The company is among the first casualties of a vote to strip roughly $500 million in federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country.

PBS Charlotte is losing $1.2 million following federal funding cuts and will "continue to operate in the near term," as it assesses the long-term impacts, a spokesperson told The Charlotte Observer. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday it would be shutting down,

The measure strips billions in allocations from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS.