• Encouraging Plurality
  • Providing Access
  • Building Capacity
Providing continuity during Hurricane Irma

Providing continuity during Hurricane Irma

Among the NCC’s accomplishments in FY2017 was a successful effort to maintain program delivery during Hurricane Irma, which struck Florida in September. The NCC coordinated with VOA and OCB to develop a transmissions plan to prevent content feed outages. Evergreen play-outs were readied for air for both Radio and TV Marti in the event of power or other utilities failure during and after the hurricane. During the height of the hurricane, no losses to air occurred due to alternate routing of services and proactive monitoring by the NCC, as well as VOA Master Control centers for television and radio. In the days following Irma, no losses to air occurred.

  • Presenting the truth
  • Encouraging Plurality
  • Providing Access
  • Building Capacity
  • — Voice of America
  • — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  • — Office of Cuba Broadcasting
  • — Radio Free Asia
  • — Middle East Broadcasting Networks
  • Leadership
  • Financial Highlights

Submitted on behalf of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (now U.S. Agency for Global Media) and pursuant to Section 305(a) of the International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-236). Because this report covers work completed in 2017, this document will continue to refer to the agency as the BBG.

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