Broadcasting Board of Governors

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The Broadcasting Board of Governors was the former independent U.S. government agency that oversaw federally funded international media outlets such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Broadcasting Board of Governors canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal agency of the United States
independent U.S. government agency
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government

global audience
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolvedInto USAGM
surface form: U.S. Agency for Global Media
fundedBy United States Congress
governs U.S. government–funded non-military international broadcasting
hasGovernanceStructure bipartisan board of governors
hasLegalAuthority U.S. federal law on international broadcasting
hasMission to inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy
hasObjective to provide unbiased news and information to foreign audiences
to support freedom of expression and press freedom abroad
hasPart International Broadcasting Bureau
Middle East Broadcasting Networks
Office of Cuba Broadcasting
Radio Free Asia
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Voice of America
hasRole management of U.S. government–funded international media
oversight of U.S. government international broadcasting
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
industry international broadcasting
public diplomacy
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalForm independent federal agency
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia
mediaType digital media
online news services
radio broadcasting
television broadcasting
operatedIn 20th century
21st century
oversees Middle East Broadcasting Networks
Office of Cuba Broadcasting
Radio Free Asia
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Office of Cuba Broadcasting
surface form: Radio y Televisión Martí

Voice of America
ownedBy United States government
parentOrganization executive branch of the United States
surface form: Executive branch of the United States government
partOf United States foreign policy apparatus
replaced United States Information Agency broadcasting functions
replacedBy USAGM
surface form: U.S. Agency for Global Media
shortName BBG
subjectHasRole chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
typeOfBroadcasting non-military international broadcasting

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Agency for Global Media (historical oversight role) hasFormerName Broadcasting Board of Governors
subject surface form: United States Agency for Global Media
Office of Cuba Broadcasting formerParentOrganization Broadcasting Board of Governors
USAGM formerName Broadcasting Board of Governors
USAGM replaced Broadcasting Board of Governors
Radio Sawa formerOwner Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG fullName Broadcasting Board of Governors
International Broadcasting Bureau parentOrganization Broadcasting Board of Governors
TV Martí formerParentOrganization Broadcasting Board of Governors
Radio Martí previouslySupervisedBy Broadcasting Board of Governors
United States Information Agency successor Broadcasting Board of Governors