Greenville in Pitt County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Voice Of America
Photographed By Mike Stroud, April 19, 2013
1. Voice Of America Marker
Erected 2003 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number F-67.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • War, Cold. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.
Location. 35° 38.93′ N, 77° 27.773′ W. Marker is in Greenville, North Carolina, in Pitt County. Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 43 and VOA Site C Road (State Highway 1212), on the right when traveling south on State Highway 43. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greenville NC 27834, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Sallie S. Cotten (approx. 2.1 miles away); Otter Creek Bridge Skirmish (approx. 4.2 miles away); Plank Road (approx. 5.2 miles away); Thomas J. Jarvis (approx. 5.4 miles away); Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 5˝ miles away); a different marker also named Thomas J. Jarvis (approx. 5˝ miles away); Sycamore Hill Gateway Plaza
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Regarding Voice Of America. In 1942, the Foreign Information Service, precursor to the Voice of America (VOA), made its first broadcast from New York City to Europe: “Here speaks a voice from America,” intoned the announcer, who went on to explain (in German) that the United States would be bringing the world truthful news about the war. Within months twenty-three transmitters were in place and twenty-seven language services on the air. Hearings held by Sen. Joseph McCarthy in 1953 posed a temporary setback as charges arose that subversives were at work within VOA. That same year VOA became the largest component of the new United States Information Agency. Headquarters for VOA were established in Washington in 1954, setting the stage for rapid expansion. VOA technical facilities and programming saw vast improvements as America sought to thwart the propaganda of communist bloc countries which, in turn, sought to electronically jam the broadcasts. International radio became an instrument of American foreign policy.
A key link in the network was built in eastern
Photographed By Mike Stroud, April 19, 2013
2. Voice Of America Marker, NC 43 at VOA Site C Road (SR 1212)
VOA personnel ceased to use Site C in 1985. Decommissioned by the government in 1999, the relay station (“Site C”) property was sold in 2001 to East Carolina University. There today ECU’s West Research Campus houses its Physician Assistant Program and the North Carolina AgroMedicine Institute. The site hosts a facility developed by the Office of State Archaeology in cooperation with ECU’s Program in Maritime Studies. The lab serves as base for conservation work on artifacts recovered from the presumed wreck of the flagship of the pirate Blackbeard, Queen Anne’s Revenge. (North Carolina Office of Archives & History — Department of Cultural Resources)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 884 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 2, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Photo of VOA antenna farm around East Carolina University (Old Site C). • Can you help?
