Editing Voice of America (section)

=== Transmission facilities ===
[[File:VOA SiteB building.JPG|thumb|180px|[[International Broadcasting Bureau Greenville Transmitting Station|Edward R. Murrow Greenville Transmitting Station]], the VOA broadcasting station in North Carolina's [[Inner Banks]]]]
[[File:2009-0725-CA-Delano-VOArelay.jpg|thumb|180px|The [[Delano, California|Delano]] Transmitting Station was closed in 2007.]]
The [[Voice of America Bethany Relay Station|Bethany Relay Station]], operational from 1944 to 1994, was based on a {{convert|625|acre|km2|adj=on}} site in [[West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio|Union Township]] (now West Chester Township) in [[Butler County, Ohio]], near [[Cincinnati]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voice of America – Ohio History Central |url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Voice_of_America |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202155050/http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Voice_of_America |archive-date=December 2, 2018 |access-date=December 2, 2018 |website=ohiohistorycentral.org |language=en}}</ref> Major transmitter upgrades first were undertaken around 1963, when shortwave and medium-wave transmitters were built, upgraded, or rebuilt.<ref name="Central European University Press-2010" /> The site is now a recreational park with a Voice of America museum.  Other former sites include California ([[Dixon, California|Dixon]] and [[Delano, California|Delano]]), Hawaii, [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], Liberia (Monrovia), Costa Rica, Belize, and at least two in Greece ([[Kavala (regional unit)|Kavala]] and Rhodos).

Between 1983 and 1990, VOA made significant upgrades to transmission facilities in Botswana ([[Selebi-Phikwe]]), Morocco, Thailand ([[Udon Thani Province|Udon Thani]]), Kuwait, and [[São Tomé]]  ([[Almas, São Tomé and Príncipe|Almas]]).<ref>{{Cite news |title=VOA Through the Years |url=https://www.insidevoa.com/a/3794247.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513105818/https://www.insidevoa.com/a/3794247.html |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |access-date=December 2, 2018 |work=VOA |language=en}}</ref> Some of them are shared with [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Liberty]] and [[Radio Free Asia]].

VOA and USAGM continue to operate shortwave radio transmitters and [[antenna farm]]s at [[International Broadcasting Bureau Greenville Transmitting Station]] (known as "Site B") in the United States, close to [[Greenville, North Carolina]]. They do not use [[FCC]]-issued [[call sign]]s, since the FCC does not regulate communications by other federal government agencies. The [[International Broadcasting Bureau]] also operates transmission facilities on São Tomé and Tinang, [[Concepcion, Tarlac]], Philippines, for VOA.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 2007 |title=Report of Inspection: The International Broadcasting Bureau's Philippines Transmitting Station |url=https://www.stateoig.gov/system/files/104117.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617071115/https://www.stateoig.gov/system/files/104117.pdf |archive-date=June 17, 2021 |access-date=August 27, 2021 |publisher=United States Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors Office of Inspector General}}</ref>