Maintaining and Improving the International Broadcasting Infrastructure
BBG's FY 2012 Budget Request
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) supports the broad foreign policy goals of the United States through its mission to promote freedom and democracy and to enhance understanding through multimedia communication of accurate, objective, and balanced news, information, and other programming about America and the world to audiences overseas. The BBG encompasses all U.S. civilian international broadcasting, including the Voice of America (VOA), Radio and TV Martí, and grantee organizations Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Free Asia (RFA), and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN). All BBG broadcast services adhere to the standards and principles of the International Broadcasting…