VPM Media Corporation

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rdf:langString The VPM Media Corporation, formerly known as the Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation and Central Virginia Educational Television Corporation, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is the group owner of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member public television stations and National Public Radio (NPR) member stations in central Virginia (Richmond & Charlottesville). The organization is based in Richmond, Virginia. VPM Media is owned by the Virginia Foundation for Public Media. The stations were originally branded under the blanket name Community Idea Stations. As of May 2018, organizational funding was primarily private with only 9% from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting with the private split evenly between individuals and corporations and no state funding.