{"id":9139,"date":"2014-03-30T19:49:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T23:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9139"},"modified":"2014-03-30T19:50:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T23:50:09","slug":"a-second-life-for-the-voa-delano-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/a-second-life-for-the-voa-delano-site\/","title":{"rendered":"A second life for the VOA Delano site?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"VOA-Delano\"<\/a>

VOA Delano campus<\/p><\/div>\n

Much like VOA Site A<\/a>, the VOA Delano, California site has been\u00a0turned over to the Government Services Administration (GSA)<\/em>. After consideration for federal use, the GSA reached out to the\u00a0U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)<\/em>, who expressed an interest in the site. If approved, HUD could use the site to house the homeless or, possibly, create an affordable housing campus. We won’t know the future of the site until later this year.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to several of you who sent a link to this\u00a0recent article in The Bakersfield Californian<\/em><\/a> which not only talks about the history of the Delano site, but also its future.<\/p>\n

Though I know it’s not in the realm of possibility, I would love to see the site donated to a non-profit broadcaster or university who could carry out HF broadcasts and\/or research.<\/p>\n

On a side note, several months ago, I came across a\u00a0declassified 2005 Report of Inspection<\/a> for the Delano Transmitting Station. It makes for a fascinating look into Delano when it was once fully operational.<\/p>\n

Click here to download the Report of Inspection as a PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Much like VOA Site A, the VOA Delano, California site has been\u00a0turned over to the Government Services Administration (GSA). After consideration for federal use, the GSA reached out to the\u00a0U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), who expressed an interest in the site. If approved, HUD could use the site to house the homeless […]<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,288,43],"tags":[1106,1531,10,2693,2694,182],"class_list":["post-9139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ibb","tag-international-broadcasting-bureau","tag-voa","tag-voa-delano","tag-voa-delano-california","tag-voice-of-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2np","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60161,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/three-photos-of-the-voa-delano-site\/","url_meta":{"origin":9139,"position":0},"title":"Three photos of the VOA Delano site","author":"Thomas","date":"July 7, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tracy Wood, who writes: Photos of former VOA Delano. 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