All posts tagged Tibet
Senator Wicker pushes to keep foreign radio services open — IBB wants them cut to keep its own budget and positions
BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a leading Senator on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, is urging the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to continue operating Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Balkan Service …
Should U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors members do private business in Russia and China?
BBG Watch Commentary Most people know or suspect that major business deals for U.S. companies, especially media deals, in countries like Russia or China, cannot happen without government approval
Dissidents and U.S. broadcasting officials honored as champions of free speech
This report is from the independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB - cusib.org). CUSIB's Executive Director Ann Noonan has spoken at recent Broadcasting Board
Obama nominates Ryan Crocker to serve on Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Will Ambassador Crocker's nomination to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) displace corruption watcher and champion of free speech Victor Ashe? [caption id="attachment_22360" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Ryan C.
Radio Free Asia responds to freedom of the press findings with a defense of its unique mission
BBG Watch Commentary A Radio Free Asia (RFA) press release shows how surrogate broadcasting, which International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) top executives believe should be merged into one single program
Three BBG members to receive Champion of Free Speech Award
BBG Watch Commentary Three members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting, will
Rep. Rohrabacher asks for more U.S. broadcasts to Iran and Pakistan
BBG Watch Commentary [caption id="attachment_12092" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Rep. Dana Rohrabacher at the VOA Chinese 70th anniversary reception, Dec. 2011."][/caption] Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA),
Bureaucrats proposed cutting US broadcasts to North Caucasus, home of Boston bombing suspects
BBG Watch Commentary. U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) still broadcasts uncensored radio programs in local languages to the largely Muslim North
Tenzin Tethong to lead Radio Free Asia Tibetan Service
BBG Watch has learned that a distinguished leader and scholar Tenzin Tethong was chosen as the new Tibetan Service director at