Broadcasting Board of Governors

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG; German Broadcasting Board ) is an independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, DC She is responsible for all international non-military radio and television programs of the government.

Task

The official mission of the BBG is to promote freedom and democracy in the world and maintain it. This will be implemented through the dissemination of accurate and objective news and information about the U.S. and the world to the international audience. The channels can be received only abroad, as is banned in the U.S. government -funded domestic propaganda, according to a law of 1948.

The distant vision of the BBG is to create a flexible, multi -media, international broadcasting system in the U.S., reaching a large audience. In part by strengthening regional networks and institutions to include those which are geared towards individual countries and regions, and complement the programs of the Voice of America (VOA ). To spread the use of medium wave, ultra-short wave, short wave, satellite and the Internet is provided. The content should always be under the control of the United States.

History

In 1990 a start was made to merge the state broadcasting service of the United States, to enable closer cooperation. The United States Information Agency ( USIA ), which until then the Voice of America, Worldnet Television and Film Service, and Radio and TV Martí operation, these services merged in the Bureau of Broadcasting. The transmitters were technically supported by the Office of Engineering and Technical Operations.

In 1991 was established ( from 1996 Office of Affiliate Relations and Media Training) by the Bureau of Broadcasting, the Office of Affiliate Relations and Audience Analysis. It was aimed to establish a network of radio and television stations in the world that radiate as a partner broadcasts from VOA and Worldnet. In this way, now take 1,200 radio and television programs.

The structural changes in the international broadcasting of the U.S. government was continued under President Bill Clinton. On April 30, 1994, the Law International Broadcasting Act (Public Law 103-236 ) was passed. This was set up within the United States Information Agency, the International Broadcasting Bureau ( IBB). Furthermore, the Broadcasting Board of Governors was established.

The International Broadcasting Bureau includes the services previously funded by the federal government of former Bureau of Broadcasting. These are the three institutions Voice of America, Worldnet Television and Film Service, and Radio and TV Martí. And the Office of Engineering and Technical Services Further belongs to IBB. The first Broadcasting Board of Governors was sworn in on 11 August 1995. The BBG included ex officio director of the USIA and other eight members who are nominated by the U.S. President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on.

As a result of the enactment in 1998 Act Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act ( FAIR Act, Public Law 105-277 ) was an autonomous body, the Broadcasting Board of Governors on 1 October 1999. For the tax year 2013, the U.S. President has requested a budget of 720 million U.S. dollars at the Congress for the BBG, one against the granted for the 2012 budget by 4.2 per cent lower amount ..

Members of the Board

The current board members of the BBG are:

  • ( The post of CEO has been vacant since the resignation of Walter Isaacson in January 2012.)
  • U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ( ex officio)
  • Victor H. Ashe
  • Michael Lynton ( Interim Chairman)
  • Susan McCue
  • Michael P. Meehan
  • Dennis Mulhaupt
  • Dana Perino

Transmitter

The next station Voice of America are: Al -Hurra, Radio Sawa, Radio Farda, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty ( RFE / RL ), Radio Free Asia (RFA ), Radio and TV Martí, and Worldnet Television ( now in VOA Multimedia Network integrated). The programs are broadcast in 65 languages.

Competitors

The former CEO Walter Isaacson looked at the channel Russia Today, Press TV, Telesur and CCTV as the main competitors of the BBG and described it in 2010 as "enemies ".

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