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USA FY 2011 Budget Request for the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
The President's budget request for Fiscal Year 2011, sent to the Congress
today, includes $768.8 million for the Broadcasting Board of Governors
(BBG), an increase of 1.5 percent from the FY 2010 funding level. The
request reflects the continued critical role of BBG broadcasts in support
of U.S. foreign policy goals.
The FY 2011 budget supports key new initiatives:
- Upgrading the BBG's global satellite distribution capacity,
infrastructure, and network control center;
- Expanding FM, digital, and new media opportunities:
- Improving digital workflows and expanding distribution to mobile
devices;
- Adding 24/7 FM transmitters in Afghanistan to carry
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Voice of America (VOA)
Pashto and Dari programming;
- Creating Radio Free Asia (RFA) video programming in Burmese,Tibetan,
Mandarin, and Vietnamese;
- Diversifying distribution of VOA content in Africa.
- Addressing critical personnel and capital needs in RFE/RL bureaus.
The proposed budget also continues funding for ongoing programming to
critical audiences, including: 24-hour streams for VOA Persian News
Network television and RFE/RL Radio Farda to Iran; Alhurra, including Al
Youm, the daily three-hour Alhurra Television program broadcast live from
the Middle East; Radio Sawa to the Middle East; Afia Darfur to Sudan and
Eastern Chad; VOA and RFE/RL Pashto programming to the
Afghanistan/Pakistan border region; RFE/RL and VOA Dari and Pashto
programming to Afghanistan; VOA Urdu radio and television broadcasts to
Pakistan; VOA Somali to Somalia; a 10-hour coordinated RFA and VOA stream
to North Korea; and a 30-minute, five-day-a-week VOA Spanish television
program for Venezuela.
The FY 2011 budget request balances competing policy priorities with
available budget resources. The request proposes to reduce contracting
costs and other Agency support expenses through efficiencies. The request
also includes several program adjustments, including the closure of
selected language services and programs, operational efficiencies in
broadcast services, and realignment of transmission networks.
The Broadcasting Board of Governors looks forward to working with the
Congress toward enactment of the proposed funding levels and program
proposals. Further detail on the requested BBG budget is available at
The Broadcasting Board of Governors is an independent federal agency,
supervising all U.S. government-supported, civilian international
broadcasting, whose mission is 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. BBG broadcasts reach an
audience of 171 million in 100 countries. BBG broadcasting organizations
include the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Middle
East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio Free Asia,
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