Administration Seeks Emergency Broadcasting Funds

[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Less than two weeks after cutting funding for various English language services to Europe to make room for expanding Middle East TV channel Alhurra from 16 to 24 hours, adding customized local news content (as some legislators had suggested in a hearing on the service), and stepping up broadcasts to Iran, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has asked Congress for $75 million in emergency funds, including for more broadcasts into Iran.
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