Susan McCue elected Chair of RFE/RL Board, Victor Ashe elected Vice-Chair
BBG Watch Commentary Two Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members who have been some of the strongest supporters…
Resignation of Dennis Mulhaupt from BBG was sudden, strange, unexplained
BBG Watch Commentary Sources tell BBG Watch that the resignation on Tuesday of Dennis Mulhaupt from the Broadcasting…
Media Freedom in the European Neighborhood: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova
The Embassy of the Czech Republic and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) invite you to a…
Bulat Atabayev – Radio Liberty Kazakh Service stopped radio programs and became a tabloid website
BBG Watch Commentary Prominent Kazakh theater director and former political prisoner Bulat Atabayev joined other Kazakh opposition leaders…
Czech newspaper wonders if BBG Watch is right about imminent reforms at RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary Lidove Noviny, a daily Czech newspaper, published a commentary wondering whether the new acting Radio…
Two vice presidents departed Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary Dale Cohen, Vice President of Administration at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) since…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: Dysfunctional and Defunct, Same As It Ever Was
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: Dysfunctional and Defunct, Same As It Ever Was By The…
Unilateral Disarmament: How the West Has Destroyed its Broadcasting to Russia
A significant and well-researched analysis of Western broadcasting in Russia, written by British-Russian journalist, translator, writer and former…
BBG executives and lawyers refuse to settle discrimination cases they know they will lose
BBG Watch Commentary The union representing the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) employees, AFGE Local 1812, has been…
Former president's top deputies leaving Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary In the last six months, dozens of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia were fired without…
CUSIB Marks 6-Month Anniversary of the Unjust Firing of Radio Liberty Journalists
Lyudmila Alexeeva, Photo for Radio Liberty in Exile by Yuri Timofeev. March 21, 2013 For…
Lyudmila Alexeeva: Saving Radio Liberty in Russia Should Have Been Done The Day Before Yesterday
BBG Watch Commentary Supporters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), including a preeminent Russian human rights leader Lyudmila…
Masha Gessen gets award for journalism while dozens of fired Radio Liberty journalists are still unable to work at the station
BBG Watch Commentary Masha Gessen, the controversial director of the Russian Service at the U.S. taxpayer-funded media freedom…
Growing consensus that failed Broadcasting Board of Governors executives should leave
BBG Watch Commentary “That is why we call yet again on Congress to exercise its overview functions to…
Radio Liberty faces Die Hard moment, Russia's government website reports
BBG Watch Commentary Russia Beyond the Headlines English-language news website run by a leading Russian daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta,…
Fired Radio Liberty journalist writes about his Holocaust video project
BBG Watch Commentary In September 2012, the former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) management team fired some of…
RFE/RL's interim president expected to address Czech Helsinki Committee concerns with new personnel and policy decisions
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) acting president Kevin Klose…
CUSIB calls for protecting vulnerable groups of BBG employees and for more funding for U.S. international broadcasting
In a press release issued today, the independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) called for…
RFE/RL Acting President Kevin Klose Marks 60 Years Of Radio Liberty
On March 1, 1953, Radio Liberty (then called Radio Liberation) began broadcasting in Russian to the Soviet Union.…
60 Years of Radio Liberty (Svoboda): Coverage as Exercise in Propaganda
Commentary by Leon 60 Years of Radio Liberty (Svoboda): Coverage as Exercise in Propaganda By Leon…
What would George Orwell say about journalism at Radio Liberty?
