The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has long helped pay for PBS, NPR and 1,500 local radio and television stations and programs like “Sesame Street."

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,