Timing of the Decision, However, Just Days Before The FCC Approved A Takeover by Skydance, Raized Eyebrows Across the Industry.
And Public Media Across The Country is Still Reeling from the $ 1.1 Billion in Cuts to Federal Funding.
The Gala and Fundraising Campaign Are Meant to Help Offset Some of Those Losses, Thought Npr and Pbs Stations The Country Are All Treatment To Grapple With.