{"id":313,"date":"2009-08-03T12:25:26","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T12:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=313"},"modified":"2009-08-03T12:25:26","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T12:25:26","slug":"ted-landphair-takes-us-to-the-voa-bethany-transmitting-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/ted-landphair-takes-us-to-the-voa-bethany-transmitting-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Landphair takes us to the VOA Bethany transmitting station"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VOA Bethany transmitting station, now a museum and park.<\/p><\/div>\n

Veteran Voice of America “Americana” reporter and essayist, Ted Landphair recently posted an essay on his blog<\/a> outlining the past and present of VOA’s Bethany, Ohio transmitter site. This article<\/a> is a fascinating read and takes us back to the the site’s roots in WLW and wartime propaganda.<\/p>\n

Thanks Ted–and to Kim Elliot<\/a> for bringing this article to my attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Veteran Voice of America “Americana” reporter and essayist, Ted Landphair recently posted an essay on his blog outlining the past and present of VOA’s Bethany, Ohio transmitter site. This article is a fascinating read and takes us back to the the site’s roots in WLW and wartime propaganda. Thanks Ted–and to Kim Elliot for bringing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[125,126,128,127],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ted-landphair","tag-voa-bethany","tag-voa-bethany-transmiting-site","tag-wlw"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-53","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13261,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/photos-from-the-voa-bethany-museum\/","url_meta":{"origin":313,"position":0},"title":"Photos from the VOA Bethany Museum","author":"Thomas","date":"May 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Immediately after packing up our table at the Dayton Hamvention, my buddies Eric (WD8RIF), Miles (KD8KNC), and I made the 30 minute journey to Bethany, Ohio, to visit the VOA Bethany museum. 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