Passive aggressive BBG staff?
BBG Watch Commentary Is it only us, or was Lynne Weil engaging in a bit of passive aggressive…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Mumbo-Jumbo and Psycho-Babble
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Mumbo-Jumbo and Psycho-Babble by The Federalist It is painful – the process of…
BBG Governor Susan McCue supports restoration of funding for Tibet and China broadcasts from management expenditures
At the meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Miami on April 20, BBG Governor Susan…
Victor Ashe offers his email address for public comments on U.S. international broadcasting
Often referred to as a senior Republican member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Ambassador Victor Ashe…
Controversial BBG grantee merger plan report is available online
During its meeting at the headquarters of Radio and TV Martí in Miami on April 20, the Broadcasting…
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…
BBG reverses planned reductions in Voice of America and Radio Free Asia broadcasts to Tibet and China
At today’s meeting at Radio and TV Marti in Miami, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) approved a…
BBG considers new strategy and reversal of planned broadcasting cuts to China and Tibet
In response to overwhelming criticism from human rights groups, journalists and one of its members, the Broadcasting Board…
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…
BBG plans to confuse the world with yet another brand name – GNN
BBG Watch Commentary As the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) prepares to eliminate the Voice of America brand…
Women's Rights Without Frontiers joins Annette Lantos in defending Voice of America
Women’s Rights Without Frontiers is one of many NGOs and human rights groups which understand the practical and…
Extensive U.S. media placement of press release on plea from Annette Lantos to save Voice of America
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) press release on Mrs. Annette Lantos’ plea to the Broadcasting Board…
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…
Confusion whether BBG committee approved saving VOA Tibetan radio and VOA Cantonese Service
There appears to be some confusion whether at the meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Strategy…
PRNewswire – CUSIB Applauds Plea From Human Rights Campaigner Annette Lantos to Save Voice of America Broadcasts to China, Tibet and Russia
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) joins Annette Lantos in her powerful plea to preserve Voice of…
Annette Lantos pleads with Broadcasting Board of Governors to save Voice of America broadcasts
Annette Lantos, the wife of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, has joined efforts to oppose the Broadcasting Board…
Director Bruce Sherman on Broadcasting Board of Governors' killing of Voice of America brand-name
BBG Watch Commentary Why is the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) trying to silence Voice of America (VOA)…
Congress tries to thwart BBG attempts to shut down Voice of America
THAT PESKY CONGRESS: THWARTING ATTEMPTS BY THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND ITS EXECUTIVE STAFF TO SHUT DOWN…
Congressman Jones, BBG's Victor Ashe and IBB Director Lobo to rededicate Edward R. Murrow NC transmitting station
Congressman Walter B. Jones and Broadcasting Board of Governors member Ambassador Victor Ashe, whose joint efforts saved the…
Broadcasting Board of Governors ignores Congress
A guest commentary by Edite Lynch “Purging” as it is being applied to what is happening to the…
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…
Tibetan woman challenges Gallup and Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Speaking up at a panel discussion on media freedom, an unidentified Tibetan woman challenged the…
Tibetans protest at BBG's Michael Lynton's LA Sony office against silencing of Voice of America radio in Tibet
A group of Tibetans and human rights community supporters protested Friday in Los Angeles at the Sony Pictures…
Gallup tried to silence Tibetan woman protesting silencing of Voice of America Tibetan radio
An unidentified Tibetan woman made an emotional protest Wednesday at a joint Gallup and Broadcasting Board of Governors…
Entertainment as a strategy of neutrality for Voice of America
BBG Watch Commentary We came across this promotional blurb on the Inside VOA website about the Voice of…
Broadcasting Board of Governors misleads Congress on shortwave radio reception in China
BBG Watch has learned that Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executives were on Capitol Hill last week trying…
Something rotten in the state of the BBG
A guest commentary by Edite Lynch The continued flow of information from people in the know concerning the…
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 exploits Dalai Lama's support for Voice of America while hiding its plan to end VOA radio to Tibet
The Broadcasting Board of Governors public relations officials should be ashamed to promote Dalai Lama’s support for the…
Silencing of Voice of America radio to Tibet to be explained by chief BBG strategist
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Michael Meehan and BBG’s Director of Strategy and…
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…
Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio appeals to Congress for protection from Obama Administration cut
A recently launched Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio website (www.savevoatibetanradio.com) and a Facebook page (www.facebook.com/savevoatibetan) urge supporters…
BBG Super Executives out of touch with reality
This post by Judy was in response to Broadcasting Board of Governors – We Know Who The Enemy…
Open Letter to Members of House Appropriations Committee on Silencing of America's Overseas Broadcasts
The independent, nongovernmental Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has released an Open Letter to Members of House…
CUSIB Submits Open Letter to House Appropriations Committee in Defense of Broadcasting to Tibet and China
March 7, 2012 CUSIB Submits Open Letter to House Appropriations Committee in Defense of Broadcasting to Tibet and…
Moral principles need to guide U.S. international broadcasting
by Ted Lipien I strongly urge the Broadcasting Board of Governors to reverse cuts to Voice of America…
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…
Broadcasting Board of Governors employee union withdraws from Labor/Management Forum, cites management's bad faith
The AFGE Local 1812 Employee Union at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) announced it was withdrawing from…
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…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Behold! The Master Plan
by The Federalist As we already know, as part of the administration’s FY2013 budget, the Broadcasting Board…
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…
Beijing and Obama Administration restrict Cantonese broadcasts
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency which runs the Voice of America broadcasts and other…
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…
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…
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…
BBG Gone Pravda
BBG Watch Commentary An old Soviet-era joke went something like this: “This is Armenian Radio; our listeners asked…
Tibetan monks listen secretly to Voice of America radio soon to be silenced by BBG
“The [Buddhist] monks [in Tibet] listen secretly to Voice of America’s Tibetan service news every night, despite feeling…
U.S. taxpayers funding pro-Putin VOA programs – Ted Lipien in Washington Examiner
BBG Watch Commentary Ted Lipien, a former Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director and co-founder of 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…