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The CPB is governed by a board of directors consisting of six members.

They are selected by the President of the United States, confirmed by the Senate, and serve six-year terms.

As of February 2011, the board was composed of three Republicans and three Democrats.

According to the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, the president cannot appoint persons of the same political party to more than five of the nine CPB board seats.