CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: “Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency ‘Defunct’,” Disappointed in Witness Testimony The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has released the following statement: Rather than galvanizing the House of Representatives, there was no consensus among the three witnesses who testified on June 26, 2013 before the U.S. Congress about how to achieve […]
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CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: "Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency 'Defunct'," Disappointed in Witness Testimony
CUSIB Welcomes Congressional Hearing: “Broadcasting Board of Governors: An Agency ‘Defunct’,” Disappointed in Witness Testimony The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting has released the following statement: Rather than galvanizing the House of Representatives, there was no consensus among the three witnesses who testified on June 26, 2013 before the U.S. Congress about how to achieve […]
CUSIB Marks 6-Month Anniversary of the Unjust Firing of Radio Liberty Journalists
Lyudmila Alexeeva, Photo for Radio Liberty in Exile by Yuri Timofeev. March 21, 2013 For Immediate Release CUSIB Marks 6-Month Anniversary of the Unjust Firing of Radio Liberty Journalists CUSIB is urging the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to pay close attention to a statement made by Russian human rights leader and Nobel Peace […]
CUSIB Statement on Sequestration and Recent BBG Developments
March 7, 2013 For Immediate Release CUSIB Statement on Sequestration and Recent BBG Developments The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has released the following statement in response to recent developments at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG): “CUSIB appreciates the efforts made by the BBG to mark the 60th Anniversary of Radio […]
CUSIB Statement on Recent BBG Developments
February 7, 2013 CUSIB Statement on Recent BBG Developments The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has released the following statement in response to recent developments at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting extends our best wishes to Secretary of State John Kerry who has become the newest […]
Open Letter to Jeff Shell, President of NBC Universal
Open Letter to Jeff Shell, President of NBC Universal Mr. Jeff Shell Chairman, NBC Universal International January 14, 2013 Dear Mr. Shell: On behalf of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB), we respectfully request for you to decline the nomination to serve as the Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors if you choose […]
CUSIB Joins the Rally Cry for Radio Liberty Supporters
October 10, 2012 For Immediate Release CUSIB Joins the Rally Cry for Radio Liberty Supporters The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) stands in solidarity with Radio Liberty supporters and listeners who demonstrated at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow Tuesday against the mass firing of Radio Liberty (Radio Svoboda) journalists, web editors, and other staffers. […]
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Condemns Crippling of Radio Liberty in Russia
September 30, 2012 For Immediate Release The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Condemns Crippling of Radio Liberty in Russia The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) stands in solidarity with Lyudmila Alexeeva, Chairwoman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, in her call for the expansion of Radio Liberty broadcasts in Russia and the reversal of the […]
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
Photo by Harout Kelechian, USA Armenian Life magazine. * * * * * PRESS ADVISORY * * * * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WHAT: Appo Jabarian Meets with Congressman Adam Schiff Regarding the Importance of Voice of America Radio Services and Transparency at Broadcasting Board of Governors WHEN : Monday, July 2, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. […]
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 […]