BBG Summary of Appropriations FY 2012 – FY 2014
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) requests $731.08 million for FY 2014: $722.58 million for International Broadcasting Operations…
2014 Obama budget eliminates Voice of America radio to Iran, reduces radio to Afghanistan, cuts positions
BBG Commentary The Voice of America (VOA) director David Ensor has announced that President Obama’s FY 2014 budget…
Congressional Record, April 6, 2011: Rep. Rohrabacher confronts BBG on China and Iran
From time to time, BBG Watch publishes significant historical documents on U.S. international broadcasting. Today, we want to…
A staff run amok
Jane Doe, one of our occasional commentators, sent us her thoughts on the latest OIG report on the…
Radio Free Asia Tibetan Service covers extensively protests in Tibet and China despite recent dismissal of its director
BBG Watch Commentary The Radio Free Asia (RFA) Tibetan Service leads all international broadcasters in quick, extensive and…
Radio Liberty in Exile Russian journalists appeal in a video to U.S. Congress for help
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty in Exile responds to RFE/RL President Steven Korn’s dismissive comments about Russian opposition…
Democratic and Republican Congressmen are concerned with BBG's practice of replacing federal employees with contractors
Two U.S. Congressmen from North Carolina, Democrat G.K. Butterfield and Republican Walter B. Jones, have written a letter…
Czech Helsinki Committee protests Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty management practices, Russian opposition is drafting another protest
A premier human rights organization in the Czech Republic, The Czech Helsinki Committee (CHC) has published another protest…
Dismissed Radio Liberty Moscow Journalists Sent Their Appeal to U.S. Administration, Congress, and Mitt Romney
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a committee of 35 journalists and other staffers out of…
Human rights leaders in Russia condemn mass firing of Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Reports in Russian media say that a letter of protest sent to the Secretary of…
Pelosi concerned about proposed merger of BBG's independent broadcasters
BBG Watch has learned that the Democratic Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D…
Congress Speaks But Nobody Listens at the Broadcasting Board of Governors
“Voice of America (VOA) Worldwide English radio, which, at one time broadcast live 24 hours a day to…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – two silly ideas that went nowhere
It seems that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) staff has been quite busy up on the “Hill”…
CUSIB Advisory Board Member Appo Jabarian thanked Congressman Schiff for supporting Voice of America , discussed funding and need for transparency at Broadcasting Board of Governors
Reposted from the CUSIB website. Photo by Harout Kelechian, USA Armenian Life magazine. * * * * *…
Rep. Rohrabacher – BBG strikes blows against government transparency and Congressional oversight
In a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) condemned the recently-passed BBG…
CUSIB supports drive to honor James L. Buckley
Reposted from the CUSIB website. The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is proud to join the drive…
Rep. Zoe Lofgren – BBG plan to combine grantee broadcasters is contrary to Congressional intent
In a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) interim presiding governor Michael Lynton, Rep. Zoe Lofgren…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – The Most Misunderstood Agency
BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors – The Most Misunderstood Agency A condescending letter sent by the…
Demand Progress petition to stop removal of Smith-Mundt Act restrictions on domestic government propaganda
While BBG Watch supports placing all Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) international broadcasts and other programs in the…
International Campaign for Tibet issues press release on BBG's troubles in Congress
The International Committee for Tibet (ICT) has issued a press release on the setbacks in Congressional committees for…
Supporter of U.S. broadcasting to China Reggie Littlejohn testifying in Congress on Chen Guangcheng
Supporter of Voice of America broadcasts to China Reggie Littlejohn is testifying at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China…
SAVE VOICE OF AMERICA SPANISH BROADCASTS TO LATIN AMERICA
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB), a former Voice of America (VOA) director, president of Women’s Rights…
BBG's call for public comments does not eliminate need for Congressional hearings on plan to merge broadcasters
BBG Watch Commentary Ordered by the nine-member Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the Broadcasting Board of Governors and…
Association of Tibetan Journalists appeals to U.S. Congress to save Voice of America radio to Tibet
The Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) decision to end Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcasts to Tibet produced…
Buenos Dias or Buenos Noches for Voice of America Spanish Broadcasts
As Gabriel Garcia Marquez once said: La sabiduría nos llega cuando ya no nos sirve de nada. Wisdom…
The role of the U.S. Congress must take precedence over any self-serving machinations by the executives of the BBG
A Guest Commentary by Edite Lynch The role of the U.S. Congress must take precedence over any self-serving…
Annette Lantos pleads with Broadcasting Board of Governors to save Voice of America broadcasts
Annette Lantos, the wife of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, has joined efforts to oppose the Broadcasting Board…
Congress tries to thwart BBG attempts to shut down Voice of America
THAT PESKY CONGRESS: THWARTING ATTEMPTS BY THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND ITS EXECUTIVE STAFF TO SHUT DOWN…
Purging of the Voice of America by the Broadcasting Board of Governors
