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 use of radio and TV to counter new ‘Great Cannon’ in China
BBG Watch Media The Laogai Research Foundation (LRF) established by Laogai survivor Harry Wu has reported on the…
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…
Does Shortwave Radio Have a Future?
BBG Watch Guest Article This article by Thomas Whitherspoon, Director and Founder at Ears To Our World, originally…
Time to Rearm, and Fight Enemy Propaganda, Heritage scholar says
BBG Watch Commentary Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow in public diplomacy, has published another article…
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…
JOE BRUNS The Voice of America: A Worthy Mission for the 21st Century
Guest Commentary BBG Watch occasionally publishes guest commentaries. This one is from Joe Bruns who was named Deputy…
Different perspectives on U.S. help for Yazidi refugees in Iraq, Voice of America role
BBG Watch Commentary NBC News and Fox News provided remarkably different perspectives of the American Yazidi community views…
Were we channelling à la the Twilight Zone? – JANE DOE Op-Ed
Guest Commentary One of BBG Watch contributors, Jane Doe, who because of her sensitive position within the International…
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…
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…
Radio World reports on BBG Shortwave Committee report and rebuttal from CUSIB
Radio World has two articles on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) report on the future of shortwave…
House Passes U.S. International Broadcasting Reform Bill
BBG Report and Commentary Saying the United States is “losing the information battle” with Russian President Vladimir Putin,…
Resistance to reforms equals not enough reach and respect for Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary Resistance to reforms from the entrenched bureaucracy equals not enough respect for Voice of America…
BBG abandoned many RFA and VOA Asian shortwave radio audiences to China
BBG Watch Commentary Without any proper advance notice to shortwave radio listeners, the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG)…
‘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…
BBG Shortwave Committee Chair defends himself against criticism by CUSIB, Radio World reports
BBG Watch Commentary Radio World reported that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Shortwave Committee Chair Matt Armstrong expressed…
Radio Free Asia listeners in Vietnam upset over abrupt ending of RFA shortwave broadcasts
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Free Asia (RFA) listeners in Vietnam are upset over the abrupt ending of RFA’s…
VOA radio listener in Asia to BBG: bankruptcy without even a proper good bye
BBG Watch Commentary A longtime Voice of America (VOA) shortwave and medium wave listener in Asia has written…
CUSIB Calls for Matt Armstrong to Step Aside as Shortwave Chair
BBG Watch Commentary The independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has called for the…
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…
The Man Behind the Anonymous Critiques of U.S. International Broadcasting, govexec.com reports on BBG Watch
BBG Watch Commentary Government Executive, govexec.com website, has published a profile of BBG Watch and one of its…
Radio listeners, Vietnamese shortwave jammers surprised and confused by U.S. agency cuts
BBG Watch Commentary Vietnamese radio jamming stations continued to jam Radio Free Asia (RFA) shortwave frequencies that had…
More evidence of delaying notice to Voice of America listeners about shortwave cuts
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has obtained further evidence from multiple sources that a top International Broadcasting Bureau…
Still no announcements on Voice of America main websites about shortwave cuts
BBG Watch Commentary In an incredible display of insensitivity toward its audiences and its own journalists, Voice of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors has let America and Obama down
BBG Watch Commentary The sudden ending of many direct Voice of America (VOA) shortwave radio transmissions to Asia…
Some world reactions to sudden VOA shortwave shutdown in Asia
BBG Watch Commentary These reactions were posted on Facebook by former Voice of America White House and foreign…
Last Voice of America English shortwave program to Asia with hardly any prior notice
BBG Watch Commentary Showing complete contempt for longtime radio listeners, Voice of America (VOA) executives, carrying out sudden…
IBB ends long-term partnerships with rebroadcasters in two-sentence emails and no thank you
BBG Watch Commentary Officials of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) in Washington are ending long-term partnerships with rebroadcasters…
BBG, IBB, VOA executives break all 10 commandments
BBG Watch Commentary BBG, IBB, VOA executives break all 10 commandments of good management on (not) announcing bad…
Dropping radio and going all digital: VOA Asia Twitter not updated since May 3
BBG Watch Commentary Executives in charge of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), which operates radio transmissions for the…
PCJ Radio making fun of Voice of America and BBG executives on radio cuts to Asia and Middle East
BBG Watch Commentary PCJ Radio Int. based in Taiwan has produced and aired a Special Voice of America…
Bureaucrats gave listeners little time to learn about shortwave cuts by VOA, RFA, and RFE/RL
BBG Watch Commentary In deciding suddenly with only a two-days notice on the date for shortwave radio broadcasting…
RFE/RL And VOA Affiliate Stations Forced Off The Air In Ukraine, IBB Ignored Lithuanian AM Option
BBG Watch Commentary As predicted by many critics of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), the Broadcasting Board of…
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…
A Map, Malice and Mission Impossible
International Broadcasting Bureau – We Define Success By Being Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: A Map, Malice and…
The War on Information, a view from union of journalists and other BBG employees
BBG Watch Commentary The American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1812, a union representing federal employees of the…
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 —…
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…
The Russian Front: The Crimean Offensive 2014 – Part Two
International Broadcasting Bureau – Vigorously Branding Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: The Russian Front: The Crimean Offensive 2014 –…
Freedom of Speech Abridged – The Federalist
International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard For Dysfunctional and Defunct in the US Government – Information War Lost: Freedom of…
A Memo to the Board – The Federalist
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Information War Lost: A Memo to the Board by The Federalist On Wednesday, October 23,…
Shortwave radio still has a role in reaching closed and poor nations, BBG employee union said
BBG Watch Commentary In an article posted on the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) employee union website, American…
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…