Semi-retirement
Following a 1996 partial retirement, Mabry continued to consult internationally in the communications field, traveling to the former Soviet Union under the auspices of The Citizens Democracy Corps and International Executive Service Corps. Mabry and his wife lived and worked for up to six months at a time in cities including Arsenyev, Samarkand, Tbilisi and Tver, where he helped formerly government-run television stations cope with both their new-found independence and their sudden responsibility for everything from news content and presentation to advertising and general business practices. "The object is not to make their stations into American stations," Mabry said in a 2000 interview, "but to show them some techniques that are being done on American stations."
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