BBG FY 2013 – FY 2015 Budgets and Positions
BBG Watch NOTE: The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) budget was split between IBB and the Office of Technology,…
BBG FY2015 Budget Request – IBB bureaucracy gets 34% of $721 million – programmers will absorb most of $12 million cut
BBG Watch Commentary “Excellence in journalism remains our most important objective.” — BBG Chairman Jeffrey Shell “What IBB…
International Broadcasting Bureau – IBB – positions grew by 37% between FY07-FY14
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Growth of International Broadcasting Bureau – IBB Staff – FY 07-14
BBG Watch Commentary As International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executives eliminated language services and U.S. international broadcasting programming positions…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable – David Ensor Speaks – The Newsroom and the FY2014 Budget
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional, Defunct and Ungovernable David Ensor Speaks – The Newsroom and…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional and Defunct – The FY2014 Budget
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – Dysfunctional and Defunct – The FY2014 Budget by The Federalist On…
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…
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…
VOA Director Ensor does not rule out RIFs
Voice of America Director David Ensor does not rule out staff reductions in Central News or English Division,…
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…
Broadcasting Board of Governors sends a late reply to Annette Lantos' letter
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Interim Presiding Governor Michael Lynton has sent a late response to Mrs.…
CUSIB – Broadcasting Board of Governors Should Stay True to Their Mandate Not Only in China and Tibet
This press release was issued by the independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – FY 2014 Budget Process: Schedule & Milestones
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB)executives have been using the budget process for…
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…
International Broadcasting Bureau – driving the mission into the ground
From a Broadcaster Nobody should miss the key point in the letter to Congress: The IBB — International…
Morale at Broadcasting Board of Governors grantees at all-time low due to bureaucratic power-grab
This BBG Watch Commentary is based on several inside sources. Bureaucratic power-grab After making a good start on…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Forget Voice of America radio WHAM ( Winning Hearts and Minds )
CACOPHONY AT COHEN CONTINUUM: Dance of the Comedians by Quo Vadis (Marie Ciliberti) In November 2011, at a…
BBG's Governor Ashe visits Asia where BBG plans major cuts in Voice of America broadcasts
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) senior Republican member Ambassador Victor Ashe is visiting Asia where the BBG…
Obama, Clinton, Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi congratulate VOA on 70th anniversary amid severe cuts
As the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) plans to eliminate and reduce numerous Voice of America (VOA) broadcasting…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – The Eve of Destruction
by The Federalist On March 7, 2012 the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) plans to mark the 70th…
BBG Ready to Drop the Ax on Cantonese and Tibetan Services by CUSIB's Ann Noonan in National Review
This article by the Committee for U.S. international Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann Noonan was published in National…
BBG claims surrogate broadcasters can do Voice of America's job
In a response for a RadioWorld article, “Advocacy Group Objects to BBG Cuts,” a spokesperson for the Broadcasting…
Human rights groups appeal to Congress to save broadcasts to China, Tibet and other nations without free media
This announcement was first published by the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB). Link Open Letter to Members…
Demoralized Voice of America — Georgian Service
“The Georgian Service of the Voice of America is demoralized,” a VOA staffer wrote to BBG Watch. It…
Quieting the Voice of America – Helle Dale, The Heritage Foundation
“More than 30 years have passed since Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote about the “Soft Voice of America” in an…
Trouble at PNN – Voice of America to Iran – BBG blamed
BBG Watch Commentary Several recent media reports point to serious problems at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (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…
BBG awarded 50 million dollar contract to Gallup while planning to terminate broadcasts and fire over 200 journalists
Journalists at the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Alhurra TV, Radio Sawa, and…
We Are Not All Together at Broadcasting Board of Governors
“We Are Not All Together” were prophetic words from AFGE Local 1812, a union representing Broadcasting Board of Governors rank-and-file employees.
Has Broadcasting Board of Governors Gone Mad? BBG wants to cut Voice of America programs to Tibet and other nations under communism
This commentary by an anonymous Broadcasting Board of Governors’ journalist analyzes the BBG’s FY2013 budget proposal which calls…
IBB/BBG's proposed cuts for Voice of America: Summary of Main Points
BBG Watch is providing this information, which was obtained from several sources. While the main points are believed…
IBB/BBG executives cut and reduce Voice of America English and foreign language programs and positions
Voice of America (VOA) radio to Tibet and radio and TV in Cantonese to China to be completely eliminated under the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) proposal. As predicted by BBG Watch, in their FY2013 budget proposal, International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executives continue their plan to eliminate or greatly reduce numerous Voice of America (VOA) English and foreign language programs and associated jobs serving many critical countries, including China and Tibet. In what could be described as nothing less than an attempt to eliminate Voice of America as the primary source for news about America on radio and television and to reduce VOA brand name presence in many countries, IBB/BBG executives have proposed complete elimination of VOA radio broadcasts to Tibet, both radio and TV broadcasts in Cantonese to China, VOA radio to Georgia, VOA radio to Albania, and all VOA programs to Greece.