Central Intelligence Agency 355
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 355 conflicts, and controlled media. A not- and Radio Sawa networks. Alhurra TV for-profit corporation, RFE/RL is funded broadcasts to 22 countries in the Middle by a Federal grant from the Broadcasting East via satellite. Its schedule includes Board of Governors. Internet, up-to-the-minute newscasts, www.rferl.org. documentaries, discussion programs, and Radio Free Asia Radio Free Asia (RFA) other programs on a variety of subjects. is an independent, nonprofit Radio Sawa broadcasts on FM and AM organization broadcasting and publishing to major Middle Eastern countries. It also information online in nine East Asian seeks to reach a significant portion of the languages, including Burmese, under 30 population with a combination Cantonese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, of news, opinion features, and a blend of Mandarin, Tibetan, Uyghur, and mainstream Western and Arabic music. Vietnamese. RFA provides news and Internet, www.radiosawa.com and information related specifically to the www.alhurra.com. people in East Asia who are censored from officially sanctioned domestic Office of Cuba Broadcasting The media. All language services are staffed Office of Cuba Broadcasting oversees and directed by native speakers and Radio Marti and TV Marti. These two maintain Web sites which offer Spanish language services provide news podcasting, syndication, and feedback about Cuba and the world, features, and options, while several services also offer entertainment programs aimed at Cuba. regular toll-free hotlines to callers in Based in Miami, these comprehensive Asia. RFA is funded by an annual grant and timely broadcasts offer Cubans the from the Broadcasting Board of opportunity to receive unfiltered and Governors.
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