V.I. Broadcasting System (WTJX) CEO Tanya-Marie Singh on Tuesday told members of the Committee on Finance that the broadcast is requesting an increase in its budgetary allocation to meet employee obligations. “I just want to meet my employee’s obligation and make sure we have the budget to maintain our Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB) funding," she said while facing questions during Tuesday's budget hearing. "As you see we were up 3 percent in our CPB funding and that is in part thanks to the Legislature for local funding because that is the formula: every time our non-federal funding is raised, they also raise their contribution." Ms. Singh explained that the philanthropic funds are used mostly to buffer overtime as well as for marketing and local programming purposes. In terms of monetary commitments through signed contracts, committed…
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