International Broadcasting Bureau
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The International Broadcasting Bureau is a U.S. government agency that provides technical, administrative, and transmission support for U.S. international media services such as Voice of America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. international broadcasting system | 4 |
| International Broadcasting Bureau canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T931118 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Broadcasting Bureau Context triple: [Broadcasting Board of Governors, hasPart, International Broadcasting Bureau]
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A.
Voice of America
Voice of America is a U.S. government-funded international broadcaster that provides news and information in multiple languages to audiences around the world.
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B.
Radiocommunication Bureau
The Radiocommunication Bureau is the administrative and technical arm of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector, responsible for managing global radio-frequency spectrum use and satellite orbit resources.
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C.
Office of Cuba Broadcasting
The Office of Cuba Broadcasting is a U.S. government media organization that operates services like Radio and TV Martí to provide news and information to audiences in Cuba.
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D.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a U.S.-funded international broadcasting organization that provides independent news and information to audiences in countries where free media is restricted or not fully developed.
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E.
Bureau of Information and Propaganda
The Bureau of Information and Propaganda was a key wartime institution of the Polish resistance that coordinated underground press, information campaigns, and psychological warfare against occupying forces during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Broadcasting Bureau Target entity description: The International Broadcasting Bureau is a U.S. government agency that provides technical, administrative, and transmission support for U.S. international media services such as Voice of America.
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A.
Voice of America
Voice of America is a U.S. government-funded international broadcaster that provides news and information in multiple languages to audiences around the world.
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B.
Radiocommunication Bureau
The Radiocommunication Bureau is the administrative and technical arm of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector, responsible for managing global radio-frequency spectrum use and satellite orbit resources.
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C.
Office of Cuba Broadcasting
The Office of Cuba Broadcasting is a U.S. government media organization that operates services like Radio and TV Martí to provide news and information to audiences in Cuba.
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D.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a U.S.-funded international broadcasting organization that provides independent news and information to audiences in countries where free media is restricted or not fully developed.
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E.
Bureau of Information and Propaganda
The Bureau of Information and Propaganda was a key wartime institution of the Polish resistance that coordinated underground press, information campaigns, and psychological warfare against occupying forces during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | U.S. federal government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IBB ⓘ |
| aimsTo | support freedom of information and expression through technical broadcasting services ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | global ⓘ |
| broadcastArea | worldwide ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
foreign broadcast authorities
ⓘ
international telecommunications organizations ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
U.S. government civil servants
ⓘ
broadcast engineers ⓘ technical operations staff ⓘ |
| follows | United States Information Agency broadcasting functions ⓘ |
| hasMainResponsibility |
administrative support for U.S. international media services
ⓘ
technical support for U.S. international media services ⓘ transmission support for U.S. international media services ⓘ |
| hasPart |
administrative offices
ⓘ
information technology infrastructure ⓘ satellite distribution facilities ⓘ transmitting stations ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.usagm.gov ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1994 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | U.S. public diplomacy apparatus ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | federal agency ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| missionStatement | to ensure reliable and effective delivery of U.S. international broadcasting programs worldwide ⓘ |
| operatesInTheFieldOf |
international broadcasting
ⓘ
mass media ⓘ public diplomacy ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of the United States
|
| parentOrganization |
Broadcasting Board of Governors
ⓘ
USAGM ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Agency for Global Media
|
| partOf |
USAGM
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. international broadcasting
|
| providesServiceTo |
Radio Martí
ⓘ
TV Martí ⓘ Voice of America ⓘ other U.S. international broadcasting entities ⓘ |
| regulates | technical standards for U.S. international broadcasting facilities ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
Office of Cuba Broadcasting
ⓘ
Voice of America ⓘ |
| uses |
FM transmitters
ⓘ
internet distribution systems ⓘ medium wave transmitters ⓘ satellite distribution systems ⓘ shortwave transmitters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: International Broadcasting Bureau Description of subject: The International Broadcasting Bureau is a U.S. government agency that provides technical, administrative, and transmission support for U.S. international media services such as Voice of America.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. international broadcasting system
this entity surface form:
U.S. international broadcasting system
this entity surface form:
U.S. international broadcasting system
this entity surface form:
U.S. international broadcasting system