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International Broadcasting: Downsizing and Relocating Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 5, 1995
Report No. NSIAD-95-53
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Summary:

In the 1950s, the U.S. government established Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) as a private nonprofit company to provide radio programming to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. With the end of the Cold War, the executive branch began questioning the role and management of international broadcasting. Executive branch officials conclude that management consolidation would reduce costs by promoting more rational programming decisions and the sharing of engineering and other resources. In July 1994, the President directed that the operations of RFE/RL be moved from Munich to Prague. This report discusses (1) RFE/RL's ability to meet the congressionally mandated funding ceiling and successfully operate in Prague, (2) the most pressing management problems RFE/RL faces in Prague, and (3) RFE/RL's view of its role and mission in the 21st century.

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