WEST CHESTER, Ohio (WXIX) - The Bethany Relay Station at the Voice of America Park is remembering the day its mission of transmitting broadcasts ended.

The historic station was built in West Chester by radio pioneer and Cincinnati native Powel Crosley Jr.

The station and its shortwave broadcasts served as countermeasures to propaganda spreading across Europe during World War II, allowing people from all over the world to receive crucial information about wartime happenings.

On Nov. 14, 1994, the mission of transmitting broadcasts worldwide from the Bethany Relay Station came to an end.

“It was very emotional, very sad, this was their career,” Voice of America Museum Board Member Lee Hite says. “They took the mission seriously.”

The station is currently under renovations, making it inaccessible to guests until mid-January when it will be open to the public again for tours.

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