Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO, the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org), spoke as a member of the public at the BBG meeting in Washington on Wednesday, August 13, 2014, calling for urgent management reforms at the Voice of America. She mentioned VOA English News failure to report on the […]
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CUSIB Calls for Matt Armstrong to Step Aside as Chair of the BBG's Special Committee on the Future of Shortwave Broadcasting
July 21, 2014 For Immediate Release CUSIB Calls for Matt Armstrong to Step Aside as Chair of the BBG’s Special Committee on the Future of Shortwave Broadcasting In response to the sudden and serious damage done to the Broadcasting Board of Governors short wave and medium wave radio services to countries without free media, Committee […]
CUSIB urges management reforms at BBG
CUSIB Directors Defend Radio TV Marti Journalists, Support Royce – Engel Bill to Reform Broadcasting Board of Governors Link to video on YouTube. At the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) board meeting in Miami, FL on June 20, 2014, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) representatives, Ann Noonan and Ted Lipien, expressed their […]
CUSIB Member and Former BBG Governor Victor Ashe Comments on International Affairs
Member of our Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Advisory Board and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member, Ambassador Victor Ashe, has published an op-ed in Knoxville News Sentinel on the 25th anniversary of Poland’s (largely) free elections in 1989. The original article can be seen HERE. Ambassador Ashe has made this […]
CUSIB Welcomes Mark Gjonaj
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2014 CUSIB Welcomes Mark Gjonaj The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) is pleased to welcome Mark Gjonaj who has accepted our invitation to serve as a Member of our Advisory Board. Ann Noonan, CUSIB’s Executive Director and co-founder stated: “CUSIB is honored that Mark Gjonaj has accepted […]
CUSIB Advisory Board member John Lenczowski offers his USIM reform proposal in WSJ op-ed
CUSIB Advisory Board member Dr. John Lenczowski presented in an Wall Street Journal op-ed his proposal to reform U.S. international media (USIM) outreach. Dr. Lenczowski, a public diplomacy expert, criticized numerous cuts in U.S. funded broadcasts in recent years. “Reaching modern audiences requires multiple media: Internet, cell phones, television and radio—using all frequencies: AM, FM […]
CUSIB's Ann Noonan Speaks at BBG Meeting
At the April 11, 2014 meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors in Washington, DC, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan urged management reforms at Voice of America (VOA) and International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB). In her conversations with BBG members, Noonan expressed support for Chairman Shell’s leadership and the […]
Albanian American New York State Assemblyman Protests Proposed Cuts in U.S. Broadcasts to the Balkans
Member of the New York State Assembly Mark Gjonaj wrote a letter to Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell expressing concerns about the proposed elimination of U.S. news services to Albanians and others in the Balkans. “Media is the most effective and efficient method to deter extremist forces seeking to penetrate and establish […]
Statement by CUSIB Executive Director
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan issued a statement on the announced departure from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) of its President and CEO Kevin Klose. The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) thanks Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty […]
U.S. considers VOA and RFE/RL programs to Ukraine ' very valuable' and 'very important'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2014 U.S. considers VOA and RFE/RL programs to Ukraine ‘very valuable’ and ‘very important,’ but more funding from Congress and more oversight from BBG are needed The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) applauds a statement by a high-level U.S. State Department official who told a U.S. Senate […]