“Tell the truth and let the world decide.” This simple, eight-word sentence captures the essence of Voice of America (VOA) and has been its guiding principle since its founding more than 70 years ago.
During a virtual NKY History Hour presentation on Tuesday, June 25th at 6:30pm, National Voice of America Broadcasting Museum Executive Director Jack Dominick will discuss how the pioneering spirit of journalists and engineers made VOA a powerful voice of truth and fact.
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In the 1940s, a team of engineers including Cincinnati radio pioneer Powell Crossley Jr. designed and built a radio transmitting facility that their colleagues thought impossible. Built in West Chester, Ohio, the facility featured six 250,000-watt transmitters and an array of 27 antennas capable of reaching millions of listeners across Europe, North Africa, South Africa and South America. It was the most powerful radio transmitter on Earth.
Today, the West Chester facility remains intact and has been restored as the National Voice of America Broadcasting Museum, showcasing the accomplishments of VOA and the rich tradition of broadcast programming and innovation in Southwest Ohio.
Register online to attend the free presentation by the Behringer-Crawford Museum.
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Instructions on how to connect to the Zoom session will be provided after registration. The event will also be streamed live on BCM’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/bcmuseumnky. Recordings of all past episodes can be found at www.bcmuseum.org.
Jack (John T.) Dominick has served as Executive Director of the National Voice of America Broadcasting Museum since March 2014. He is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati, where he teaches in the eMedia department at the College Conservatory of Music (CCM). He was previously an adjunct lecturer at Northern Kentucky University. Dominick has been involved in public broadcasting for over 38 years, retiring as Vice President and Station Director of Cincinnati’s public television station, CET. He writes and blogs about technology and media, and has served on several national public television committees and working groups. In the 1980s, he was one of five people who participated in a Smithsonian Institution project investigating the use of computer technology for mapping, photographing, and electronically distributing the entire United States, a precursor to services such as Google Earth.
NKY History Hour programs take place every other Tuesday from 6:30-7:30pm and are free to the public. To support NKY History Hour and watch many other fun and thought-provoking programs for free, join BCM today.
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