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Broadcasting Board Governor Victor Ashe praised for listening to employee concerns

The American Federation of Government Employees Local 1812 (AFGE Local 1812) published a report on the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Victor Ashe’s recent visit to the Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station in Greenville, North Carolina, praising him for reaching out to BBG employees and openly discussing their concerns. It is highly unusual for BBG members to regularly meet with groups of employees and for the union representing the BBG workforce to praise a BBG member.

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Victor Ashe Annoys Peers, says Knoxville's Metro Pulse, quotes from BBGWatch.com

[caption id="attachment_12186" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="BBG Governor Victor Ashe and VOA Director David Ensor meeting with VOA China Branch employees - BBG photo"][/caption] A Knoxville magazine website Metro Pulse

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‘Old white guys’ – National Review links to BBG Watch discrimination and mismanagement story

“Old White Guys” – The Open Season is On The “old white guys” comment attributed to a former CNN associate of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman

'Old white guys' – National Review links to BBG Watch discrimination and mismanagement story

"Old White Guys" - The Open Season is On The "old white guys" comment attributed to a former CNN associate of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Walter

BBG's Victor Ashe's wish list for 2012 urges reforms

BBG Watch (BBGWatch.com) is republishing a statement released by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Victor Ashe in which he urges major reforms at

BBG Governor Victor Ashe calls shortwave broadcasting to countries without free media ‘valuable’

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Rep. Dana Rohrabacher at 70th Anniversary of Voice of America broadcasting to China

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Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen at 70th Anniversary of Voice of America broadcasting to China

Rep. Ileana Ross-Lehtinen, the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, at the Capitol Hill reception to mark the 70th anniversary of Voice of America broadcasting to

BBG Governor Victor Ashe calls shortwave broadcasting to countries without free media 'valuable'

Ashe pauses before a portrait of Murrow with Walter Patterson, right, station manager. The Broadcasting Board of Governors announced that BBG Governor Victor Ashe toured the last remaining

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Death of Voice of America legendary radio host Pat Gates Lynch

Celebrated Voice of America Breakfast Show host Pat Gates Lynch died after a struggle with cancer Sunday at  her home in Fort Belvoir. From the mid-50s until 1969,

Death of Voice of America legendary radio host Pat Gates Lynch

Celebrated Voice of America Breakfast Show host Pat Gates Lynch died after a struggle with cancer Sunday at  her home in Fort Belvoir. From the mid-50s until

State's Lynne Weil to head Broadcasting Board of Governors large PR department

As Voice of America (VOA) broadcasting services are being eliminated, the number of highly paid Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executives, who order these cuts, keeps growing,

Steve Jobs' biographer Walter Isaacson under fire for personnel practices at the Voice of America

"The favoritism and preferential hiring practices of the Voice of America [under BBG Chairman Walter Isaacson]...is a scandal," wrote one BBG Watch source. In addition to VOA

Scholar of Tibetan history joins CUSIB's Advisory Board

The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) announced that Jianglin Li, a scholar of Tibetan history, joined its Advisory Board. Jianglin Li is a researcher and writer,

John Lenczowski to Serve on CUSIB Advisory Board – CUSIB

The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) announced that John Lenczowski, president of the Institute of World Politics, an independent graduate school of national security and international

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