Hamilton Ohio Early Radio History

The City of Hamilton has a rich history of amateur radio dating back to the early 1900's starting with the pre-1910 days of Shuler Doron's amateur station "D5" and Ernest Heiser's "Q" to the formation of the "Hamilton Radio Association" and the "Hamilton Radio Club" and then the Doron Brothers Electric Company 1912-1919 stations "8AJT" and "8ZU" and then into broadcast radio in the 1920's with the Doron's broadcast station "WRK" and Harry Fahrlander's broadcast station "WSRO".

The entire history story of these early radio pioneers of Hamilton, Ohio can be downloaded as a 36-page Adobe.pdf file by clicking the link doronbrosradiostation.pdf AND two large photograph files are also available as Adobe.pdf files by clicking the links radiophotosection1.pdf and radiophotosection2.pdf.   

Butler County Ohio

Starting in 1944 during World War II until 1994 the Voice of America Bethany Relay Station located in Union Township in Butler County Ohio transmitted radio programming abroad on shortwave frequencies from its transmitters built by engineers from Powel Crosley Jr.'s Crosley Broadcasting Corporation.  At its peak the facility operated with three transmitters broadcasting with 250,000 watts, three transmitters broadcasting with 175,000 watts, and two broadcasting with 50,000 watts.  Information at Voice of America Museum.