{"id":6991,"date":"2013-08-07T09:37:12","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T13:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6991"},"modified":"2013-08-07T09:37:12","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T13:37:12","slug":"victor-ashe-joins-cusib-after-leaving-the-broadcasting-board-of-governors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/victor-ashe-joins-cusib-after-leaving-the-broadcasting-board-of-governors\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Ashe joins CUSIB after leaving the Broadcasting Board of Governors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Victor Ashe<\/p><\/div>\n

Without a doubt, Victor Ashe has championed US international broadcasting on the Broadcasting Board of Governors and has voiced his support for continued funding<\/a> of the Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station<\/a>. He will now join The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Advisory Board:<\/p>\n

(Source: CUSIB Press Release)<\/p>\n

The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB \u2013 cusig.org) announced that departing Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Victor Ashe has joined CUSIB Advisory Board.<\/p>\n

CUSIB is a nonpartisan, independent NGO supporting U.S. international broadcasting. CUSIB has worked with individual BBG members, heads of BBG entities, members of the U.S. Congress, and media to identify and correct management problems that hamper effectiveness of U.S. international broadcasting. CUSIB members were active in successfully opposing proposed cuts to Voice of America (VOA) radio and satellite television programs to China and VOA radio programs to Tibet. CUSIB also defended dozens of Radio Liberty journalists in Russia who were fired by the previous Radio Free Europe \/ Radio Liberty (RFE\/RL) management. Some of the journalists were rehired after the BBG hired Kevin Klose and acting RFE\/RL president. Klose initiated management reforms at RFE\/RL.<\/p>\n

At the BBG, Victor Ashe was a champion of accountability and transparency. He won respect of rank and file employees for his willingness to communicate with them and address serious management issues. Ashe insisted that top agency executives not ignore the problem of record low employee morale under the management of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), as measured by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS).<\/p>\n

Ashe said in a statement: \u201cI am honored to serve on this [CUSIB] Board and appreciate their dedication to transparency and fairness. There is still much work to do for international broadcasting by the United States due to serious management issues which still exist.\u201d \u201cI am hopeful the new BBG Board with the leadership of Jeff Shell will make the decisions necessary to move BBG forward,\u201d Ashe added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Without a doubt, Victor Ashe has championed US international broadcasting on the Broadcasting Board of Governors and has voiced his support for continued funding of the Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station. He will now join The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Advisory Board: (Source: CUSIB Press Release) The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,43],"tags":[406,2059,1567,1091,1103],"class_list":["post-6991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bbg","tag-cusib","tag-tour-of-edward-r-murrow-transmitting-station","tag-victor-ashe","tag-voa-site-b"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1OL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6940,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/bbg-watch-edward-r-murrow-site-appears-safe-in-fiscal-year-2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":6991,"position":0},"title":"BBG Watch: Edward R. 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