Which organization oversees PBS and NPR according to the Public Broadcasting Act framework?

• A. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
• B. Public Broadcasting Service
• C. National Public Radio
• D. Federal Communications Commission

Answer: (A)

The main idea is that the Public Broadcasting Act created a national steward for public broadcasting: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This nonprofit entity is tasked with funding and coordinating the public broadcasting system, providing federal support to stations and to the program networks, and setting governance standards to keep the system noncommercial and educational. PBS and NPR operate as program networks that distribute content to member stations, but they are the networks, not the overarching overseer. The Federal Communications Commission is a regulatory body, not the entity designated to oversee this framework. So the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is the correct choice.