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The House has approved a proposal to eliminate $700 million in already-approved funding for public media. If enacted, it would strip essential services and could force rural stations off the air. The Senate will take up the bill next.

 Tom Berich

Tom Berich

Host & Producer

Tom Berich is a host and producer for MTPR. He can be heard on All Things Considered, Here and Now, Freeforms, World Bridges, Front Row Center and more. He's worked in public radio all over the country for over 20 years. A former producer for Nickelodeon, Tom is also a professional musician that has recorded and toured nationally and performed in Trinidad, Antigua, and Ghana. He's been an audio describer for The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The casting director for Verizon Wireless automated Voice Over IP ("city and state please"), and the house manager and artist service coordinator for The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, along with a whole host of other weird and interesting jobs (including a freelance pallbearer - a real thing - and Jon Bon Jovi's personal bodyguard...for 3 hours)