FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 1, 2014 The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) issued a statement condemning the the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Special Committee on the Future of Shortwave Broadcasting report, inappropriately titled “To Be Where the Audience Is,” for targeting poor and vulnerable radio audiences for cuts […]
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CUSIB’s Ann Noonan in Radio World: U.S. international broadcasting needs new vision and better management
CUSIB’s Ann Noonan in Radio World: U.S. international broadcasting needs new vision and better management In an article, How We Sound to the World, published in the October International Edition of Radio World magazine, the Executive Director of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), Ann Noonan, calls for reforms of federally-funded media […]
CUSIB Calls Upon the BBG to Restore Transparency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21, 2012 CUSIB Calls Upon the BBG to Restore Transparency The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has released the following statement expressing deep concern that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is pursuing a strategy of concealment and intimidation rather than respond to oversight by the U.S. Congress and […]
U.S. official Victor Ashe calls for keeping a radio facility capable of reaching China
This is an exclusive report by BBG Watch (BBGWatch.com). Republication is permitted with attribution. BBGWatch.com – December 20, 2011 – Victor Ashe, a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), has called for keeping open the radio broadcasting facility on U.S. territory that is capable of transmitting shortwave radio programs to China. Some Obama […]
Deloitte Tells BBG to Move Quickly with Consolidation – Free Media Online
“If VOA constitutes communications essential to national security, privatization may not be feasible,” concludes a consolidation study done by Deloitte, but the consulting firm recommends a quick action on the BBG plan to merge grantee broadcasters. Free Media Online has obtained a copy of the Grantee Merger Assessment done for the Broadcasting Board of Governors […]