Read More 10 minute read JOE BRUNS The Voice of America: A Worthy Mission for the 21st CenturyAugust 22, 2014 Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Joe Bruns who was named Deputy…
Read More 6 minute read Radio World reports on BBG Shortwave Committee report and rebuttal from CUSIBAugust 5, 2014 Radio World has two articles on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report on the future of shortwave…
Read More 5 minute read CUSIB Condemns BBG Shortwave Committee Report for Targeting Vulnerable Radio Audiences for Cuts Rather Than Cutting Waste — PRESS RELEASEAugust 1, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) issued a press…
Read More 3 minute read Radio Free Asia listeners in Vietnam upset over abrupt ending of RFA shortwave broadcastsJuly 20, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Asia (RFA) listeners in Vietnam are upset over the abrupt ending of RFA’s…
Read More 3 minute read RFE/RL And VOA Affiliate Stations Forced Off The Air In Ukraine, IBB Ignored Lithuanian AM OptionMay 13, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary As predicted by many critics of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), the Broadcasting Board of…
Read More 4 minute read IBB’s push to end Voice of America radio and TV to Russia in 2008April 17, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary The crying among International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executives over the loss of a 30 min.…
Read More 12 minute read IBB staff ignored external medium wave option to Russia despite extra effectiveness at no extra costMarch 29, 2014 BBG Watch Commentary Some International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) managers are so dead set against radio —…