BBG Watch Commentary “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.”…
Radio Liberty is joined by Lyudmila Alexeeva to celebrate 60 years of defending free speech
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has posted videos of the Radio Liberty 60th anniversary event…
Lev Roitman calls on Kevin Klose to act on restoring rights of RFE/RL employees
Commentary by Lev Roitman Former senior commentator at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Lev Roitman, who retired from…
Human rights supporter of fired Radio Liberty journalists Lyudmila Alexeeva visits RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary One of the strongest supporters of fired Radio Liberty journalists, Russian human rights leader Lyudmila…
Message from IBB Deputy Director Trimble to Radio Liberty in Exile read at 60th anniversary in Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary At a gathering in Moscow of Russian journalists, intellectuals, artists, human rights leaders and politicians…
"Die Hard" – Radio Liberty at 60
Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper set up by former President Mikhail Gorbachev with the money from his…
Fired Radio Liberty journalist Mikhail Sokolov has no doubts station will return to its former, now abandoned mission
BBG Watch Commentary Fired Radio Liberty political journalist Mikhail Sokolov believes that the station will return to its…
BBG Governor Ashe issues statement on 60th anniversary of Radio Liberty, apologizes to fired journalists
BBG Watch Commentary In response to an invitation sent by Radio Liberty in Exile to members of the…
Supporters of fired Radio Liberty journalists, Alexeeva and Satter, to speak at anniversary event in DC
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) new acting president Kevin Klose has invited Lyudmila Alexeeva and…
RFE/RL president invites famous supporter of fired Radio Liberty journalists to anniversary event
BBG Watch Commentary Lyudmila Alexeeva’s participation in Radio Liberty anniversary events in Washington and in Moscow may lead…
Hillary Clinton's unfinished business and new direction at BBG
BBG Watch Commentary Writing about the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Robert Schadler, a senior fellow for Public…
Video of RFE/RL acting president Kevin Klose speaking at BBG meeting
BBG Watch Commentary Newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty acting president Kevin Klose spoke last Friday, February 22, 2013,…
BBG's Victor Ashe Welcomes Kevin Klose, Notes 60 Years of Radio Liberty
At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting in Washington, DC on February 22, 2013, BBG Governor, Ambassador…
Video of CUSIB's Ann Noonan at BBG meeting defending fired Radio Liberty journalists
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has released a video of CUSIB Executive Director Ann…
RL 60: RFE/RL has not announced plans for Radio Liberty's 60th anniversary
BBG Watch Commentary In contrast with the 60th anniversary of Radio Free Europe, for which Radio Free Europe/Radio…
60 RL: Former RFE/RL News Director Terry Willey comments on dismissal of Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch is posting under its “60 RL” series historical and current news to commemorate the 60 anniversary…
60 RL: Radio Liberty in Exile posts first Radio Liberty interview with Gorbachev to mark station's 60th anniversary
BBG Watch Commentary Even though they are not the official Radio Liberty, Radio Liberty in Exile was the…
Outstanding RFE/RL video journalism showcased at BBG meeting
During today’s open meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) acting president…
CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan calls on BBG to reinstate fired Radio Liberty journalists
At the end of today’s Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) open meeting in Washington, D.C., Ann Noonan, Executive Director…
Radio Liberty in Exile issues statement on meeting with RFE/RL acting president Kevin Klose
BBG Watch Commentary After much internal debate, journalists of Radio Liberty in Exile issued a statement on their…
Kevin Klose meets with Russian human rights leaders and fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary During a highly emotional meeting in Moscow on Tuesday that lasted nearly five hours, newly-appointed…
RFE/RL president to meet Radio Liberty staffers, Russian media report
BBG Watch Commentary Russian media reported that acting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) president Kevin Klose will meet…
Boris Nemtsov defended fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Originally Published February 18, 2013 Updated Boris Nemtsov defended fired Radio Liberty journalists Recently…
Young Russian opposition leaders discuss statement in support of fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch has learned that a group of younger Russian opposition leaders is working on a statement in…
RFE/RL president Kevin Klose to meet in Moscow with human rights leaders and fired Radio Liberty staffers
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that newly-appointed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty acting president Kevin Klose is…
BBG meeting shortened, Klose to report on RFE/RL in closed session
BBG Watch has learned that due to expected absences of some Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) members, the…
BBG Presiding Governor may be absent at next board meeting
BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Interim Presiding Governor Michael…
Single CEO for U.S. International Broadcasting expected in Obama's FY2014 budget proposal
BBG Watch Commentary Sources told BBG Watch that President Obama’s FY2014 budget proposal is likely to call for…
Public Diplomacy and Online Platforms: Radio Liberty’s Case, analysis by American Security Project blogger
BBG Watch Commentary Lívia Pontes Fialho, a policy researcher intern at the American Security Project, analyzes in the…
Lyudmila Alexeeva, staunch ally of fired Radio Liberty journalists, nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
BBG Watch Commentary As reported by Dr. Paul Goble on his scholarly Window on Eurasia blog focusing on…