Consolidation of American Forces Radio and Television Service--Washington and Los Angeles Broadcasting Facilities

GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) plan to consolidate its American Forces Radio and Television Service Broadcasting activities at Arlington, Virginia, with its broadcasting activities at Los Angeles, California. The American Forces Radio and Television Service is part of a worldwide broadcast system which provides American radio and television programs to nearly one million American military and civilian personnel stationed overseas. The Service is responsible for providing policy and management guidance and acquiring programs for the worldwide broadcast system. Its mission is to provide command information as well as entertainment materials through the broadcast system for DOD personnel. The plan to consolidate the two broadcasting activities is part of an evolving worldwide, joint-service centralization of DOD radio and television management and a modernization of technological capability.