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 Other networks were also expanded under the BBG. Voice of America worked with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to launch [[Radio Farda]], a Persian-language radio program targeting youth.{{cn|date=August 2023}} In 2006, VOA initiated TV Ashna, a one-hour televised news broadcast,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidevoa.com/a/voas-tv-ashna-signs-5-year-agreement-with-radio-television-afghanistan-123039623/178535.html |title=VOA's TV Ashna Signs 5 Year Agreement with Radio Television Afghanistan |date=2011-06-01 |access-date=June 4, 2018 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614171527/https://www.insidevoa.com/a/voas-tv-ashna-signs-5-year-agreement-with-radio-television-afghanistan-123039623/178535.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and Radio Deewa, a daily radio program of sports, music, and local and international news.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidevoa.com/a/a-13-34-2009-01-08-deewa-111607089/178057.html|title=VOA Deewa Radio|website=VOA|access-date=November 30, 2019|archive-date=March 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309141433/https://www.insidevoa.com/a/a-13-34-2009-01-08-deewa-111607089/178057.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
-In a January 2015 interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'', the then newly appointed CEO of the BBG, Andrew Lack, said "We are facing a number of challenges from entities like [[Russia Today]] which is out there pushing a point of view, the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] in the Middle East and groups like [[Boko Haram]]. But I firmly believe that this agency has a role to play in facing those challenges."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nixon|first=Ron|date=January 21, 2015|title=U.S. Seeking a Stronger World Media Voice|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/us/broadcasting-board-of-governors-names-chief-executive.html?_r=1|access-date=June 17, 2016|work=New York Times|archive-date=April 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417170306/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/us/broadcasting-board-of-governors-names-chief-executive.html?_r=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
+In a January 2015 interview with ''The New York Times'', the then newly appointed CEO of the BBG, Andrew Lack, said "We are facing a number of challenges from entities like [[Russia Today]] which is out there pushing a point of view, the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] in the Middle East and groups like [[Boko Haram]]. But I firmly believe that this agency has a role to play in facing those challenges."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nixon|first=Ron|date=January 21, 2015|title=U.S. Seeking a Stronger World Media Voice|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/us/broadcasting-board-of-governors-names-chief-executive.html?_r=1|access-date=June 17, 2016|work=New York Times|archive-date=April 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417170306/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/us/broadcasting-board-of-governors-names-chief-executive.html?_r=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
 The board of USAGM has an advisory role. It previously supervised USAGM media networks directly, but was replaced with a single appointed chief executive officer (CEO) as part of the [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017]], passed in December 2016.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/defense-bill-would-abolish-bbg-governing-board/161487|title=Defense Bill Would Abolish BBG Governing Board|last=Eggerton|first=John|date=2016-12-01|website=Broadcasting & Cable|access-date=2017-01-21|archive-date=February 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202073010/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/defense-bill-would-abolish-bbg-governing-board/161487|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/donald-trump-voice-of-america-232442|title=Trump to inherit state-run TV network with expanded reach|last=Palmeri|first=Tara|date=2016-12-12|newspaper=POLITICO|access-date=2017-01-21|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216080255/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/donald-trump-voice-of-america-232442|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2017/01/trump-arrives-time-gain-influence-over-broadcasting-board/134303/|title=Trump Arrives in Time to Gain Influence Over Broadcasting Board|last=Clark|first=Charles S.|date=2017-01-03|newspaper=Government Executive|access-date=2017-01-21|archive-date=June 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629141143/https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2017/01/trump-arrives-time-gain-influence-over-broadcasting-board/134303/|url-status=live}}</ref>