One of VOA Mandarin Five Journalists Remembers Champion of Freedom Marie Ciliberti
BBG Watch Guest Commentary By Huchen Zhang Valentine’s Day (February 14), 2011 was the darkest day in the…
Broadcasting Board of Governors reform bill reintroduced
BBG Watch Broadcasting Board of Governors reform bill reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with greater protection…
Rep. Rohrabacher asks for more U.S. broadcasts to Iran and Pakistan
BBG Watch Commentary Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has…
Tenzin Tethong to lead Radio Free Asia Tibetan Service
BBG Watch has learned that a distinguished leader and scholar Tenzin Tethong was chosen as the new Tibetan…
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From time to time, BBG Watch publishes significant historical documents on U.S. international broadcasting.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…
Voice of America Director David Ensor on Truth and Propaganda to Iran
BBG Watch Commentary We were greatly intrigued by this comment about Truth versus Propaganda from Voice of America…
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…
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…
Without substantive change, Broadcasting Board of Governors Governance Committee may soon be selling mismanagement under a different name
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Governance Committee, scheduled to…
Broadcasting Board of Governors to hold a closed meeting to review staff's budget recommendations
According to the announcement, which has been posted but does not appear on the home page of the…
July BBG board meeting cancelled due to lack of interest
BBG Watch Commentary How can anyone, particularly members of Congress, take the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) seriously…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – How Do You Spell Tyranny?
Broadcasting Board of Governors – How Do You Spell Tyranny? A commentary by The Federalist “During times of…
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 Calls Upon the BBG to Restore Transparency
Republished from CUSIB. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21, 2012 CUSIB Calls Upon the BBG to Restore Transparency…
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…
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…
Secretive BBG staff fails to carry out directives and advise the Board, helps draft gag resolution
BBG Watch Commentary At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) board meeting, held last week at the Radio…
Broadcasting Board of Governors passes resolution to limit public access to information
In an attempt to limit disclosure of sensitive and embarrassing information and curtail public and Congressional scrutiny, the…
A Report on the Current State of Voice of America Mandarin Broadcasts to China
BBG Watch Commentary In early 2011, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) proposed to eliminate Voice of…
The best defense is a good offense at Broadcasting Board of Governors
This comment was sent to BBG Watch by a former Voice of America broadcaster and journalist. Also read:…
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…
Chen Guangcheng says he listens to Voice of America radio which IBB executives claim almost no one can hear in China
BBG Watch Commentary “[B]lind activist Chen Guangcheng … the youngest of five brothers, began grade school at age…
Voice of America radio to China – the sounds of news silence from Broadcasting Board of Governors
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of US international broadcasting, has eliminated two…
Victor Ashe questions BBG decision to cut Voice of America radio to Tibet
A senior Republican member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) publicly questioned the BBG decision to end…
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…
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…
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 members honor victims of human rights abuses in China, stress importance of VOA and RFA broadcasts
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) members paid tribute to victims of human rights abuses in China by placing flowers Wednesday, December 7, in Washington, D.C.
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.
Congressional critics of the BBG vote to keep VOA radio and TV to China
In a full bipartisan rebuke to the BBG, which manages the Voice of America and other U.S. international…
Tiananmen Square Massacre Anniversary Brings Calls from Actor Richard Gere and Others for Saving Voice of America Radio and TV Programs to China
FreeMediaOnline.orgTruckee, CA, USA, June 4, 2011 — The June 4th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre has brought…
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…