Yesterday, NJ Gov. Chris Christie announced a deal that would hand over television operations of the New Jersey Network to WNET in New York for the next five years. Radio licenses would also be given over to stations in New York and Philadelphia:

As part of the deal, four state-owned radio licenses would be acquired outright by New York Public Radio, which operates WNYC and WQXR. The remaining five radio licenses would be bought by the Philadelphia public broadcaster WHYY.
At a press conference in Trenton, Governor Christie expressed support for continuing “robust New Jersey public broadcasting,” but added that “we need to have it in a way that is not continuing to cost the state taxpayers and can be perceived as truly independent from state government.”
Under the deal, WNET’s new subsidiary, New Jersey Public Media, will be contractually required to continue a weekday New Jersey-focused newscast on what will now be named NJTV, as well as live broadcasts of significant New Jersey State House events, election night coverage and a Sunday morning public affairs show.
After the announcement, several New Jersey legislators and critics of the takeover plan — including union representatives and community groups — announced hearings on the pending deal. In a statement, the Keep the NJ in NJN coalition questioned whether WNET would live up to its promise to continue local news programming, arguing that it had not done so when it took over WLIW-TV in Long Island in 2003.