RIF REDUX: PURGING OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA BY THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND ITS EXECUTIVE STAFF by Quo…
Broadcasting Board of Governors misleads Congress on shortwave radio reception in China
BBG Watch has learned that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executives were on Capitol Hill last week trying…
Please sign International Campaign for Tibet' s Letter to Congress to save Voice of America Tibetan radio
The International Campaign for Tibet NGO has posted online an easy to use form for sending a letter…
Rohrabacher offers amendment to save VOA and RFA radio to Vietnam
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) has offered an amendment to “H.R. 1410: Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2011” designed…
Open Letter to Members of House Appropriations Committee on Silencing of America's Overseas Broadcasts
The independent, nongovernmental Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has released an Open Letter to Members of House…
North Carolina Congressman Asks For Modernizing U.S. Broadcasting Facility
BBG Watch News Commentary Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-NC) is asking the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to…
U.S. taxpayers funding pro-Putin VOA programs – Ted Lipien in Washington Examiner
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and co-founder of BBG…
Cantonese speakers face moves against their language from Chinese and American officials
Chinese regime officials don’t like Chinese media use of Cantonese language and neither does the Obama Administration for…
CUSIB starts campaign against Broadcasting Board of Governors’ cuts in broadcasts to Tibet, China and other countries
The nongovernmental and independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has issued a strong statement in opposition to the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ plans to eliminate or reduce news and information programs to Tibet, China, Vietnam, Laos, Burma and to other countries without free media.
CUSIB starts campaign against Broadcasting Board of Governors' cuts in broadcasts to Tibet, China and other countries
The nongovernmental and independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has issued a strong statement in opposition to the…
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on 70 years of VOA broadcasting to China
BBG Watch is releasing a full transcript of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s special video statement on the 70th anniversary of Voice of America (VOA) broadcasting to China. While her statement did appear on the VOA Chinese website, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Public Affairs Office refused employee requests to issue a press release on the 70th anniversary reception hosted on Capitol Hill by Congressman Dana Rohrabaher on December 6, 2011 and on the statement by the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
BBG PR team ignores Rep. Ros-Lehtinen message in support of Voice of America, refuses to issue press release
Sources have told BBG Watch that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) public affairs office had refused numerous requests to issue a press release about the Capitol Hill reception, hosted by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Voice of America (VOA) broadcasting to China. BBG public affairs experts also ignored an unprecendented video statement in support of VOA broadcasting to China recorded by the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Rep
CUSIB’s Reggie Littlejohn joins Congressman Chris Smith in calling for release of Chen Guangcheng – CUSIB
U.S. Lawmaker Stands Up for Blind Forced Abortion Opponent Chen Guangcheng by Wearing Sunglasses – Congressman Chris Smith with Reggie Littlejohn, president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and Advisory Board member of the Committee for U.S.
Capitol Hill Reception brings together supporters of Voice of America broadcasts to China – BBG Watch
The video from the Capitol Hill reception to mark the 70th anniversary of Voice of America broadcasts to China includes statements from the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who hosted the reception and introduced an amendment to save these broadcasts from being cut by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Congressman Chris Smith, and others. Link to video.
Chairman of House Committee on Foreign Affairs says Chinese people need Voice of America broadcasts – BBG Watch
In a special video message, the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, congratulated the Voice of America (VOA) on the 70th anniversary of VOA broadcasting to China. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency which manages VOA, tried to end all VOA radio and television broadcasts in Mandarin and Cantonese on Oct.
Members of Congress help to mark 70 years of Voice of America broadcasting to China
Key members of Congress spoke at a Capitol Hill reception hosted Tuesday evening by Rep.
Senate Committee on Appropriations tells BBG: VOA radio and TV to China must continue
The bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors, which managed U.S. government-funded news broadcasts for overseas audiences, has managed something…
Congressmen use "bureaucrat" label for BBG officials who want to end VOA radio and TV to China
Contempt in Congress for BBG executives who claim that almost no one in China listens to Voice of…
BBG critic Congressman Chris Smith named chair of commission on China
Congressman Chris Smith, a champion of human rights and a strong opponent of BBG plans to end Voice…
Fox News reports on Congressional efforts to save VOA radio and TV to China
Fox News reported — Lawmakers Scramble to Keep Voice of America On Air in China — that Congressional…
Actor Richard Gere and others call for saving VOA radio and TV to China
The June 4th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre has brought new calls from human rights advocates to…