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The '''Broadcasting Board of Governors''' is the body that oversees several U.S. funded international broadcast channels, including [[Voice of America]], [[Radio Sawa]] and [[Al Hurra]]. The board is comprised of four Democrat appointees, four Republicans appointees and the Secretary of State.[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-broadcast17jun17,1,5067320.story]
== Origins ==
"On October 1, 1999, the '''Broadcasting Board Governors''' (BBG) became the independent, autonomous entity responsible for all U.S. government and government sponsored, non-military, international broadcasting," writes the BBG website. "This was the result of the 1998 Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act (Public Law 105-277), the single most important legislation affecting U.S. international broadcasting since the early 1950s."
"Every week, more than 100 million listeners, viewers, and internet users around the world turn-on, tune-in, and log-on to U.S. international broadcasting programs. While the 'Broadcasting Board of Governors' is the legal name given to the Federal entity encompassing all U.S international broadcasting services, the day-to-day broadcasting activities are carried out by the individual BBG international broadcasters." [http://www.bbg.gov/bbg_aboutus.cfm]
==BBG broadcastersBroadcasters==
*[[Voice of America]] (VOA)
*[[Alhurra]]
==External links==
*Neil King, Jr., "[http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111922932638163730,00.html?mod=todays_us_page_one Sparking Debate, Radio Czar Retools Government Media]," ''Wall Street Journal'', June 20, 2005.
*Johanna Neuman, "[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-broadcast17jun17,1,5067320.story Static Rises on Capitol Hill Over Broadcast Board Member]," ''Los Angeles Times'', June 22, 2005.
