Editing Mason, Ohio (section)

=== Voice of America ===
In 1928 the 50,000 watt, 831-foot [[Voice of America Bethany Relay Station|WLW-AM tower]] was built on Tylersville Road.  Six years after its construction President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]] ordered the tower to operate 10 times it original power capacity. The new 500,000 wattage would be powerful enough to broadcast across the Atlantic ocean. This new strength would prove tedious for locals as they could hear the broadcast through their bedsprings, downspouts, and fencing.

After complaints from other radio stations due to signal interference, the power would eventually be reduced in 1939 after the Federal Communications Commission chose not to renew the experimental broadcast, reducing the wattage back to its original 50,000 capacity. This decision was appealed by the [[Powel Crosley Jr.|Crosley Corporation]], the company who operated the tower, all the way to the Supreme Court where it was denied.