Radio Bilingüe announces suspension of LA>Forward, LAPM initiatives

Fresno, Calif., broadcaster Radio Bilingüe has suspended the LA>Forward and Los Angeles Public Media projects "for the foreseeable future," it announced Wednesday (June 15). "Radio Bilingüe’s efforts to secure a radio broadcast outlet in Los Angeles for LAPM have proven unsuccessful, while federal funding cuts to CPB's digital appropriation are precluding the agency from assuring support to LAPM in the coming years," the statement said. With backing from CPB, work began two years ago to develop and test programming for a new multiplatform public media outlet targeting young, educated minority listeners in Los Angeles (Current, July 20, 2009).