Norm Pattiz, a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors which oversees US international television and radio broadcasting, has resigned.
Pattiz, widely credited as being the force behind new US international broadcasting initiatives such as Radio Sawa and Al Hurra TV, cited “personal reasons” for his resignation. In his resignation letter to President Bush, Pattiz, founder of radio syndicator Westwood One Inc., said the two ventures are “reaching mass audiences previously unheard of for U.S. international broadcasting in that region of the world.”
Pattiz said that he wanted to devote his time to other ventures and that his decision to quit the board had “nothing to do with politics.”