BBC’s Live Program Dominance Over Voice of America
OPINION On Any Given Day: BBC Continues Its Live Program Dominance Over the Voice of America By Dan…
PAUL GOBLE US Sending the Wrong Signals to Peoples of Russia by Not Sending Them at All
BBG Watch America’s top expert on Kremlin propaganda Paul Goble said that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan addresses Tiananmen rally in NYC, appeals to BBG to keep radio to China and Tibet
BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan addressed the 2016…
Masters of bad timing: BBG to eliminate Radio Liberty’s shortwave broadcasts in Russian
OPINION Masters of bad timing By Ted Lipien The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
Optimistic BBG plans to eliminate RFE/RL Radio Liberty shortwave radio transmissions to Russia, Crimea, other Russian-speaking regions
BBG Watch Commentary Russian Service of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) posted an announcement on its…
CUSIB urges BBG not to abandon most vulnerable citizens in China and Tibet, not to reduce RFA budgets
BBG Watch Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – CUSIB.org), appealed to…
CUSIB director urges prompt search for new CEO at BBG
BBG Watch Media Independent NGO, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), has an article in…
Chen Guangcheng on importance of Radio Free Asia and Voice of America for China
BBG Watch Book Review U.S. Media Outreach Can Make A Big Difference Abroad By Ted Lipien Chen Guangcheng…
Voice of America – Information War Lost: Beyond Dysfunctional and Defunct
BBG Watch Commentary A new commentary from our regular contributor The Federalist deals with the Voice of America…
CUSIB calls radio the best countermeasure to Internet censorship and spying on netizens in China – CUSIB PRESS RELEASE
BBG Watch Commentary The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has posted a press…
BBC, VOA: Mid-Summer Reflections on Things That Need Fixing
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Dan Robinson, former Voice of America…
Voice of America Kurdish Service has no homepage story on Obama hours after statement on Kurdish refugees in Iraq
BBG Watch Commentary Nearly three hours after President Obama made a statement on Iraq, in which spoke about…
Voice of America interrupts live radio transmission to Africa of Obama speech about Africa
BBG Watch Commentary Not too long ago Voice of America (VOA) top executives would not think of carrying…
Former BBG member Susan McCue writes about fighting poverty in Africa
BBG Watch Commentary Former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Susan McCue was known for her concern for…
‘American policies are being blasted to bits’ while Voice of America shortwave radio goes silent in Asia
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Victor Goonetilleke, a native of Sri…
Joe Bruns on radio and new media at BBG and at VOA under USIA
BBG Watch Commentary The lack of adequate advance notice to our audiences is inexcusable, said numerous Voice of…
Radio’s Brave New World by James Cridland offers lessons for BBG
BBG Watch Commentary James Cridland has published a thought provoking article on radio. He is the Managing Director…
Shortwave radio – getting message across borders without censorship
BBG Watch Commentary and Guest Open Letter International radio broadcaster Keith Perron has written an open letter to…
Government Executive quotes John Lenczowski and BBG Watch about BBG problems in Russia
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive website, govexec.com, quoted from John Lenczowski’s Wall Street Journal op-ed and BBG Watch…
IBB’s push to end Voice of America radio and TV to Russia in 2008
BBG Watch Commentary The crying among International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) executives over the loss of a 30 min.…
A Map, Malice and Mission Impossible
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Define Success By Being Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: A Map, Malice and…
WP: Moscow turns off Voice of America radio — once already silenced by U.S.
BBG Watch Commentary Washington Post correspondent in Moscow Kathy Lally reports on the Russian government’s decision to stop…
Appeals from Congress to BBG to give radio to Ukraine and Russia serious consideration likely to be ignored by staff
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists, former Minister of Communications of Lithuania, and…
IBB staff ignored external medium wave option to Russia despite extra effectiveness at no extra cost
BBG Watch Commentary Some International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) managers are so dead set against radio —…
Losing Egypt and the Rest of the Arab and Muslim World
BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) failed to send a correspondent with Vice President Biden to Central…
CUSIB Urges BBG To Keep Radio As Part of Multimedia Strategy
BBG Watch Commentary The independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) is urging the federal Broadcasting…
Freedom of Speech Abridged – The Federalist
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard For Dysfunctional and Defunct in the US Government – Information War Lost: Freedom of…
Tara Sonenshine on Public Diplomacy, Voice of America Interview
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) interviewed Tara Sonenshine, the U.S. Undersecretary of State…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – The Gifting Continues – BBG Press Releases October 2012
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost – The Gifting Continues – BBG Press Releases October 2012…
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. * * * * *…
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…
CUSIB Congratulates Two Board Members Who Have Been Honored with the Visual Artists Guild Spirit of Tiananmen Awards
CUSIB Board Members, Jing Zhang and Jianglin Li at the Visual Artists Guild New York Chapter Tiananmen Square…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – BBG Strategy: We’re Abandoning Our Mission and We Don’t Care!
Broadcasting Board of Governors – BBG Strategy: We’re Abandoning Our Mission and We Don’t Care! by The Federalist Let’s get…
The role of the U.S. Congress must take precedence over any self-serving machinations by the executives of the BBG
A Guest Commentary by Edite Lynch The role of the U.S. Congress must take precedence over any self-serving…
Shortwave is not a hot topic, BBG strategists are
BBG Watch Commentary reflecting contributions from several individuals. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) strategists have engaged in a…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Ides of March in the Voice of America Newsroom
by The Federalist The Voice of America (VOA) Newsroom is not a happy place: It is one of…
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…
Reaching hearts and minds used to be VOA's mission
TV is the dinosaur: Back to the future with shortwave and Internet!” by Another Voice I have not…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – We Know Who The Enemy Is – Part I
by The Federalist It certainly isn’t BBG Watch. And it isn’t the Committee on US International Broadcasting (CUSIB).…
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…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Iran and the Art of the Deal
by The Federalist Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor is taking on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and its…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Not Too Big To Fail
by The Federalist The Broadcasting Board of Governors – International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB), known to be the worst…
US International Broadcasting and the BBG: The Numbers Game
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has announced that its own surveys (These are not completely independent surveys. They are produced by a contractor, InterMedia, for whom the BBG has been for years the only major client.
Former Chinese political prisoner says Voice of America must not retreat from China
VOA Cannot Retreat from China by Jing Zhang President Women’s Rights in China I remember an afternoon forty…