U. S. Radio (Jan-Dec 1960)

voice of america suits, our community life. " The programming and the stations involved are: "The Story of a Valley," a half-hour progiam on the 50th anniversary of the town of Harlingen, Tex. (KWKH Shreveport, La.); docmentary on a communityservice radio station and another on Nassau County, L. I. (W^HLI Hempstead, N. Y.); a 30-minute program on the Central California Valley Water Project (KFRE Fresno); "Fourth of July, 1960," a half-hour program (WFIL Philadelphia); "Portrait of New England," a onehour program (W^BZ Boston); coverage of the Third Annual McGregor Conference, the so-called "Detroit Adventure" (VV'JR Detroit and Wayne State University); "Amana Story," two half-hour programs (WMT Cedar Rapids); "Do Texans Brag?" (WBAP Fort Worth). Five half-hour programs projecting the Southeastern states (WBT Charlotte, N. C); documentary on the Port of New Orleans (WDSU New Orleans); docinnentaries on outboard motor craze (WKRS Waukegan, 111.); four programs on the Puget Sound area (KING Seattle); man in-the-slreet interviews on Atlantic City, N. J., boardwalk on how workers spend their vacations (WFPG Atlantic City); documentary on Pacific Northwest (KEX Portland, O.); documentary on state of Kansas (WIBW Topeka). Half-hour documentary illustrating operation of educational radio and classroom radio (WDTR (FM) Detroit and Detroit board of education); documentary on "Peoria Railway Center" (WMBD Peoria, 111.); half-hour documentary on American shoe industry as exemplified by Endicott-Johnson factories (WNBF Binghamton, N. Y.). In addition to these stations, the Voice reports that the following reportedly are planning to produce special VOA programs this fall: KMOX St. Louis; WOW Omaha; KSL Salt Lake City; WNYC New York; KVOS Rellingham, Wash.; WTMJ Milwaukee; KLIK Jefferson City, Mo.; WBUD Trenton, N. J., and KSTP Minneapolis. The Voice programming is re layed around the world through a chain of 87 transmitters, 30 of which are at seven locations in the U. S. (see box, below) . The seven locations of the U. S. transmitters are: Bethany, O. (WLWO); Bound Brook. N. J. (WBOU); Brentwood, L. I., N. Y. (WDSI 1-2-3): Schenectady, N. Y. (WGEO); Wayne, N. J. (WDSI 5-6); Delano, Calif. (KCBR), and Dixon, Calif. (KNBH). \Vhilc the antennas are arranged so that the broadcasts are beamed out of the country, U. S. shortwave listeners in some locations can pick up these broadcasts. The overseas transmitters of the Voice include the U. S. Coast Guard cutter Courier, anchored in the harbor of Rhodes in the Mediterranean. Three of the overseas transmitters are rated at a million watts. These are located at Munich (Germany), Okinawa and the Philippine Islands. The other sites abroad are at Tangier, Morocco; Thessaloniki, Greece; iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ Stations Support VOA With Wide Facilities The cooperation provided by the U.S. radio broadcaster to the goals of the Voice of America is impressive. From the very beginning of VOA in the dark days of World War II right up to the present, radio stations have lent their support to the success of the project. The help supplied has been both in programming material and in high-powered transmitter installations. An example of one such operation is the shortwave equipment of Crosley Broadcasting Corp's. WLWO Bethany, 0. The installation includes six transmitters considered among the most powerful in the world. Each is capai)le of developing power of 200 kw, or an aggregate of well over one million watts. These shortwave transmitters at Bethany are beaming VOA programming to Western South America, North, Central and South Africa and Europe. Currently the regular operating schedule is 20 hours a day. Previously operating under different call letters and frequencies. WLWO was designed and built by Crosley for the U.S. Department of State in the early 1940's. Engineering leadership was supplied by R. J. Rockwell, Crosley vice president and director of engineering. The current Bethany facility, located about 20 miles outside of Cincinnati, is a restricted U.S. Government property, operated by 15 Crosley engineers. The plant is operated seven days a week, with at least two men on duty at all times during broadcast hours. The staff is headed by Floyd Lantzner, chief transmitter engineer. In addition to the six high-power transmitters, there are 22 directional antennas; 14 of them are the rhombic type operated SO U. S. RADIO • September 1960