NORTH CAROLINA, United States (Reuters) – Dozens of radio towers that used to transmit “Voice of America” broadcasts throughout the world tumbled to the ground on Monday (April 4), falling like dominoes.
The 48 towers in Beaufort Country, North Carolina, located on land owned by the state’s Wildlife Resources Commission, had been out of use for 10 years, NBC reported.
“Voice of America” was created in 1942 as a radio news service for people living in closed and war-torn societies, which now broadcasts in more than 40 languages, according to its website.
The U.S.-funded entity was widely credited with countering Soviet influence behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.
