Voice of America coverage from Cuba improves
BBG Watch After a shaky start, some poor quality video and criticism on Facebook, Voice of America’s (VOA)…
Facebook comments on poor quality of Voice of America video from Cuba
BBG Watch Take a look at this Voice of America (VOA) video, and the comment(s) in Spanish criticizing…
BBG’s Chairman and CEO treated to more VOA technical problems on important news and staff meeting day
BBG Watch We have attached three screen videos showing Voice of America (VOA) problems with live President Obama…
TV Martí Wins Emmy Award
BBG Watch BBG Watch congratulates Office of Cuba Broadcasting’s (OCB) TV Marti journalists who won an Emmy award…
Voice of America or Voice of Castro?
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America or Voice of Castro? While surfing the web, we recently came across…
Maria González To Head Office Of Cuba Broadcasting, Carlos A. Garcia-Pérez not pushed out for suspicion of Castro regime
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from a well-informed Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) source that the…
AFGE Local 1812 and Lady Liberty
BBG Watch We are catching up on some of the activities of the American Federation of Government Employees…
Broadcasting Board of Governors union opposes de-federalization as bad for America’s image abroad
BBG Watch BBG Watch is reposting a recent article by, American Federation of Government Employees – AFGE Local…
Voice of America Spanish website still silent on expulsion of TV Marti from Cuba press conference
BBG Watch Commentary Two days after an incident involving American journalists from a related media outlet covering Cuban-American…
#FreeTaniaBruguera – A Restaging of “Tatlin’s Whisper #6” Apr. 13, Noon, Duffy Square in New York
BBG Watch Drawing by Dan Perjovschi #FreeTaniaBruguera Cuban artist Tania Bruguera attempted to stage a performance…
Obama and Castro Meet Face-to-Face – Voice of America downplays U.S. congressional criticism
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) posted a report on the face-to-face meeting between President…
20% Of Cubans Report Listening To Radio Marti, actual number likely much higher
BBG Watch The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) announced in a press release that “twenty percent of Cubans…
OPINION – DAN ROBINSON – Out of the Breaking News Business? And…some questions
Commentary All views expressed are those of the author. One Year Later — Dysfunction, News Failures, Self-Promotion and…
Martís Bring Cubans Live Coverage Of Congressional Hearings – BBG Press Release
BBG Watch Commentary A good move by Radio, Television Martí and Martinoticias.com and new Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Burke Award Recipient has Possessions Seized in Cuba – BBG Press Release
BBG Watch Commentary With the pressure from the Castro regime on the Obama Administration to close down Radio…
Voice of America report worthy of VOA Charter
BBG Watch Commentary An excellent report from the Voice of America worthy of the VOA Charter. The arrival…
Op-Ed: U.S. must protest lack of Cuban visas for VOA and Marti reporters
BBG Watch The Obama Administration is silent on Voice of America (VOA) and Radio and TV Marti reporters…
Cuba and Paris – Radio and TV Marti, VOA, U.S. public diplomacy doing great or limping?
BBG Watch Commentary No well-meaning journalist who cares about bringing news to people living under government censorship and…
Voice of America skips live coverage of Alan Gross statement…extraordinary
BBG Watch Commentary “Voice of America skips live coverage of Alan Gross statement…extraordinary.” A Comment from a former…
Where is Voice of America on Cuba?
BBG Watch Commentary As of mid-morning EST, BBC coverage of the major news on Cuba consisted of no…
Voice of America Heralds Its News Decline with RT Logo
BBG Watch Commentary Nothing illustrates better the decline of the U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) as a…
Audit finds low morale at U.S. Radio and TV Marti to Cuba, California paper reports
BBG Watch Commentary “Low morale still plagues the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, the U.S. government organization responsible for…
California paper picks up Miami Herald report on OCB journalists’ latest legal victory
BBG Watch Commentary The Sacramento Bee newspaper picked up a Miami Herald report by Juan O Tamayo on…
Former BBG member Blanquita Cullum : ‘very concerned about Voice of America’
BBG Watch “We’ve got a serious problem,” journalist, broadcaster and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita…
BBG Media Highlights – January 31, 2014
BBG Watch Commentary – “BBG Media Highlights” are distributed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) – a…
New Year’s Message for Ukraine from Quincy Jones — New Year’s Demonstration in Turkey — But Nothing From Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Message for Ukraine from Quincy Jones — New Year’s Eve Demonstration in Turkey — But…
On Mandela, Ukraine – Voice of America executives can’t arrange for special news coverage
BBG Watch Commentary Take a look at these two screenshots showing BBC’s and Voice of America’s (VOA) home…
Why did VOA English website fail to report on Obama’s meeting with Cuban dissidents?
BBG Watch Just Asking Why did a short news item posted on the VOA English website fail to…
Voice of America English News fails to report on Obama meeting with Cuban dissidents
BBG Watch Commentary While VOA English News report “Obama Calls for Updated US Policy on Cuba” lacked both…
Salvador’s Story
BBG Watch Commentary From the firing of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia to the illegal RIF of OCB…
Roxana’s Story
BBG Watch Commentary From the firing of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia to the illegal RIF of OCB…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe said Office of Cuba Broadcasting should ban smoking on its premises due to health and safety issues
“The recent fire started in the outside smoking area adjacent to the main building. The smoking area has…
Fire at Radio and TV Marti in Miami, programs to Cuba continue
According to reports, a fire broke out outside the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) Radio and TV Marti…
OCB and IBB executives show contempt for employees and law, face criticism from Victor Ashe
BBG Watch Commentary Cheered on by the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executive staff, the current administration of the…
CUSIB's Reggie Littlejohn joined Annette Lantos to honor victims of communism
Reposted from the CUSIB website. The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) Advisory Board member, president…
Bipartisan effort by Victor Ashe and North Carolina congressmen to save BBG transmitting station is part of larger fight for public oversight of U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency which oversees U.S. government-funded international broadcasting…
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…
Gallup tried to silence Tibetan woman protesting silencing of Voice of America Tibetan radio
An unidentified Tibetan woman made an emotional protest Wednesday at a joint Gallup and Broadcasting Board of Governors…