BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2011
RELATED AGENCY
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
Appropriations, 2010 $733,788,000
Budget estimate, 2011 755,143,000
Committee recommendation 743,925,000
The Committee recommends $743,925,000 for International Broadcasting
Operations, which is $11,218,000 below the request, for the operating and
engineering costs of VOA, OCB, RFE/RL, RFA, MBN, and the BBG.
Funds are allocated in the following table and subject to the requirements
of section 7019 of this act:
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
[Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
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Program
(1) Fiscal year 2011 request
(2) Committee recommendation
(3) Change from request
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International Broadcasting Bureau: (1) (2) (3)
Voice of America 206,776 205,594 -1,182
Broadcasting to Cuba 29,179 28,789 -390
Engineering and Technical Services 190,724 187,229 -3,425
Agency Direction 28,290 28,290
IBB Management and Support 48,751 47,172 -1,579
Subtotal, IBB 503,720 497,144 -6,576
Independent Grantee Organizations:
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 95,557 94,488 -1,069
Radio Free Asia 38,404 37,679 -725
Middle East Broadcasting Networks 117,462 114,614 -2,848
Subtotal, Grantees 251,423 246,781 -4,642
Total, International Broadcasting Operations 755,143 743,925 -11,218
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Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Committee recommends up to $24,815,000 for
Pashto and Dari broadcasts targeted toward Afghanistan and northwest
Pakistan.
Broadcast Transmission and Distribution. The Committee does not support
closing the Greenville Transmitting Station in North Carolina, or the
request for expanded FM (including six additional FMs for Radio Sawa),
digital, and new media efforts.
While the Committee does support the BBG's efforts to expand into new
technologies, the Committee is concerned that closing Greenville may be
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