Voice of America Bethany Relay Station
The Voice of America's Bethany Relay Station was located in Butler County, Ohio's Union Township about 25 miles (40 km) north of Cincinnati, adjacent to the transmitter site of WLW. Starting in 1944 during World War II it transmitted American radio programming abroad on shortwave frequencies, using 200,000-watt transmitters built by Crosley engineers under the direction of R.J. Rockwell. The site was developed to provide 'fallback' transmission facilities inland and away from the East Coast, where transmitters were located in Massachusetts, on Long Island in New York, and in New Jersey, all close to the ocean, subject to attack from German submarines or other invading forces.
VOA Bethany Relay Station
The National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting is the main building and campus of the original VOA, Bethany Relay Station.
Adolph Hitler is said to have called the Voice of America Bethany in West Chester, Ohio, “The Cincinnati Liars."
The Bethany Antenna Switching Matrix at the station.
Voice of America is the state-owned news network and international radio broadcaster of the United States of America. It is the largest and oldest of the U.S.-funded international broadcasters. VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content in 49 languages, which it distributes to affiliate stations around the world. Its targeted and primary audience is non-American. As of November 2022, its reporting reached 326 million adults per week across all platforms.
Voice of America headquarters
Willis Conover broadcasting with Voice of America in 1969
Martin Luther King's 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech
Buzz Aldrin on the moon, in a photograph taken by Neil Armstrong, who can be seen in the visor reflection along with earth.
