New York City PBS station WNET Thirteen will not renew its agreement to operate New Jersey PBS, according to a statement from NJ PBS. Funding cuts from Congress and Murphy’s budget fueled a funding crisisThe beginning of the end for NJ PBS came when Congress cut $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. NJ PBS also faced the loss of $250,000 in state funding in Gov. WNJT Channel 52 in Trenton launched on April 5, 1971, after the Legislature created the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority in 1968. Biggest NJ company layoffs announced in 2025 In the first quarter of 2025 alone, roughly a dozen New Jersey employers announced over 3,000 layoffs.