The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) will wind down its operations over the coming weeks after Congress voted to strip more than $1.1 billion in funding from the operation.

In an announcement on Friday, the CPB said it will fire most of its employees by the end of September, with a small group of workers left to assist the organization and its public media partners through the transition. The rest of the workers are expected to be fired by January.

“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” Patricia Harrison, the President and CEO of CPB, said in a statement. “CPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care.”

For six decades, the CPB worked to establish and support a strong network of non-profit public radio and television stations across the country. Most of those stations receive programming from distributors like PBS, NPR and American Public Media (APM), though many also produce their own local programming, especially in small and rural areas of the country.

While all public media stations accept donations from individuals, the largest ones are typically supported by sizable grants and sponsorships from companies and estates. Smaller stations, particularly in rural areas, generally rely on grants from CPB to support their operations. Few of them are expected to survive with the loss of CPB.

Republicans aggrieved by a perceived institution of news bias by PBS and NPR have long threatened to challenge the federal funding local outlets receive through CPB, which is funded through Congressional appropriations. At the behest of President Donald Trump, the worst-case scenario for public media came true last month when Congress removed $1.1 billion in funding from CPB, despite pleas from public media advocates that non-profit, educational media serve all Americans.

“Public media has been one of the most trusted institutions in American life, providing educational opportunity, emergency alerts, civil discourse, and cultural connection to every corner of the country,” Harrison said. “We are deeply grateful to our partners across the system for their resilience, leadership, and unwavering dedication to serving the American people.”