Or maybe those stations will simply close, never to be reopened, which in the grand scheme of things seems like a worse outcome.

Someone close to the administration could reopen them "in the interest of national security" or some such rubbish, isn't Larry's son in the media game?

PragerU shorts injected directly in to Sesame Street wasn't on my 2025 bingo card but its not the wildest thing I've seen out of the US this year.

This is the worse outcome, and the more likely one.