FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 1, 2014 The independent and nonpartisan Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) issued a statement condemning the the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Special Committee on the Future of Shortwave Broadcasting report, inappropriately titled “To Be Where the Audience Is,” for targeting poor and vulnerable radio audiences for cuts […]
Tag: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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 […]
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 […]
Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Rejects Recommendations in S. Enders Wimbush’s WSJ Op-Ed
Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Rejects Recommendations in S. Enders Wimbush’s WSJ Op-Ed As directors of a non-partisan, non-profit and independent citizen watchdog group (CUSIB – cusib.org) for U.S. international broadcasting, we agree with S. Enders Wimbush that radical reforms are needed (“S. Enders Wimbush: The Fading Voice of Liberty, WSJ, July 18, 2013), but […]
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 Applauds Former BBG Member Blanquita Cullum's Statement on Radio Liberty Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2012 CUSIB Applauds Former BBG Member Blanquita Cullum’s Statement on Radio Liberty Crisis The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is honored to learn that former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Blanquita Cullum has joined efforts to save Radio Liberty (Radio Svoboda) in Russia. Blanquita Cullum’s statement of October 12, 2012 describes the […]
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. […]
Dismissed Radio Liberty Moscow Journalists Ask CUSIB to Present Their Appeal to U.S. Administration
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Supporting journalism for media freedom and human rights The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) has been asked by a committee of former Radio Liberty Moscow journalists and other staffers who were dismissed last month in a secretly-planned two-day action by the management of Radio Free […]
Putin goes after Radio Svoboda on Russian TV
In a prime-time interview aired on October 17 with the heads of Russia’s three largest television stations, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that during the Cold War, his former employer — the KGB — viewed Radio Svoboda as a branch of the CIA engaged in spying in the former Soviet Union. RFE/RL analyst Charles […]