How important is donation to the local public radio?

I got a bunch of emails from NPR about Congress defunding public media (via podcasts I listened to, e.g. Planet Money, RadioLab). NPR itself says that it’ll be fine as only 2% of its revenue comes from federal funding, and that local stations, especially rural ones, are the hardest hit.

So should I donate to public media or not? I only listen to the big NPR podcasts, which should be fine. I can’t care less about rural radio dying–there’s even some schadenfreude as those local voters voted for this themselves.

What about Seattle local radio? I’m not a listener, so I’m not sure how important it is.