Voice of America Relay Station, Delano (closed)
USA /
California /
Delano /
Melcher Road, 11015
World
/ USA
/ California
/ Delano
World / United States / California
military, antenna, radio station
The VOA Delano site operated from 1943 until 2007, built originally by CBS as a commercial station (call sign KCBR) and later used by the government. Like the VOA relay station in Dixon, CA, Delano first used 200kW and dual channel 50kW shortwave antennas. The site was later upgraded to the more familiar 500kW curtain (Sterba) antennas in place today.
VOA Delano was the first of the Office of War Information (OWI) stations to go on the air. The other two WWII-era stations under construction at the same time were NBC's station at Dixon and Crosley's at Bethany, Ohio.
www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm
www.w6lie.org/voa1.htm
hawkins.pair.com/voadelano.shtml
VOA Delano was the first of the Office of War Information (OWI) stations to go on the air. The other two WWII-era stations under construction at the same time were NBC's station at Dixon and Crosley's at Bethany, Ohio.
www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm
www.w6lie.org/voa1.htm
hawkins.pair.com/voadelano.shtml
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delano,_California#Radio_Transmissions
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°45'14"N 119°17'6"W
- Naval Air Station Lemoore 95 km
- Camp Roberts 143 km
- Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG/KVBG) 156 km
- Port Hueneme, California 175 km
- Naval Construction Battalion Center (CBC), Port Hueneme 176 km
- Naval Air Station Point Mugu 180 km
- Fort Hunter Liggett 197 km
- San Nicolas Island 276 km
- San Clemente Island 309 km
- Special Warfare Training Area Three (SWAT-3), SCI Underwater Range 313 km
- Kern Valley State Prison 3.3 km
- North Kern Valley State Prison 4 km
- Earlimart, California 14 km
- Allensworth, California 16 km
- Pixley National Wildlife Refuge 20 km
- Alpaugh, California 24 km
- Minter Field (MIT/KMIT) 29 km
- Terra Bella, California 32 km
- Tulare Lake (reclaimed) 37 km
- Oil Fields 39 km